GOVE AND WALSH ARCHITECTURAL RECORDS

Collection

Identifier: WH1542

Staff Only

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

Specifications, plans and drawings comprise the papers of this collection. Except for the Marquette Building in Chicago, an Indian school near Grand Junction, Colorado and an architectural competition, the buildings represented by the drawings of this collection are all located in Denver, Colorado. Union Station, the C.S. Morey Mercantile Company and residences for Dr. H.A. Fynn and John R. Campion are examples of Denver buildings designed by Gove and Walsh. The papers range from 1894 to 1925.

SERIES 1 SPECIFICATIONS N.D., 1907 BOX 1

Specifications and an abstract of property titles for two private Denver residences constitute this series.

SERIES 2 OVERSIZE 1894-1925 OVFF1-12

Architectural drawings, plans and blueprints for several Denver residences, apartment terraces, a C.S. Morey Mercantile Company warehouse on Wynkoop Street and Union Station form the series.

Dates

1865-1960

ACCESS:

The collection is open for research.

OWNERSHIP:

Gove and Walsh Architectural Records are the physical property of the Denver Public Library

PUBLICATION RIGHTS:

All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from material in the collection should be discussed with the appropriate librarian or archivist. Permission for publication may be given on behalf of the Denver Public Library as the owner of the physical item. It is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained by the customer. The Library does not assume any responsibility for infringement of copyright or publication rights of the manuscript held by the writer, heirs, donors, or executors. Reproduction restrictions are decided on a case-by-case basis.

HISTORICAL NOTE

Aaron Gove (1867-1924) was born in Illinois on July 12, 1867. Gove's father, Professor Gove accepted the position of superintendent of school district No. 1 in Denver and moved his family to Denver, Colorado in 1874. Gove graduated from the Old East High School in Denver before attending the Colorado School of Mines in Golden. Following a year at the School of Mines, Gove worked for Denver architect Robert Roeschlaub from 1887 to 1891. Gove studied architecture in Illinois in 1891, then returned to Denver to work for the firm of Andrews, Jacques and Rantoul, a Boston firm working on the Equitable Building. The following year, he began his own practice.

Thomas F. Walsh (1866-1948) was born in Chicago where he worked with the architectural firm of Willoughby J. Edbrooke and Franklin P. Burnham. In 1887, Walsh worked on a Robert Roeschlaub project, Trinity Methodist Church, in Denver, but he returned to Chicago to work for the prominent architectural firm, Holabird and Roche. Walsh returned to Denver in 1894.

In 1894, Gove and Walsh formed a partnership. Together, they designed a variety of notable buildings in Denver. These buildings include the center section of Union Station (1914), the Sugar Building (1906), and the Colorado Moline Plow Company plant. Warehouses they designed line Wynkoop Street. The pair also designed large houses for prominent Denver citizens including the Chester S. Morey-Guggenheim House, the John F. Campion House and the Charles Halleck House.

After Gove's death in 1924, Walsh continued architectural work under the firm name of Gove and Walsh until he retired in 1933. At that time, he dissolved the firm.

Extent

1 Boxes (.25 linear feet)

12 OVFF

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Other Finding Aids

For location information, refer to the Denver Public Library Catalog.

PROVENANCE:

David Eitemiller donated part of the records in 1975. A portion of the records was purchased from Rusty Moore in 1977. The provenance of a portion of the records is unknown. This project is/was paid for in part by a State Historical Fund grant from the Colorado Historical Society.