. A volume of memoirs and genealogy of representative citizens of the city of Seattle and county of King, Washington, including biographies of many of those who have passed away. THE NEWrORK PU BtlCUBRARY SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY. 609 tects in Chelsea, London, and had been in the business and in the same officefor about sixty years. Thus he was enalMed to acquire a very thoroughtraining-, and he also gained much practical knowledge of the craft by work-ing for an elder brother. This brother. Thomas Marcus Houghton, is aprominent English architect, a member of the British Institute of Architects
. A volume of memoirs and genealogy of representative citizens of the city of Seattle and county of King, Washington, including biographies of many of those who have passed away. THE NEWrORK PU BtlCUBRARY SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY. 609 tects in Chelsea, London, and had been in the business and in the same officefor about sixty years. Thus he was enalMed to acquire a very thoroughtraining-, and he also gained much practical knowledge of the craft by work-ing for an elder brother. This brother. Thomas Marcus Houghton, is aprominent English architect, a member of the British Institute of Architects,Society of Arts, Sanitary Institute, and master of chancery in all courts ofjustice. x\fter he had carried on this preliminary work for a few years andwas able to stand on his own feet, as it were, he married and in 1884 decidedto make America the held of his endeavors. He first spent some time in theeast, then came to the Pacific coast, and in TS89 cast in his lot with that ofthe growing city of Seattle. It was about this time that the big fire swept awaya large part of the cit}-. and thus afforded a good field for the builder. Hebecame associated with a Mr. Saunders, a
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