undated
HAV-01-403-Z-G
GUSN-347420
i-10\li-5The Maginnis and Walsh architectural collection, circa 1898-1932, undated, consists of 19 folders and 2 tube (581 drawings) of architectural drawings from a portion of the firm's commissions. Displayed on formats of starch-coated linen, trace paper, and blueprints, these renderings include sketches, working and survey drawings, site plans, floor plans, elevations, and details.
i-10\li-5A majority of the buildings represented are ecclesiastical in nature, consisting of churches, convents, hospitals, schools, and college campus structures. There is a small selection of public buildings, residences, and businesses. Located primarily in Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Washington, D.C., there is a small sampling of structures from Virginia, Maine, Ohio, Minnesota, California, and New Brunswick, Canada.
Commission numbers range from the 200s to the 700s, with a bulk concentration in the 300s (circa 1911-1923). Several drawings are undated, including all the commissions completed while the firm was Maginnis, Walsh, and Sullivan (circa 1898-1905). These also do not include commission/job numbers. The collection contains several drawings that contain neither commission/job numbers nor project titles. These are grouped together in their original order upon deposit.
topographic surveys
architectural drawings (visual works)
presentation drawings (proposals)
tracing cloth
blueprints (reprographic copies)
architectural surveys
tracing vellum
preliminary sketches (sketches)
sketches
conceptual drawings
site plans
renderings (drawings)
religious buildings
business colleges (buildings)
colleges (buildings)
campuses
convents (nunneries)
elevations (building divisions)
floor plans
parishes
parish churches (buildings)
parochial schools (buildings)
rectories
architectural drawings (visual works)
presentation drawings (proposals)
blueprints (reprographic copies)
tracing cloth
tracing vellum
19 oversized folders and 2 tubes (581 drawings)
i-10\li-5An electronic finding aid is available through Historic New England's Collections Access Portal. A paper finding aid is available in the Library & Archives.
AR038
Maginnis and Walsh architectural collection, c. 1898-1932, undated
AR038
The collection consists of architectural drawings from the firm of Maginnis and Walsh representing a portion of the firm's body of work. Displayed on formats of starch-coated linen, trace paper, and blueprints, these renderings include sketches, working and survey drawings, site plans, floor plans, elevations, and details.
Library & Archives Purchase
circa 1898-1932, undated
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Brighton (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Cambridge (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Chappaqua (Westchester county, New York state)
Convent Station (Morris county, New Jersey)
Dorchester Heights (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Fall River (Bristol county, Massachusetts)
Greenwood (Wakefield, Middlesex county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Highland Falls (Orange county, New York state)
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California) [neighborhood]
Hyde Park (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Jamaica Plain (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Lakewood (Ocean county, New Jersey)
Mattapan (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
New Bedford (Bristol county, Massachusetts)
Campbellton (New Brunswick, Canada)
Newton (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
New York City (New York state)
North Scituate (Plymouth County, Massachusetts)
Portland (Cumberland county, Maine)
Richmond county (Virginia) [county]
Richmond Indep. City (Virginia) [independent city]
Somerville (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Washington (DC)
Saint Paul (Ramsey county, Minnesota)
Winchester (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Youngstown (Mahoning county, Ohio)
Maginnis & Walsh (Architect)
architectural drawings (visual works)
presentation drawings (proposals)
blueprints (reprographic copies)
tracing cloth
tracing vellum
Maginnis, Charles D., 1867-1955
Sullivan, Matthew
Walsh, Timothy Francis, 1868-1934
Maginnis & Walsh
Maginnis, Walsh, and Sullivan
Catholic Church
Church
Hospital
Architecture
Architects and builders
architectural firms
Catholic Church
Libraries
Library
School
i-10\li-5This collection is available for research. There are no formal physical restrictions on this collection, however, the collection consists of oversized and fragile materials. Materials should be handled with care. Note: Folder 16 is segregated as drawings contained within show evidence of previous water damage resulting in potential mold.
i-360\li346No conservation activities done. Light preservation work was completed, including unrolling and rehousing, removing fasteners where possible, light surface cleaning, and segregating drawings with obvious signs of past water damage.
Collection
HAV-01-403-Z-G
i-10\li-5Accruals are not expected.
i-10\li-5Item identification. Folder # (or Tube #). Maginnis and Walsh architectural collection, circa 1898-1932, undated (AR038). Historic New England, Library & Archives.
This collection was processed by Claire Boman, November 2019.
This finding aid is Second Edition DACS-compliant.
Born in Londonderry, Ireland and educated at Cusack's Academy in Dublin, Charles Donagh Maginnis (1867-1955) moved to Canada in 1885 at the age of eighteen before settling in Boston, Massachusetts a few years later. In 1890, he began working for the City of Boston architect Edmund M. Wheelwright. In 1898, Maginnis joined with Timothy Francis Walsh (1868-1934) of the firm Peabody and Sterns and Matthew Sullivan to form the architectural firm of Maginnis, Walsh, and Sullivan. In 1905, the firm became Maginnis and Walsh.
Known for their work on ecclesiastical buildings, the firm designed churches, schools, hospitals, and college campus buildings. Though concentrated in the New England area and east coast, they designed buildings throughout the United States and Canada. The Gold Medal for Ecclesiastical Architecture from the American Institute of Architects, was awarded for their design of the Carmelite Convent in Santa Clara, California in 1925 and for the Chapel of Trinity College in Washington, D.C. in 1927. Buildings at Catholic University, Boston College, and Loyola School in New York were also designed by the firm. Also, notably, the firm designed the Nation Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., the Cathedral of Mary our Queen in Baltimore, Maryland and St. John's Seminary in Brighton, Massachusetts.
i-10\li-5\ri4653Sources
i-10\li-5Charles Donagh Maginnis papers, 1900-1980. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Charles Maginnis Collection, 1902-1986 (bulk 1941-1955). Boston College, John J. Burns Library.
i-360\li835·Charles Maginnis Collection, 1902-1986 (bulk 1941-1955). Boston College, John J. Burns Library.
·Boston Public Library, Special Collections, Arts Department.
·Charles Donagh Maginnis papers, 1900-1980. Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Art.
i-10\li-5The collection is arranged in two series, which is arranged into subseries as follows:
i-10\li-5Series I. Commissions, 1911-1932, undated
\li-15 Subseries I.: Numbered Commissions, 1911-1932, undated
\li-15 Subseries II: Unnumbered Commissions, circa 1898-1932, undated
Series II. Renderings
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