John Storrs (architect)

Storrs was born in 1920 in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Growing up he joined the Boy Scouts and achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. Storrs then joined the United States Navy where he was in command of a sub chaser during World War II. He married Frances, and had four children. ==Career==

After hearing a lecture by Oregon architect Pietro Belluschi, Storrs moved to Portland, Oregon, in 1954 after practicing in Fairfield, Connecticut, for a few years. Other projects designed by Storrs include the Oregon College of Art & Craft, Lake Oswego's Lakeridge High School, the World Forestry Center at Washington Park in Portland, St. Mary's Catholic Church in Corvallis, Central Catholic High School in Portland, the Mazama Lodge, and Congregation Ahavath Achim, among others. with his final project as a conversion of a closed mattress factory into the John's Landing Water Tower building with retail and office space. Storrs' most notable design is the Salishan Lodge resort at Gleneden Beach, Oregon, along the Oregon Coast. ==Later life==

Storrs studied the culinary arts in London in the 1970s, but only prepared meals for his family and friends. He died on August 31, 2003, in Portland at the age of 83. ==References==