Background
Carl F. Gould was born in 1877 in New York, United States.
Carl F. Gould was born in 1877 in New York, United States.
He was educated in public schools of New York and under tutors, the young man entered Harvard with the class of 1898, and following graduation studied architecture in Paris.
Upon his return to New York in 1905 Mr. Gould entered McKim, Mead & White's office, but left after a few months to work with George B. Post on plans for the Wisconsin State Capitol. During 1906 and 1907 he practiced as junior partner in the firm of Carpenter, Blair & Gould, and the following year moved to Seattle to launch his career in that area. Over a period of five years he carried on his work alone, then joined Mr. Bebb in organizing the firm of which he continued a member the rest of his life. ,
Bebb & Gould's first important achievement was in designing buildings of the newly organized University of Washington at Seattle, a task on which the partners were engaged from the acceptance of the Campus Plan in 1915 until 1937. Several buildings, at least twenty, were erected from their plans, including the Home Economics Hall, (the first project completed), the Gymnasium, Suzzalo Library, Henry Art Gallery, 1930, and the Chemistry Building, the latter in association with other architects. Mr. Gould, who was largely responsible for the establishment of the Department of Agriculture at the University, served for twelve years as Professor in charge of the school.
As successful designers of collegiate buildings the firm won wide recognition in the northwestern states. In Bellingham, Wash., Bebb & Gould were chosen architects of the Western State College in 1925, and planned the Library and Physical Education Building on the campus, also an enlargement of the State Normal School group at Seattle. In addition the firm’s work included a number of business and commercial structures in the city, important examples of which were the Hoge Building (where the partners afterwards maintained an office); the U. S. Marine Hospital; Virginia Mason Hospital; the new Seattle Times Building, 1915; and the City Art Museum, completed in 1932. Elsewhere in the state Bebb & Gould were architects of the Public Library at Everett, and buildings for the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company at Tacoma, Bremerton, Longville, Yakima and Olympia. They also served as associate architects on the new state Capitol at Olympia (won in a competition by White & Wilder); the Olympic Hotel at Seattle, with George B. Post of New York, and Nurses’ Home at the Everett General Hospital, with Stevens & Lee of Boston.
Active throughout his career in civic affairs. Mr. Gould served on the Seattle Planning Commission for a number of years, and prepared the Ordinance establishing a Zoning Commission.
He was also a member (and president from 1926 to 1929) of the Seatde Art Institute, the Northwest Academy of Arts, American Civic Association, and in his profession a long-time member and past president of the Washington State Chapter, A.I.A., elected in 1934 to Institute Fellowship.