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Willis Ritchie

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105: 86: 28: 65:, with his family where he would later begin his own practice. He won numerous competitions for county courthouses and other public buildings in the early 1890s, was the first architect to achieve a statewide reputation in 160: 170: 115: 334: 304: 263: 140: 130: 104: 329: 296: 285: 201: 85: 91: 70: 190: 95: 74: 119: 150: 66: 268: 324: 319: 111: 300: 164: 204:, roughly bounded by 7th Ave., Monroe St., 12th Ave. and the Burlington Northern RR tracks 225:
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whose career began in Ohio and Kansas, but reached maturity in
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W.A. Ritchie

architect
Seattle
Spokane
Van Wert, Ohio
Lima, Ohio
Washington
Jefferson County, Washington
Port Townsend

Jefferson County, Washington
Port Townsend

Olympia
Old Capitol Building
current building
National Register of Historic Places
Cowley County National Bank Building
Winfield, KS
Stockgrowers State Bank
Ashland, KS
Jefferson County Courthouse
Port Townsend, WA
Old Capitol Building
Olympia, WA
Ridenbaugh Hall
Moscow, ID
Spokane County Courthouse
Spokane, WA

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