Julian F. Everett


Julian Franklin Everett was an American architect known for the buildings he designed in Seattle, Washington. His work includes a synagogue for the Temple de Hirsch congregation and the Pioneer Square Comfort Station and Pergola in Seattle, now a historic landmark. Some of his works, including the temple and a building for Pathé Exchange, were later demolished, while others are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Early life and career

Everett was born on October 5, 1869 in Leeds, Wisconsin. He studied at the University of Wisconsin, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and at Syracuse University.
Everett moved to Montana in 1902, where he designed the John R. Toole House in Missoula, now a Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority house. He moved to Seattle in 1904 where he designed several commercial buildings, churches and homes for prominent citizens.
He designed a home for Julius Redelsheimer who owned a department store in Seattle. Redelsheimer died of a stroke in 1914 just as the home was in the final stages of completion.

Personal life and later years

Everett was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity and a freemason. He was married to Edith. He moved to Ventura, California in 1920 and in 1944 he relocated from Vista, California to Los Angeles. He died in Los Angeles on January 13, 1955, and a service was held for him at Chapel of the Pines Crematory.

Work