Saunders and Lawton was an architectural firm consisting of partners George Willis Lawton and Charles Willard Saunders active from 1898 until 1915 in

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. Other architects at the firm included Herman A. Moldenhour, Paul David Richardson, and J. Charles Stanley. Following Saunders' retirement, Moldenhour would take his place as partner in the firm under the name Lawton & Moldenhour, who would have moderate success throughout the 1920s. Moldenhour later designed the original terminal at

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Work

Charles Saunders

*King County Courthouse #2 (1890–1891), First Hill, Seattle *Cascade School (1893–1894), Cascade, Seattle *Seattle Theatre #1 (1893), Downtown Seattle *

Denny Hall Denny Hall is a building on the main campus of the University of Washington, in Seattle, Washington, United States. Built between 1894 and 1895, it is named after Arthur A. Denny. Design Denny Hall was designed by Charles Saunders and constructe ...

, Arthur Hall and Mary Hall, (1893–1895) University of Washington, Seattle *

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Department Store #2 (1896) Downtown Seattle

Saunders and Lawton

*Stewart House (1898), Seattle *Walla Walla Elementary School (1902), Central District, Seattle *Lumber Exchange Building (1902–1903) downtown Seattle *

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(1903–1904) at

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in Seattle *Beacon Hill Elementary School #2 (1903–1904), Beacon Hill, Seattle *Norton Building #1 (1904), Seattle *Dairy Barn (1909) at the Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition (AYPE) in Seattle * Forestry Building (1908–1909) at the AYPE, later served as the home of the Washington State Museum until a bark beetle infestation was discovered *Women's Building (1908–1909) AYPE *Alhambra Theatre #2 (1909) downtown Seattle *Henry C. Chadwick House in Seattle *Cottage Project in Seattle *Crane Company warehouse and office building (1907), Pioneer Square, Seattle *Dunn Tin Storage Warehouse, Seattle * Dr. R.P. Lincoln Apartment House, Seattle, *Manufacturers Building (1905–1906), Pioneer Square, Seattle *Mottman Lodge, Seattle *

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*Polson Building (1909–1910), Pioneer Square, Seattle *Rainier Club (1904), downtown Seattle *Seattle Buddhist Church #1 (1906–1908), First Hill, Seattle *Monroe Correctional Complex,

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*Westland Building,

, Seattle designed for Albert Hambach *Masonic Lodge (1915), First Hill, Seattle

Lawton & Moldenhour

*One or more buildings in Hawthorne Square, 4800 Fremont Avenue North in Seattle * Liggett Building (1927), 1424 4th Avenue in Seattle

References

{{Notelist Architecture firms based in Washington (state) Defunct architecture firms of the United States