Architect, William Gray Purcell formed Purcell & Elmslie with George Elmslie, and they had eight offices across the United States; the firm dissolved in 1921 when business was in decline.
The firm of Purcell & Elmslie produced designs for buildings in twenty-two states, Australia, and China. The firm had offices in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Chicago, Illinois; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Portland, Oregon. Purcell requested the dissolution of the Purcell & Elmslie partnership in 1921. 
