Background
Percy Ash was born in 1865 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Dorsey and Caroline Virginia (McGrath) Ash.
Percy Ash was born in 1865 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Dorsey and Caroline Virginia (McGrath) Ash.
At the age of eighteen he began the study of Civil Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. A few years later, having been awarded the University's Traveling Scholarship, the young man left for Enrope to study architecture in Paris and at the American Academy at Rome.
Upon his return to the U. S. from the studies Mr. Ash began practical training in the office of leading Philadelphia architects, later went to Washington to enter the office of U. S. Supervising Architect.
In 1903 he accepted an invitation to become an Instructor in Architecture at George Washington University, remaining there until 1910 when he joined the faculty of the University of Michigan, and for five years (1913-18) taught as Assistant Professor of Design. During a subsequent period, 1918 to 1924, Mr. Ash practiced professionally in Philadelphia in partnership with the late William D. Hewitt, and among the buildings designed under the firm name of Hewitt & Ash was the new Memorial Building at the Hill School, Pottstown, Pa. Following the death of his partner in 1924, Mr. Ash maintained an independent office for a few years, then in 1929 accepted the Chair of Architecture at Pennsylvania State College, and remained at State College until the year of his decease.
republican
father: John Dorsey Ash.
mother: Caroline Virginia (McGrath) Ash.
Married Josephine Wharton Barrington, June 1, 1901.