Albert Held (March 25, 1866 – 1924) was an American

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. He was born in

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on March 25, 1866, and studied for two years at the

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. He first worked as a

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Held moved to

Spokane, Washington Spokane ( ) is the most populous city in eastern Washington and the county seat of Spokane County, Washington, United States. It lies along the Spokane River, adjacent to the Selkirk Mountains, and west of the Rocky Mountain foothills, south o ...

after the fire of 1889 because of the work necessary to rebuild the city. He was the first architect in the

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from Spokane/Eastern Washington. He died in 1924 after a long illness. The Breslin

He designed a number of buildings in

that are listed on the U.S.

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. Works include (with attribution): *

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, W. 1516 Riverside *

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, S. 729 Bernard * Frequency Changing Station, E. 1420 Celesta Ave. * The Globe Hotel, 204 N. Division St. * Holley-Mason Building, S. 157 Howard * Knickerbocker, (built 1911) S. 501-507 Howard *

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, W. 1229 Riverside * Spokane Public Library-East Side Branch, 25 Altamont St. * Spokane Public Library-North Monroe Branch, 925 W. Montgomery St. * James and Corinne Williams House, 1225 W. 19th Ave.

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List of Held designed projects
20th-century American architects Architects from Washington (state) 1866 births 1924 deaths University of Minnesota alumni Architects from Minnesota 21st-century American architects {{US-architect-19C-stub