Architecture]]> California]]> Washington]]> Sønnichsen, Sønke Engelhart]]> Biography/History:
Sønke Engelhart Sønnichsen (1878-1961) was born in Oslo, Norway to S.P. and Mathea Sonichsen. Sønnichsen was educated in Norway and Germany and immigrated in 1902. He was an architectural draftsman in Chicago, Seattle, and Vancouver for various firms. In 1916, he opened his own office in Seattle. He formed a partnership with B. Marcus Priteca, a theater architect, in Los Angeles in 1926, and was a designer for engineering and transportation companies during World War II.

His brother was Yngvar Sønnichsen, a Norwegian-born, American artist known for his portraits, landscapes, and murals. In 1917, Sønke and Yngvar designed and decorated a Seattle lodge with oil canvas murals and paintings. Today, it is now the Raisbeck Performance Hall at Cornish College of the Arts.

Scope and Content:
Papers of a Norwegian-born architect, consisting of professional documents, pictures, plans, correspondence, and clippings, dealing with his training and accomplishments.

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