A. Warren Gould

One of the terra cotta walruses adorning the Arctic Building. There was also a polar bear Augustus Warren Gould (January 15, 1871 – October 15, 1922 He also designed the King County Courthouse in downtown Seattle. Gould was not formally trained as an architect. His background was in building and contracting.

Early life Gould was born January 15, 1871, in Amherst, Nova Scotia. He designed several commercial buildings in downtown Seattle including the County-City Building, American Savings Bank and adjoining Empire Building (2nd Avenue and Madison), and the Standard Furniture Company building on 2nd and Pine. He also designed buildings for Vancouver, British Columbia and in the cities of Aberdeen and Tacoma in Washington state as well as residences across the Northwest.

He was a member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Washington Chapter and was a charter member of the Washington State Society of Architects. He was appointed by Governor Louis F. Hart to the Washington State Examining Board of Architects.

Work Empire building and adjacent American Savings Bank building (demolished by 1983) Arctic Club Building (1916), now the DoubleTree Arctic Club Hotel Pioneer Square Hotel (1917) Broadacres Building (1907), sold for $25 million in 2016 with plans being developed for a building cantilevered over it. Seller Building (1906)