Daniel Riggs Huntington (December 24, 1871 – May 13, 1962) was an American architect who is best known for his work in

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Life

Born in 1871 in

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, Huntington attended

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and

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. He began working in architecture in 1889 in Denver, Colorado, and worked there and in New York City until moving to Seattle in 1904 or 1905. He worked as City Architect for the city of Seattle during 1912–1921, designing the

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and at least ten fire stations and libraries, at times solo as Daniel R. Huntington, and in various partnerships: with James Hansen Schack Sr. as Schack and Huntington (established by 1907) and later as Huntington and

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, as Huntington and

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and as Huntington and Torbitt. He worked in architecture until at least 1946, as he worked for

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as an architect during 1944–46. He died in 1962.

Works

Works include (with attribution): * Smith House (Denver, Colorado), built 1902, "imposing" French Eclectic style mansion (

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and Daniel R. Huntington), listed on the

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(NRHP) in 1985 *

First Methodist Episcopal Church (Seattle, Washington) Daniels Recital Hall, formerly the First United Methodist Church, now The Sanctuary, is a preserved church sanctuary that has been re-purposed into a recital hall. It was built in 1908 on the southwest corner of Fifth Avenue and Marion Street in ...

, built 1907–1910 (Schack and Huntington), NRHP-listed in 2011 * Northcliffe Apartments, demolished in 2008 *

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, 1629 N. 45th St.

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(Huntington,Daniel Riggs), NRHP-listed *

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, built 1920, a

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, S. Washington St. W of Alaskan Way, Seattle (Huntington, D.R.), NRHP-listed *

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, 313 Seventh St.

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(Huntington & Torbitt), NRHP-listed *

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, 731 N. 35th St., Seattle (Huntington, Daniel), NRHP-listed Architect for Rainier Chapter House, NSDAR - 1925 - 800 Roy Street, Seattle, WA

References

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