Timothy Francis Walsh (November 8, 1868 – July 7, 1934) was an American architect and partner in the firm

Maginnis, Walsh and Sullivan Maginnis, Walsh and Sullivan, an American architecture firm active from its founding in 1898 to its dissolution in 1905. The principals were Charles Donagh Maginnis (1867-1955), Timothy Walsh (1868-1934), and Matthew Sullivan (1868-1948). Sul ...

and Maginnis & Walsh who designed more than 115

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and numerous university buildings over the course of his career.

Biography

Timothy Francis Walsh was born November 8, 1868, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to James Walsh and Hanna Shea. His brother,

James Anthony Walsh James Anthony Walsh (February 24, 1867 – April 14, 1936) was the co-founder of Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers. Background The son of James Walsh and Hanna Shea, James Anthony was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. After completing his ...

, was the co-founder of Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers. Walsh attended

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in Boston and graduated in 1886. In 1887, Walsh worked as a draftsman for

Peabody and Stearns Peabody & Stearns was a premier architectural firm in the Eastern United States in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, the firm consisted of Robert Swain Peabody (1845–1917) and John Goddard Stearns J ...

and worked at the firm until 1893 when he left to study in Europe. He studied in Paris atiliers, where received his professional education. Walsh returned to Boston in 1895 and formed a partnership named Walsh & Kearns which lasted for about a year. From 1896 to 1897, Walsh worked as a solo practitioner, and in 1898 went into partnership with Charles Donagh Maginnis and Matthew Sullivan named

. This partnership lasted until 1905, when Sullivan left the partnership. Maginnis and Walsh remained partners of the firm under the name Maginnis & Walsh until Walsh's death in 1934. Journalist

Lucien Price Junius Lucien Price (January 6, 1883 – March 30, 1964), who also published under the name Seymour Deming,
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wrote that Walsh "was a remarkable designer, a water colorist of distinction, one of several famous architects trained in the office of Peabody and Stearns, and a lover no less of life than of his art." Walsh was chairman and president of the Boston Board of Appeal. He was also a member of the Boston Society of Architects, the

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, and the

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. Walsh became a member of the American Institute of Architects in 1901 and was elected a

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in 1925. In 1899, Walsh married Marian Adams Wright and together had three daughters and a son. Walsh died on July 7, 1934, at his summer home in

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, and was buried at

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Notable works

Maginnis, Walsh and Sullivan

* St. John the Evangelist Church (1905), Cambridge, Massachusetts * St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church (1905),

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Maginnis & Walsh

* St. Mary's School (1907), Taunton, Massachuesetts *

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(1908), Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts * All Saints Catholic Church (1910),

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* St. Aidan's Church (1911),

* Regis High School (1914),

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* Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (1920),

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* Trinity Washington University's Notre Dame Chapel (1924),

* St. Augustin Catholic Church (1924),

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(1927),

* Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption Rectory (1927), Fall River, Massachusetts * Basilica of the Immaculate Conception (1928), Waterbury, Connecticut *

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(1930),

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* Alumni Hall (1931),

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* Dillon Hall (1931),

* Sacred Heart School (1931), Fall River, Massachusetts * Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church (1932),

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(1937),

* Breen-Phillips Hall (1939),

* St. Andrew Church (1939),

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(1947)

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, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts * St. Mary's Cathedral (1952),

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(1954),

, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts *

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, Mattapan, Boston, Massachusetts

Gallery

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References

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