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Harold Van Buren Magonigle was born in Bergen, New Jersey on October 17, 1867 to John and Catherin Magonigle. His father was a bookkeeper. Harold married Elizabeth Marion Day in 1900 in Manhattan. He died in Vermont on August 29, 1935.[1][2][4][5]

This page is a contribution to the publication, Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. See the format and contents page for more information on the compilation and page organization.

Compiled Nebraska Directory Listings

Educational & Professional Associations

1898: 1st Lieutenant, 109th Infantry, U. S. Army.[6]

1926-1927: draftsman, Robert William McLaughlin, Jr.[1]

Architectural Study Travel

England, France, Italy and Greece, 1894-1896.[3]

British Isles, France, Italy and Spain, 1921.[3][a]

Buildings & Projects

McKinley Memorial (1904-1907), Canton, Ohio.[7]

Invited participant in design competition for Nebraska State Capitol (1920), Lincoln, Nebraska.[9]

First Plymouth Congregational Church (1929-1931), Lincoln, Nebraska.[8 (LC13: D07-045)

Notes

a. Magonigle's passport application of 1921 specifically cited "Architectural Study" as the purpose of his planned European trip. That application also includes a photo portrait of Magonigle.[3]

b. Lincoln Star of May 27, 1927 announced a half-million dollar campaign to fund the construction of a new First-Plymouth Church. Magonigle was named as the architect, "Associated with...Robert W. McLaughlin, Jr." Rev. B. F. Wyman noted: "The longing of our people has not been for a colonial or Gothic church, one the product of New England and the other of old Europe...but for an original type that would fit the pioneer spirit of the west and of our Pilgrim faith and yet be rooted deep in church traditions."[7]

References

1. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line], s.v. "Harold Magonigle." Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.

2. "Harold VanBuren Magonigle" on Find A Grave," https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138811762, s.v. "Harold VanBuren Magonigle," on-line resource access December 31, 2018.

3. Ancestry.com. U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 [database on-line], s.v. "H. Van Buren Magonigle," Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. 1894 and 1921 passport applications.

4. Ancestry.com. New York, New York, Extracted Marriage Index, 1866-1937 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.

5. Ancestry.com. Vermont, Death Records, 1909-2008 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

6. Ancestry.com. New York, Military Service Cards, 1816-1979 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

7. "M'Kinley Memorial Architect," (Lincoln) Nebraska State Journal (October 21, 1904), 3; "Work on M'Kinley Monument," (Lincoln) Nebraska State Journal (May 19, 1905), 8.

8. "Impressive Carillon Tower and Cloister Court Will Distinguish New First-Plymouth Church," Lincoln (Nebraska) Star (May 27, 1928), D-2.

9. In "Mere Mention," Evening State Journal (Lincoln, Nebraska) (January 9, 1920), A-6.

Page Citation

E. F. Zimmer, “Harold Van Buren Magonigle (1867-1935), Architect,” in David Murphy, Edward F. Zimmer, and Lynn Meyer, comps. Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society, January 1, 2019. http://www.e-nebraskahistory.org/index.php?title=Place_Makers_of_Nebraska:_The_Architects Accessed, December 5, 2025.

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