San Francisco County
Biographies
G.W. Percy, of
the firm of Percy & Hamilton, architects, is a native of the State of
Maine, and born in 1847. His parents, Isaiah
and Beulah Percy, were natives of the same State. He received his elementary education in that
State and acquired his knowledge of architecture in Portland and Boston. After reaching his majority he came to
California, in 1869, and located at Stockton.
In the spring of 1872 he went to Chicago, just after the great fire, and
remained there until the following year, when he went to Boston, after the
great fire there, and had the supervision of construction of some of the large
buildings, and remained there until the fall of 1875, when he returned to
California and opened an office, and for the past fifteen years has been preminently identified with the profession in the city and
State. In 1880 he became associated with
his present partner. The firm of Percy
& Hamilton have designed and erected some of the finest buildings in the
city and on the coast, -- among many other the Academy of Sciences on Market,
between Fourth and Fifth streets, one of the grandest and most substantial
buildings on the coast. As leading
responsible architects this firm enjoys an enviable reputation.
Transcribed
Karen L. Pratt.
Source:
"The Bay of San Francisco," Vol. 1, pages 659, Lewis Publishing Co,
1892.
©
2005 Karen L. Pratt.