Henry Gutterson graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Architecture in 1905 and attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris from 1906 to 1909. He worked for John Galen Howard on the Panama-Pacific Exposition and for the City of Oakland before opening his own practice in 1916. Gutterson's major projects include houses in St. Francis Woods where he was supervising architect and the school building for the First Church of Christ, Scientist (Berkeley). He worked with Bernard Maybeck on several projects including churches and the Principia College Library (Illinois). Gutterson taught briefly at UC Berkeley from 1910-1911 and 1920-1921. In 1946 he received an award from the A.I.A. for his contributions to the profession.