Purcell and Elmslie, Architects Firm active: 1907-1921 Minneapolis, Minnesota :: Chicago, Illinois Philadelphia, Pennsylvania :: Portland, Oregon

Correspondence, 1912-1913: Design and construction

Letter from William Gray Purcell to George Grant Elmslie (September 11, 1913)

Excerpt from office correspondence:

"...Say, the Little Joker isn't very little. It looms these mornings. The roof is just going up.

I guess you are right, all right, about my chairs. I knew it, only I wanted to be told. But you are right about the highback proposition. I had no such idea. I like them better than you do. I guess I will use them as they are for a while or else buy Powers [1]. I guess "P" will stand for Purcell equally well..."

[1] The E. L. Powers residence built in 1910, for sale at the time of this letter.