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George Morrison Post (November 21, 1883 – January 21, 1966) was an American architect from Oregon. He worked primarily in Salem and Portland. A few of Post's works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
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Life and career
Post was born on November 21, 1883, to Owen L. Post, a carriage maker, and Mary W. Post (nee Palmer) in New London, Connecticut. Without any formal training, Post went to work for a local architect. In 1907, he started a solo practice in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He moved to Salem, Oregon in 1908 and worked with Louis R. Hazeltine until 1910, when Post again practiced alone. In 1912, he designed the Salem Carnegie library, which serves today as Willamette University's Oregon Civic Justice Center. In 1917, Post moved to Portland, joining Morris H. Whitehouse's firm. When the State of Oregon began licensing architects in 1919, the Oregon Board of Architect Examiners issued him license No. 1 under a grandfather clause. Post served as the board's secretary until 1926. He left the Whitehouse firm in 1923.
Post died on January 21, 1966 in Portland, aged 82, leaving a wife, Eliza, and a daughter.