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Gustav Albin Pehrson

1882 – 1968

Swedish-American architect

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Lived 1882 – 1968 (aged 85–86). Gustav Albin Pehrson was a Swedish architect.

Gustav Albin Pehrson (1880–1968), known professionally as G.A. Pehrson, was an architect of the U.S. state of Washington. His work includes the Chronicle Building for the Spokane Chronicle, Rookery Building in Spokane, Washington (demolished in 2006), and other buildings in Spokane, several mansions, and the new design for a community serving the Hanford nuclear plant, now part of Gold Coast Historic District (Richland, Washington). He also designed the Paulsen Medical and Dental Building (part of August Paulsen's Paulsen Center) in Spokane.

Early life Pehrson was born in Sweden. He immigrated to the U.S. in 1905, ultimately settling in Spokane, Washington.

Washington State University has a collection of documents about his work. (1924) which later became the Chancery building, an Italian Renaissance style building, and now known as 1023 West Riverside Avenue in Spokane after being sold by the Catholic Diocese after being hit with sex abuse settlement costs. Victor Dessert's home (1936) in California Monterrey architecture style at South 1520 Rockwood Boulevard in Spokane Centennial Flour Mill (1939) on East Trent in Spokane Parker Suites (1946) in Minot, North Dakota, a 9 story building Carl Preiss Tudor architecture style mansion in Spokane Sacred Heart auditorium and nursing school Two homes on Overbluff Road in Spokane

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1882
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Died
1968
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Education
Uppsala University

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Swedish-American architect

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Gustav Albin Pehrson was born in 1882.

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Gustav Albin Pehrson died in 1968.

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Gustav Albin Pehrson was an architect.

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Gustav Albin Pehrson was Swedish.

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· Wikipedia: Gustav Albin Pehrson

· Wikidata: Q47035004

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