Seth Harrison (S.H.) Gurnee
Seth Harrison (S.H.) Gurnee (1888-1979) was born in Brooklyn, New York and studied at the Pratt Institue and the Art Students League in New York City. For three seasons, Gurnee designed and painted scenery for the Beaux Arts Ball at the Astor Hotel. In 1946, Gurnee entered the field of architectural delineation at the Tennessee Valley Authority in Knoxville, Tennessee. Here, he was commissioned to draw dams in Tennessee, Alabama, and North Carolina. Gurnee’s self-taught technique as a delineator was inspired by the late Otto R. Eggers, the architect behind the Jefferson Monument and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Gurnee drew the plans for his home in Lake Worth and enjoyed building early American furniture and picture frames.
