Bailey, Van Evera

1903-1980

American

architect

“Van Evera Bailey was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1903. Except for two brief periods of work in California, he has practiced his profession almost entirely in Oregon. Formally trained in University of Oregon extension courses, Bailey served his early apprenticeship under William Gray Purcell, a Portland architect who had in turn served his apprenticeship under Louis Sullivan. Although Bailey has done commercial and industrial designing, his chief distinction lies in residential work, in which he has achieved national recognition for his use of natural Oregon materials, his respect for the natural site, his experimental construction, and his inventive design. His design for the Dixon House, located on a steep slope in the Portland area, led to development of a new construction method in his own residence, featured in the present show.” --“Twenty Northwest Architects,” UOMA Exhibition Catalog, 1962

Twenty Northwest Architects and Associated Designers subject