This document is an overview of the life and career of the architect Ulysses Grant Fay, who was born in Rochester, New York in 1865 and moved to Seattle in 1906, where he died in 1918. Relatively little was known about Fay until my research on the design and construction of the Masonic Building at the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. This document is a compilation of information on Fay that I found in vital statistics records, censuses, newspapers, trade publications, periodicals, directories, and other sources. It is intended as a study guide and reference work for others interested in the life of this relatively obscure figure in the architectural history of the Pacific Northwest.
A Forgotten Building by a Forgotten Architect at Seattle's Forgotten World's Fair: The Masonic Building at the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
Bro. Adam S. Alsobrook, AIA, member of University Lodge No. 141, F. & A. M. in Seattle, Washington, just completed a third research paper entitled: "A Forgotten Building by a Forgotten Architect at Seattle's Forgotten World's Fair: The Masonic Building at the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition." This paper explores the planning, development, design, and construction of the Masonic Building at the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle. It also delves into the adaptive reuse of the building after the conclusion of the exposition and its demolition in 1922. The paper also presents additional biographical information about the architect Ulysses Grant Fay that was discovered in the course of Bro. Alsobrook's research into the Masonic Building.
Come explore this long-lost building and discover the role that it played during the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, which has become known as Seattle’s Forgotten World’s Fair.