Frederick Manson White (March 18, 1863 – April 23, 1952), commonly known as F. Manson White, was an American architect based in

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. White was known for his work in the

Richardsonian Romanesque Richardsonian Romanesque is a style of Romanesque Revival architecture named after the American architect Henry Hobson Richardson (1838–1886). The revival style incorporates 11th and 12th century southern French, Spanish, and Italian Romanesque ...

style. Among the buildings he helped design, as part of the firm McCaw, Martin and White, or designed as a sole practitioner, are the

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. These include the

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(now the Hotel Vintage Portland),

Waldschmidt Hall Waldschmidt Hall (originally West Hall) is an academic building at the University of Portland in Portland, Oregon, United States. Constructed in 1891 as West Hall, the building was originally part of the now defunct Portland University located in ...

at the

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, the

Dekum Building The Dekum or the Dekum Building is a historic office building in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. With its rusticated sandstone base, over-scaled arches at street level ...

, the Auditorium and Music Hall, the Sherlock Building, the

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(now Ringler's Annex), Woodrow Wilson Junior High School (now Lincoln School Condominiums) and the John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts in Eugene, the First Presbyterian Church in Medford (part of the

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), and the Corvallis Hotel in Corvallis. White also designed Agate Hall (originally Roosevelt Junior High School and later Condon School) on the campus of the

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, and the Central Presbyterian Church (aka Old Laurelhurst, or The Bible Church) in Portland. Some sources have reported that White was the nephew of the prominent New York architect

Stanford White Stanford White (November 9, 1853 – June 25, 1906) was an American architect. He was also a partner in the architectural firm McKim, Mead & White, one of the most significant Beaux-Arts firms. He designed many houses for the rich, in additio ...

, although this reported relationship has been seriously questioned.

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1863 births 1952 deaths Architects from Portland, Oregon {{Oregon-bio-stub