Lawrence concurrently served as campus architect for the University of Oregon and designed many campus buildings, including Knight Library and the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. Lawrence Hall on the university campus (which replaced his Architecture and Art Building of 1923) was named in his honor in 1956.[1] His body of over 500 projects includes churches, residences, commercial and industrial buildings, funerary buildings, multi-family residences, and public buildings.
In 1988, the private residence he designed for Thomas A. Livesley, a prominent Salem, Oregon businessman and civic leader, was purchased through private donations and donated to the state and now serves as the Governor's official residence (Mahonia Hall).[2]
In 1906, Codman & Despradelle (Boston), sent Lawrence to San Francisco to commence work there, but the 1906 San Francisco earthquake convinced him to stay in Portland, Oregon where he had stopped on the way. He lived in Portland the rest of his life and commuted to his work as dean and campus architect in Eugene.[4]
He was associated with several Oregon-based architecture firms: MacNaughton, Raymond & Lawrence (1906–1910); Lawrence & Holford (1913–1928); Lawrence, Holford, Allyn & Bean (1928–1933); and Lawrence, Holford, & Allyn (1933–1941). Lawrence's final partnership, Lawrence & Lawrence (1944–1946), was with his son, Henry Abbott Lawrence.
^"The Architecture of the University of Oregon:Lawrence Hall". University of Oregon Libraries. Archived from the original on 2012-06-16. Retrieved 2008-01-10.
^"Highway: Geo-Environmental Section Architecture". Oregon Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on 2007-05-06. Retrieved 2008-01-10.
^Guide to the Ellis Lawrence papers at the University of Oregon
^Teague, Ed (2004). "Architecture of the University of Oregon: Gerlinger Hall". University of Oregon Libraries. Retrieved 2008-01-10.
^"Most Endangered Places 2011 - Baker City Middle School". Historic Preservation League of Oregon. 2011. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
^Ellis Lawrence Building Survey, University of Oregon. State Historic Preservation Office. 1989.
^ a bGoodenberger, John (November 28, 2005). "From slippery slopes to disrepair, Astorians face tough burial decisions". The Daily Astorian. Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2008-01-10.
^Shellenbarger, Michael (1989). Harmony in Diversity: The Architecture and Teaching of Ellis H Lawrence. University of Oregon. p. 80. hdl:1794/12298. ISBN 0871142538.
Harmony in Diversity : The Architecture and Teaching of Ellis F. Lawrence. Edited by Michael Shellenbarger ; essays by Kimberly K. Lakin, Leland M. Roth, Michael Shellenbarger. Eugene, Or.: Museum of Art and the Historic Preservation Program, School of Architecture and Allied Arts, University of Oregon, 1989.
Ritz, Richard Ellison. "Lawrence, Ellis Fuller," Architects of Oregon; A Biographical Dictionary of Architects Deceased—19th and 20th Centuries. Portland, OR: Lair Hill Publishing, 2002.
External links
Ellis Lawrence Building Survey, from University of Oregon Libraries
Harmony in Diversity : The Architecture and Teaching of Ellis F. Lawrence.
Architecture of Ellis F. Lawrence National Register of Historic Places multiple property submission Pt. 1
Architecture of Ellis F. Lawrence National Register of Historic Places multiple property submission Pt. 2 (PDF)
Ellis F. Lawrence, in The Architecture of the University of Oregon: A History, Bibliography, and Research Guide Archived 2010-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
Ellis F. Lawrence, The Oregon Encyclopedia, by Elizabeth Walton Potter.