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Édouard Frère Champney

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Elks Lodge in Tacoma, Washington, designed by Champney, completed 1916, photographed 2015 shortly before it was restored as a McMenamins.
"At San Diego", watercolor by Champney circa 1916

Edouard Frere Champney (May 4, 1874 - June 4, 1929) was an architect in the United States.[1][2] He worked on buildings that are now listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and partnered with various architects including A. Warren Gould at Gould and Champney from 1909 until 1912,[1] and Champney and Remey. He was principal at Édouard Frère Champney, Architect, Berkeley, California, 1926-1929.[2]

Champney was born in Écouen, France,[3] the son of the American painter James Wells Champney. He was named for his godfather, the French painter Pierre Édouard Frère.[4]

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  1. ^ a b c d "Seattle Historical Sites Search Result - Department of Neighborhoods (DON)". web6.seattle.gov.
  2. ^ a b c "PCAD - Édouard Frère Champney". pcad.lib.washington.edu.
  3. ^ a b c d Edouard Frère Champney archinform.net
  4. ^ Gournay, Isabelle and Crosnier Leconte, Marie-Laure. "American Architecture Students in Belle Epoque Paris: Scholastic Strategies and Achievements at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts", The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, Vol. 12, No. 2 (April 2013), p. 160, n. 7.
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