Background
Edouard was born in 1874 in Ecouen, France. The son of F. Weils Champney, American artist, he was brought to the U. S. to be educated.
Edouard was born in 1874 in Ecouen, France. The son of F. Weils Champney, American artist, he was brought to the U. S. to be educated.
At the age of twenty was graduated at Harvard College. In 1896 he returned to his native country to study architecture at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, and received his diploma four years later.
Shortly after returning to this country Mr. Champney went to Washington, D. C., where he served for a few years in the drafting office of the U. S. Supervising Architect, leaving there to move to Seattle. In that city he joined the late Carl F. Gould in a partnership in 1909, and carried on his work under the firm name of Gould & Champney for three years, when he withdrew to open an independent office. During the following years Mr. Champney was identified with the design of a number of important buildings in Seattle, notable examples of which were: St. Mark’s Cathedral; the Y. W. C. A. Building; Women’s University Club; Office Building for the Seattle Electric Company; and the new Richmond Hotel. Also he was architect of the Rogers Building at Vancouver, Wash., and the Elks Temple at Tacoma.