C. WALKER

November 9, 1857 (age 78)

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

In 1879 (when he was twenty-two) Mr. Walker went to New York intending to open an office for practice; instead he became interested in preparations for an Archaeological Expedition to Asia Minor, and in 1881 sailed with members of the party. On the return trip he remained in Europe for about a year, studying famous architectural monuments. Following his arrival in Boston in 1884, Mr. Walker engaged in general architectural practice over a period of five years, designing apartment houses and private homes, schools, and other public buildings in the city and environs. In 1889 he formed a partnership with Thomas R. Kimball of Omaha, Neb., and under the name of Walker & Kimball opened an office in the latter city. During the same year the partners were appointed official architects of the Trans-Mississippi Exposition in Omaha, Neb., a commission which brought them wide recognition, and early in the 1900’s Mr. Walker was selected to head the Board of Architects engaged to prepare plans for buildings in the Louisiana Purchase Exposition which opened in St. Louis in 1903. After the partnership was ended, by mutual consent, Mr. Kimball remained in Omaha and Howard Walker returned to take up practice again in his native city. Inactive during the period of World War I, in 1919 he took his son, Harold D., into his office, and in 1925 a new firm Walker, Walker & Kingsbury opened an office in Boston. Five years later Mr. Kingsbury withdrew, and under the name of Walker & Walker, father and son continued in practice until the elder architect’s death. Among their best known works was the Oliver Ditson Store on Boylston Street, the British Consulate on State Street, Washington Irving High School, and other public and educational buildings in the city and suburbs. Early in his career (c.1898) Mr. Walker was appointed to the Boston Art Commission, and in 1913 he was appointed Director of the Department of Design at the Boston Museum of Art. In addition he was frequently invited to lecture at the Museum, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Lowell Institute. Among various other activities he served in a period during the early 1900's as Editor of the "Architectural Review" (a Boston publication) and contributed to it and other professional journals many articles on architecture and decoration.

C. HOWARD WALKER

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C. Howard Walker was born in 1857 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

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In 1879 (when he was twenty-two) Mr. Walker went to New York intending to open an office for practice; instead he became interested in preparations for an Archaeological Expedition to Asia Minor, and in 1881 sailed with members of the party. On the return trip he remained in Europe for about a year, studying famous architectural monuments. Following his arrival in Boston in 1884, Mr. Walker engaged in general architectural practice over a period of five years, designing apartment houses and private homes, schools, and other public buildings in the city and environs. In 1889 he formed a partnership with Thomas R. Kimball of Omaha, Neb., and under the name of Walker & Kimball opened an office in the latter city. During the same year the partners were appointed official architects of the Trans-Mississippi Exposition in Omaha, Neb., a commission which brought them wide recognition, and early in the 1900’s Mr. Walker was selected to head the Board of Architects engaged to prepare plans for buildings in the Louisiana Purchase Exposition which opened in St. Louis in 1903.

After the partnership was ended, by mutual consent, Mr. Kimball remained in Omaha and Howard Walker returned to take up practice again in his native city. Inactive during the period of World War I, in 1919 he took his son, Harold D., into his office, and in 1925 a new firm Walker, Walker & Kingsbury opened an office in Boston. Five years later Mr. Kingsbury withdrew, and under the name of Walker & Walker, father and son continued in practice until the elder architect’s death. Among their best known works was the Oliver Ditson Store on Boylston Street, the British Consulate on State Street, Washington Irving High School, and other public and educational buildings in the city and suburbs.

Early in his career (c.1898) Mr. Walker was appointed to the Boston Art Commission, and in 1913 he was appointed Director of the Department of Design at the Boston Museum of Art. In addition he was frequently invited to lecture at the Museum, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Lowell Institute. Among various other activities he served in a period during the early 1900's as Editor of the "Architectural Review" (a Boston publication) and contributed to it and other professional journals many articles on architecture and decoration.

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Washington Irving High School Washington Irving High School

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- Washington Irving High School

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An early member of the Boston Society of Architects, A.I.A. he was taken into Institute Fellowship in 1891, and in recognition of his high standing in the profession, was nominated by Great Britian as an Honorary member of the Royal Institute of British Architects.

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Son:: Harold D. Walker
coworker:: Thomas R. Kimball

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