Joseph Gosling was an architect in San Francisco. He is credited with designing the

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. He also designed the Frank G. Edwards House in San Francisco. It is listed on the

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. He had an office at 9 Post Street in San Francisco. He also designed Turk Street School. Before moving to San Francisco he worked as a carpenter in

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. His plan for Nevada's capitol was a two-story building in the shape of a Grecian cross. He submitted architectural plans for the Napa State Insane Asylum (

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) in 1870. He and Eusebius Joseph Molera (November 14, 1846 - January 14, 1932) were elected to become members of the San Francisco chapter of the

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in 1882.

Work

(1871) * Turk Street School * Frank G. Edwards House (1883)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gosling, Joseph 19th-century American architects Architects from San Francisco People from Virginia City, Nevada American carpenters