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C. Howard Walker (NSHS)
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T. R. Kimball (NSHS)
Omaha, Nebraska, and Boston, Massachusetts, 1892-1899


Partners:

C. Howard Walker, Boston, Massachusetts

Thomas R. Kimball, Omaha, Nebraska

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 Directory Listings

Omaha, Nebraska, 1892, 1894-1899

Boston, Massachusetts, 1886-1895, 1899-1900.[9]

Lineage of the Partnerships

1888-1891: Walker & Best, Architects, Boston, Massachusetts, and 1890-1891, Omaha, Nebraska.

1891: Walker, Kimball & Best, Architects, Omaha, Nebraska, and Boston, Massachusetts.

1891-1899: Walker & Kimball, Architects, Omaha, Nebraska, and Boston, Massachusetts.

1900-1928: Thomas Rogers Kimball, Architect, Omaha, Nebraska.

1928-1945: Kimball, Steele & Sandham, Architects, Omaha, Nebraska.

1946-1956: Steele, Sandham & Steele, Architects, Omaha, Nebraska.

1957-1963: Steele, Sandham & Weinstein Company, Architects, Omaha, Nebraska.

1963-1969: Steele, Weinstein & Associates, Architects, Omaha, Nebraska.

1970-1971: Steele & Associates, Architects, Omaha, Nebraska.

Buildings & Projects

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Mannheimer Brothers Building (1891) (NSHS)
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Trans-Mississippi & International Exposition (1898) (NSHS)
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Electricity Building (1901-1904), Louisiana Purchase Exposition (Courtesy image)

Dated

Mannheimer Brothers Building (1891), Sixth & Robert, St. Paul, Minnesota.[11:16][a]

Omaha Public Library (1892-1894), 1823 Harney, Omaha, Nebraska.[4:131][6][7] (DO09:0124-019) NRHP form and photos

House (1892), 224 N. 32nd Ave., Omaha, Nebraska.[7] (DO09:0212-060)

Telephone Exchange Building (1892), 206 S. 18th Street, Omaha, Nebraska.[7]

Apartment Building for Dr John Shelby (1894), 1707-11 California, Omaha, Nebraska.[4:107][7] (DO09:0128-018)

Nebraska Telephone Company Building (1894-1896), Lincoln, Nebraska (LC13:C08-015)

Gurden W. Wattles House (1895), 320 S 37th St., Omaha, Nebraska.[4:99][6] (DO09:0319-010)

Burlington Station (1896-1898), 925 S 10th/900 Pacific St., Omaha, Nebraska.[4:43][7][11:178] (DO09:0119-004) NRHP form and photos

Nebraska Clothing Company Building (1897), 15th & Farnam, Omaha, Nebraska.[2]

A. B. Smith House (1898), 500 S 38th St, Omaha, Nebraska.[4:100]

Architects-in-Chief, Trans-Mississippi & International Exposition (1896-1898), Omaha, Nebraska.[1][5:106-09][11:184] (DO09:4-16)

Arch of the States (1898), Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition, Omaha, Nebraska.[5:125-26]

Administration Arch (1898), Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition, Omaha, Nebraska.[5:115-17]

Boys’ and Girls’ Building (1898), Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition.[5:120-21][11:217]

Transportation and Agricultural Implement Building (1898), Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition.[5:131][11:244]

Methodist Church (1898), Newton Centre, Massachusetts.[14]

Electricity Building (1901-1904), Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Missouri.[11:375][12][13]

Undated

Union Depot (n.d.).[2]

Price-McGill Building (n.d.), Boston, Massachusetts.[10]

Notes

a. Cf. the image of the Mannheimer Brothers Building on an 1896 U.S. illustrated advertising cover. Accessed July 14, 2017. http://www.ebay.com/itm/US-illustrated-advertising-cover-Mannheimer-Bros-1896-St-Paul-Minn-to-Wisc-/152533883683?nma=true&si=0VRnDxDBo8HNNOY2O5v4rklDM%252FQ%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

References

1. C. H. Walker, “The Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition,” Architectural Review (March 1898).

2. Walker & Kimball: Supervisors job book, A/MSS Graham, Robert B.

3. Henry F. Withey and Elsie Rathburn Withey, "Walker, C. Howard," Biographical Dictionary of Architects (Deceased) (1970), 623-624.

4. Landmarks, Inc., An Inventory of Historic Omaha Buildings (Omaha: City of Omaha and Landmarks Heritage Preservation Commission, 1980).

5. “James B. Haynes,” History of the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition of 1898 ([Omaha]: Committee on History, 1910), 106-109, 115-117, 120-121, 125-126, 131.

6. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

7. City of Omaha Planning Department, Landmarks Heritage Preservation Commission, Database, Query on Architects, May 20, 2002; courtesy of Lynn Meyer, Preservation Planner.

8. David Lynn Batie, “Thomas Rogers Kimball (1890-1912): Nebraska Architect,” Nebraska History 60 (1979): 321-356.

9. Boston Directory, 1886-1895, 1899-1900. Boston Athenaeum Digital Collections. Accessed February 23, 2017. http://cdm.bostonathenaeum.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16057coll32

10. Photograph, Thomas R. Kimball Collection. Nebraska State Historical Society, RG3607 (K48.6-452).

11. “Thomas R. Kimball: Architect’s Job Record, 1891-1940,” Nebraska State Historical Society Archives, RG3607 (Mfilm; transcription in architects file).

12. “World’s Fair Exhibit Buildings of Gigantic Proportions Assigned to Architects,” St. Louis Republic (September 22, 1901): 1. Chronicling America, Library of Congress. Accessed February 25, 2017. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020274/1901-09-22/ed-1/seq-1/

13. Franz K. Winkler, “The Architecture of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition,” Architectural Record 15:4 (April 1904): 336-360.

Page Citation

D. Murphy, “Walker & Kimball, Architects,” in David Murphy, Edward F. Zimmer, and Lynn Meyer, comps. Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society, March 2, 2017. http://www.e-nebraskahistory.org/index.php?title=Place_Makers_of_Nebraska:_The_Architects Accessed, March 29, 2024.


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