Harold B. Foss

Juneau Memorial Library, Juneau, AK. 1950-51.

Constitution Hall, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK. 1955.

Buckner Building, Whittier, AK. 1953.

Hodge Building, Whittier, AK. 1954-56.

Harold Byron Foss (1910-1988) was an American architect from Juneau, Alaska.

Harold B. Foss was born November 17, 1910, in Montesano, Washington.^[1] He was educated at the University of Washington, graduating in 1935. That year he went to Juneau, where he formed the H. B. Foss Company.^[2] MacKay Malcolm and Bjarne Carl Olsen were later added as partners, in 1945 and 1950. Malcolm died in 1951, but his name remained until 1956, when the firm was reduced to Foss & Olsen.^[3] This period was brief, and Edward Elmer Sands was added later that same year. Foss, Olsen & Sands was succeeded by Olsen & Sands when Foss moved to Palo Alto, California in 1958.^[1] He died there in 1988.^[4]

Foss was known throughout Alaska primarily as an architect of public buildings, of which he designed many.

Works

H. B. Foss Company, 1935-1945:

• Stanley Grummet House, 603 W. 10th St., Juneau, AK (1939)^[5]
• Walter Sharpe House, 603 W. 11th St., Juneau, AK (1939)^[5]
• Clifford Swap House, 610 W. 11th St., Juneau, AK (1939)^[5]
• Eielson Memorial Building, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK (1940)^[6]
• James Larsen House, 712 W. 11th St., Juneau, AK (1940)^[5]
• Carl Weidman House, 622 W. 11th St., Juneau, AK (1940)^[5]
• James Orme House, 924 D St., Juneau, AK (1941)^[5]
• Evelyn I. Butler House, 908 B St., Juneau, AK (1945)^[5]
• Rebuilding of Hoonah, AK (1945) - Much of the city burned in 1944.^[7]

Foss & Malcolm, 1945-1950:

• James Larsen House, 416 W. 9th St., Juneau, AK (1945–46)^[5]
• Walter Stutte House, 610 W. 9th St., Juneau, AK (1946)^[5]
• Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital, 222 Tongass Dr, Sitka, AK (1947–48)^[8]
• Petersburg Municipal Building, 12 S. Nordic Dr., Petersburg, AK (1947–48)^[9]
• Rae C. Stedman Memorial School, Dolphin St., Petersburg, AK (1948)^[10]
• Terminal, Juneau International Airport, Juneau, AK (1948–49, 1956–57) - Altered.^[11][12]
• Anchorage Tuberculosis Hospital, E. 3rd Ave., Anchorage, AK (1949–53) - Demolished.^[13]
• U. S. Bureau of Mines Experiment Station, 100 Savikko Rd., Juneau Island, Douglas, AK (1949–50)^[14]
• Juneau City Hall, 155 S. Seward St., Juneau, AK (1950–51)^[15]
• Juneau Memorial Library, 114 W. 4th St., Juneau, AK (1950–51)

Foss, Malcolm & Olsen, 1950-1956:

• Cathedral Arms, 237 Lincoln St., Sitka, AK (1950)^[16]
• Alaska State Office Building, 350 Main St., Juneau, AK (1952)^[1]
• Brooks Memorial Mines Building, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK (1952)^[6]
• Mendenhall Apartments, 326 4th St., Juneau, AK (1952)
• Buckner Building, Whittier, AK (1953)
• Chena Building, 510 2nd Ave., Fairbanks, AK (1953)^[17]
• Andrew Nerland Hall, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK (1953)^[18]
• Chapel by the Lake, 11024 Auke Lake Way, Auke Bay, AK (1954–58) - With Linn A. Forrest.
• Hodge Building, Whittier, AK (1954–56)^[19]
• Petersburg Hospital, 103 Fram St., Petersburg, AK (1954)^[20][21]
• St. Ann's Hospital, 415 6th St., Juneau, AK (1954–55)^[22]
• Constitution Hall, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK (1955–56)^[6]
• Sitka Community Hospital, Moller Ave., Sitka, AK (1955)^[20][23]

Foss & Olsen, 1956:

• Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Parish House, 325 Gold St., Juneau, AK (1956)^[24]

Foss, Olsen & Sands, 1956-1958:

• Bethel Armory, 470 4th Ave., Bethel, AK (1956–57)^[25]
• John E. McIntosh Hall, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK (1956)^[18]
• U. S. Post Office, 113 Front St., Nome, AK (1957)^[1]
• Morton Stevens Hall, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK (1958)^[18]

References

1. American Architects Directory. 1962.
2. "Guide to the University of Washington Department of Architecture Student Drawings". http://digital.lib.washington.edu/. n.d. Web.
3. "MacKay Malcolm (1885-1951)". http://public.aia.org/. n.d. Web.
4. "Harold Byron Foss (1910-1988)". http://public.aia.org/. n.d. Web.
5. Report of the Casey-Shattuck Neighborhood: Historic Building Survey. Dec. 2004.
6. Hoagland, Alison K. Buildings of Alaska. 1993.
7. Engineering News-Record 1945: 91.
8. Alaska Life 1947: 15.
9. American City Dec. 1947: 94.
10. American School Board Journal 1948: 46.
11. "Juneau Airport Terminal Renovation". http://www.jensenyorbalott.com/. n.d. Web.
12. Western City Magazine 1956: 40.
13. Daily Capital Journal 26 July 1948.
14. Redding, Donna. "Environmental Assessment". 17 July 2007. Web.
15. Engineering News-Record 1950: 295.
16. Daily Sitka (AK) Sentinel 6 Jan. 1950: 1.
17. "Chena Bldg. Adds to City's Modern Touch". Fairbanks (AK) Daily News-Miner 19 Nov. 1953. 40.
18. Fairbanks (AK) Daily News-Miner 25 July 1958: 8.
19. The Great Alaska Earthquake of 1964. 1973.
20. Engineering News Record 1950: 295.
21. "History of Petersburg Medical Center". http://www.pmcak.org/. n.d.
22. Engineering News-Record 1954: 142.
23. "Our Hospital". http://www.sitkahospital.org/. n.d.
24. Holy Trinity Church NRP Nomination. 1978.
25. Engineering News-Record 1956: 70.