Durng his 1909 lecture tour to the West Coast, the renowned British Arts and Crafts designer C.R. Ashbee presented three lectures in Seattle.

Felicity Ashbee, daughter of the designer and artist C.R. Ashbee, was probably the last close link with the inner circle of extraordinary creative talents fostered or inspired by William Morris.

TO PRESERVE HISTORIC PLACES; Joint Action of English Speaking Peoples Advocated by C.R. Ashbee. Share full article. Dec. 22, 1900. Credit... The New York Times Archives.

The Survey of London is one of the treasures of Britain. Founded by the architect and utopian C.R. Ashbee in 1894, it set out to preserve the architecture of the metropolis by recording it.