Wade Hampton Pipes Explained

Birth Date:July 31, 1877
Birth Place:Independence, Oregon
Death Place:Oregon
Occupation:Architect

Wade Hampton Pipes (July 31, 1877 – July 1, 1961) was an American architect in based in Portland, Oregon. Pipes was considered the "foremost exponent of English Cottage architecture" in the state.[1]

Career

Pipes admired the work of English architect Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens,[2] and was also influenced by C. F. A. Voysey.[3] He designed in the Arts and Crafts style.[3] In his fifty-year career, he designed some 70 residences.[3] Many of his works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).[4] In 1926, Pipes designed and a Tudor Revival style home in Southwest Portland for his father, judge Martin L. Pipes.[1] The house is listed on the NRHP as the Martin Luther Pipes House.[4] He also designed houses for naturalist William L. Finley, congressman Maurice Crumpacker, and author Lewis A. McArthur.[3]

Personal life

Pipes was born on July 31, 1877, in Independence, Oregon.[3]

Pietro Belluschi described him as "an elegantly dressed man in English tweeds".[3]

Pipes died on July 1, 1961, having spent his entire life in Oregon except for his period of study in England.[3]

Education

From 1907 to 1911, Pipes studied at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London, England.[3]

Works on the NRHP

Notes and References

  1. News: Pipes House: An English Cottage Style . . April 30, 1999 . 2011-06-08.
  2. Book: Classic Houses of Portland, Oregon: 1850-1950 . Hawkins . William John . Willingham . William F. . 2000 . . Portland, Oregon . 0-88192-433-4 . 1999.
  3. Book: Clarke, Ann Brewster . Wade Hampton Pipes: Arts and Crafts Architect in Portland, Oregon . 1985 . . Portland, Oregon . 0-8323-0451-4.
  4. Web site: Oregon National Register List . June 6, 2011 . . 2011-06-08.