Theatre Architects

Born: 1880 (Oakley, Wisconsin)

Died: 1967 (Salem, Oregon)

Walter E. Kelly was born in Oakley, Wisconsin, in 1880 and arrived in Portland, Oregon, in 1922 after working in Detroit, Michigan, with the Ford Motor Company, and in Spokane, Washington, and Calgary, Canada.

Kelly was active in the Portland, Oregon, area from 1923 to 1957. He designed houses, concentrating on churches and other large-scale buildings. In terms of numbers he designed 62 churches in Oregon, Washington, California, and Idaho. Kelly also designed the Willamette View Manor in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and the Capitol Manor in Salem, Oregon; both are large-scale retirement homes.

Kelly died at the Capitol Manor retirement home, which he designed, in 1967.

Theatres on this website in which this architect was involved:

Alberta Rose Theatre, Portland, Oregon, USA