Charles Howard Walker (1857-1936), Architect

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Charles Howard Walker was born on November 9, 1857 in Boston, Massachusetts.[#References|[2]]] He was trained in local architectural offices, and in 1879 he went on a Archaeological Expedition to Asia, and then studied architecture in Europe before returning to the states. Upon his return to Boston in 1884, he worked on a variety of buildings for about 5 years. In 1889, he formed a partnership with Thomas Rogers Kimball in Omaha, Nebraska. Their partnership, Walker & Kimball, Architects, was appointed the official architects of the Trans-Mississippi Exposition in Omaha. He later worked as an architect and a partner in several more Omaha firms. Walker died on April 17, 1936.[1]

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

1890: architect & partner, Walker & Best, Architects, Omaha, Nebraska.[a]

1891: architect & partner, Walker, Kimball & Best, Architects, Omaha, Nebraska.

1892-1893___: architect & partner, Walker & Kimball, Architects, Omaha, Nebraska.

Buildings & Projects

Notes

a. First Omaha directory listing, 1890.

References

1. AIA Historical Directory of American Architects: A Resource Guide to Finding Information About Past Architects, accessed August 10, 2010, http://communities.aia.org/sites/hdoaa/wiki/Wiki%20Pages/ahd1046820.aspx

2. “Walker, C. Howard,” Henry F. Withey, A.I.A., and Elsie Rathburn Withey, Biographical Dictionary of American Architects (Deceased) (Los Angeles: New Age Publishing Company, 1956. Facsimile edition, Hennessey & Ingalls, Inc., 1970).

Other Sources

Entry in Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects (New York: Macmillan, 1982).

Page Citation

D. Murphy, “Charles Howard Walker (1857-1936), Architect,” in David Murphy, Edward F. Zimmer, and Lynn Meyer, comps. Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society, April 2, 2015. http://www.e-nebraskahistory.org/index.php?title=Place_Makers_of_Nebraska:_The_Architects Accessed, March 28, 2024.


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