Charles Howard Walker
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Charles Howard Walker was an architect, designer and educator in Boston
, Massachusetts
, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He taught at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
and was affiliated with Boston's Society of Arts and Crafts. With Thomas Rogers Kimball
(Walker & Kimball), he worked as architect-in-chief of the Trans-Mississippi Exposition
, 1898.
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He taught at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
and was affiliated with Boston's Society of Arts and Crafts. With Thomas Rogers Kimball
Thomas Rogers Kimball
Thomas Rogers Kimball was an American architect in Omaha, Nebraska. An architect-in-chief of the Trans-Mississippi Exposition in Omaha in 1898, he served as national President of the American Institute of Architects from 1918–1920 and from 1919-1932 served on the Nebraska State Capitol...
(Walker & Kimball), he worked as architect-in-chief of the Trans-Mississippi Exposition
Trans-Mississippi Exposition
The Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition was a world's fair held in Omaha, Nebraska from June 1 to November 1 of 1898. Its goal was to showcase the development of the entire West, stretching from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Coast. The Indian Congress was held concurrently...
, 1898.
Designed by Walker
- Mount Vernon ChurchMount Vernon Church, BostonMount Vernon Church in Boston, Massachusetts, was a Congregational church located on Beacon Hill and later in Back Bay .-Beacon Hill, 1844-1891:...
, Beacon St., Boston, ca.1892 - Trans-Mississippi ExpositionTrans-Mississippi ExpositionThe Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition was a world's fair held in Omaha, Nebraska from June 1 to November 1 of 1898. Its goal was to showcase the development of the entire West, stretching from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Coast. The Indian Congress was held concurrently...
, Omaha, Nebraska, 1898 - Bancroft Memorial LibraryBancroft Memorial LibraryBancroft Memorial Library is a historic library at 50 Hopedale Street in Hopedale, Massachusetts.The library was donated to the town in 1898 by Joseph Bubier Bancroft, in memory of his wife Sylvia. Bancroft was an executive with the Draper Company, the Town's principal industry. The building was...
, Hopedale, Massachusetts, ca. 1898 - Electricity building, St. Louis World's FairLouisiana Purchase ExpositionThe Louisiana Purchase Exposition, informally known as the Saint Louis World's Fair, was an international exposition held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States in 1904.- Background :...
, 1903 - Stony Brook Bridge, Back Bay Fens, Boston
- William Fogg Library, Eliot, MaineEliot, MaineEliot is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 6,204 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area....
, 1907
By Walker
- Architecture of the LibraryBoston Public Library, McKim BuildingThe Boston Public Library McKim Building in Copley Square contains the library's research collection, exhibition rooms and administrative offices...
. In: Handbook of the new Public library in Boston. Boston: Curtis & Co., 1895. - Theory of mouldings. 1926.
About Walker
- American Federation of Arts. American art annual. MacMillan Co., 1905.
- Who's who in New England. A.N. Marquis & Company, 1915.
- William Emerson. Charles Howard Walker (1857-1936). Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Vol. 72, No. 10 (May, 1938), pp. 396-397.
External links
- WorldCat
- Google news archive. Articles about C. Howard Walker.
- Flickr. Photo of nos. 493, 495, and 497 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston; "built in 1895, and designed by noted architects Arthur H. Vinal and Charles Howard Walker"
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/22280677@N07/3283877698/
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/80992738@N00/3050415353
- MIT Museum. Portrait by Emil Pollak-Ottendorf of 5 architects: William Felton Brown, Charles Howard Walker, Harry Wentworth Gardner, John Osborne Sumner, William Henry Lawrence.