Son of Hollis Calvin and Bertha (Dow) Johnston
Obituary
HOLLIS JOHNSTON
Memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Riverview Cemetery’s Adams Memorial Chapel for longtime Portland architect Hollis Johnston, who died Sunday in a local convalescent home.
Mr. Johnston, designer of Portland's Lincoln High School, the Kah-nee-ta Indian recreation center at Warm Springs, Holladay Park Hospital and State office buildings in Salem, among other buildings, was born in Wallace, Idaho, Jan. 23, 1894. He lived most of his life in Portland.
Graduated from the University of Oregon in 1921, the architect was an assistant to the firms of Lawrence and Holford and Sutton and Whitney until 1929. He entered private architectural practice in 1930 and retired from the firm of Johnston and Koch in 1964. Between 1933 and 1935, he was chief consulting architect for Bonneville Dam.
Among other buildings he designed were the Milwaukie Presbyterian Church and the Chapel of the First Presbyterian Church of Portland, the U.S. National Bank’s Stadium Branch, the First National Bank branches in Salem and Coquille, Geriatrics Hospital in Salem and the Industrial Model Village in Gilchrist, the latter as a partner of Herman Brookman.
Mr. Johnston also was president of Homecrest Co., an apartment complex at SE 7th Avenue and Franklin Street, since 1945. He was a member of the Waverly Country Club, the Multnomah Athletic Club, the Portland Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, the Portland Chapter of Commerce, the First Presbyterian Church, the Albertina Kerr Nursery board and the University of Oregon Alumni Board.
He is survived by the widow, Minnie; a son, Stephen, and daughter, Mrs. Daniel E. Beasley, both of Portland; four grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Norma Petitfils, Portland, and a brother, Ridgeway, Scottsdale, Ariz.
Private burial will be in Riverview Cemetery. Mr. Johnston resided at 7323 SW Brier Pl.
[The Oregonian, 23 Aug 1966, p32]
Obituary
HOLLIS JOHNSTON
Memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Riverview Cemetery’s Adams Memorial Chapel for longtime Portland architect Hollis Johnston, who died Sunday in a local convalescent home.
Mr. Johnston, designer of Portland's Lincoln High School, the Kah-nee-ta Indian recreation center at Warm Springs, Holladay Park Hospital and State office buildings in Salem, among other buildings, was born in Wallace, Idaho, Jan. 23, 1894. He lived most of his life in Portland.
Graduated from the University of Oregon in 1921, the architect was an assistant to the firms of Lawrence and Holford and Sutton and Whitney until 1929. He entered private architectural practice in 1930 and retired from the firm of Johnston and Koch in 1964. Between 1933 and 1935, he was chief consulting architect for Bonneville Dam.
Among other buildings he designed were the Milwaukie Presbyterian Church and the Chapel of the First Presbyterian Church of Portland, the U.S. National Bank’s Stadium Branch, the First National Bank branches in Salem and Coquille, Geriatrics Hospital in Salem and the Industrial Model Village in Gilchrist, the latter as a partner of Herman Brookman.
Mr. Johnston also was president of Homecrest Co., an apartment complex at SE 7th Avenue and Franklin Street, since 1945. He was a member of the Waverly Country Club, the Multnomah Athletic Club, the Portland Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, the Portland Chapter of Commerce, the First Presbyterian Church, the Albertina Kerr Nursery board and the University of Oregon Alumni Board.
He is survived by the widow, Minnie; a son, Stephen, and daughter, Mrs. Daniel E. Beasley, both of Portland; four grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Norma Petitfils, Portland, and a brother, Ridgeway, Scottsdale, Ariz.
Private burial will be in Riverview Cemetery. Mr. Johnston resided at 7323 SW Brier Pl.
[The Oregonian, 23 Aug 1966, p32]
Son of Hollis Calvin and Bertha (Dow) Johnston
Obituary
HOLLIS JOHNSTON
Memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Riverview Cemetery’s Adams Memorial Chapel for longtime Portland architect Hollis Johnston, who died Sunday in a local convalescent home.
Mr. Johnston, designer of Portland's Lincoln High School, the Kah-nee-ta Indian recreation center at Warm Springs, Holladay Park Hospital and State office buildings in Salem, among other buildings, was born in Wallace, Idaho, Jan. 23, 1894. He lived most of his life in Portland.
Graduated from the University of Oregon in 1921, the architect was an assistant to the firms of Lawrence and Holford and Sutton and Whitney until 1929. He entered private architectural practice in 1930 and retired from the firm of Johnston and Koch in 1964. Between 1933 and 1935, he was chief consulting architect for Bonneville Dam.
Among other buildings he designed were the Milwaukie Presbyterian Church and the Chapel of the First Presbyterian Church of Portland, the U.S. National Bank’s Stadium Branch, the First National Bank branches in Salem and Coquille, Geriatrics Hospital in Salem and the Industrial Model Village in Gilchrist, the latter as a partner of Herman Brookman.
Mr. Johnston also was president of Homecrest Co., an apartment complex at SE 7th Avenue and Franklin Street, since 1945. He was a member of the Waverly Country Club, the Multnomah Athletic Club, the Portland Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, the Portland Chapter of Commerce, the First Presbyterian Church, the Albertina Kerr Nursery board and the University of Oregon Alumni Board.
He is survived by the widow, Minnie; a son, Stephen, and daughter, Mrs. Daniel E. Beasley, both of Portland; four grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Norma Petitfils, Portland, and a brother, Ridgeway, Scottsdale, Ariz.
Private burial will be in Riverview Cemetery. Mr. Johnston resided at 7323 SW Brier Pl.
[The Oregonian, 23 Aug 1966, p32]
Obituary
HOLLIS JOHNSTON
Memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Riverview Cemetery’s Adams Memorial Chapel for longtime Portland architect Hollis Johnston, who died Sunday in a local convalescent home.
Mr. Johnston, designer of Portland's Lincoln High School, the Kah-nee-ta Indian recreation center at Warm Springs, Holladay Park Hospital and State office buildings in Salem, among other buildings, was born in Wallace, Idaho, Jan. 23, 1894. He lived most of his life in Portland.
Graduated from the University of Oregon in 1921, the architect was an assistant to the firms of Lawrence and Holford and Sutton and Whitney until 1929. He entered private architectural practice in 1930 and retired from the firm of Johnston and Koch in 1964. Between 1933 and 1935, he was chief consulting architect for Bonneville Dam.
Among other buildings he designed were the Milwaukie Presbyterian Church and the Chapel of the First Presbyterian Church of Portland, the U.S. National Bank’s Stadium Branch, the First National Bank branches in Salem and Coquille, Geriatrics Hospital in Salem and the Industrial Model Village in Gilchrist, the latter as a partner of Herman Brookman.
Mr. Johnston also was president of Homecrest Co., an apartment complex at SE 7th Avenue and Franklin Street, since 1945. He was a member of the Waverly Country Club, the Multnomah Athletic Club, the Portland Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, the Portland Chapter of Commerce, the First Presbyterian Church, the Albertina Kerr Nursery board and the University of Oregon Alumni Board.
He is survived by the widow, Minnie; a son, Stephen, and daughter, Mrs. Daniel E. Beasley, both of Portland; four grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Norma Petitfils, Portland, and a brother, Ridgeway, Scottsdale, Ariz.
Private burial will be in Riverview Cemetery. Mr. Johnston resided at 7323 SW Brier Pl.
[The Oregonian, 23 Aug 1966, p32]
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