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magazine and established the firm's reputation in collegiate and ecclesiastical architecture. Maginnis & Walsh went on to design buildings at over twenty-five colleges and universities around the country, including the main buildings at
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and an articulate writer and orator on the role of architecture in society. His pioneering work both influenced and was influenced by fellow Gothicist
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for "outstanding service to American architecture," the highest award in the profession. He received honorary degrees from, among others,
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at Boston College is considered a predecessor of the dominant towers of collegiate Gothic campuses such as
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family and other prominent Irish-Americans. St. Aidan's, the location of the christening of
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The Charles D. Maginnis archives and the Maginnis & Walsh archives are housed at the
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In the Boston area, Maginnis also built the church of St. Catherine of Genoa in
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St. John the Evangelist R.C. Church in North Cambridge, Massachusetts
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From 1937 to 1939, Maginnis held the office of President of the
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and the interior of Emmanual Masqueray's Basilica of St Mary in
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at age 18, trained as an architect and went on to form the firm
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In 1898, Maginnis went into partnership with Timothy Walsh and
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Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
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Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
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contains work of the architectural firm from 1913 to 1952.
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at age 18 and got his first job apprenticing for architect
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In 1900, he became a member of the 7: 602:People from Brookline, Massachusetts 25: 428:St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York 647:Recipients of the AIA Gold Medal 564:Works by Charles Donagh Maginnis 435:American Institute of Architects 232:American Institute of Architects 165:American Institute of Architects 607:University of Notre Dame people 627:People from County Londonderry 1: 307:Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 287:Maginnis, Walsh and Sullivan 268:Boston Society of Architects 400:Cathedral of Mary Our Queen 291:Whitinsville, Massachusetts 663: 469:in 1955 and was buried at 378:and St. Aidan's Church in 328:. Moreover, the design of 324:and the law school at the 368:Somerville, Massachusetts 213: 209: 205: 170: 158: 154: 150: 125: 43: 632:Laetare Medal recipients 463:St. Elizabeth's Hospital 380:Brookline, Massachusetts 340:and the chapel tower at 326:University of Notre Dame 320:, Boston, the chapel at 372:St. John The Evangelist 220:Charles Donagh Maginnis 33:Charles Donagh Maginnis 617:Architects from Boston 487: 426:and the high altar at 363: 356: 312:The American Architect 163:26th President of the 612:Boston College people 500:Boston Public Library 485:Cupertino, California 479: 467:Boston, Massachusetts 362: 354: 295:Roman Catholic Church 260:Edmund M. Wheelwright 242:Maginnis was born in 89:Boston, Massachusetts 526:on 17 September 2010 299:Maginnis & Walsh 228:Maginnis & Walsh 549:. 16 February 1955. 272:Gothic architecture 188:Stephen F. 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Kennedy 342:Duke University 338:Yale University 322:Trinity College 254:, emigrated to 240: 194: 182: 176: 171: 146: 92: 86: 82: 73: 64: 63:January 7, 1867 58: 56: 39: 34: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 660: 658: 650: 649: 644: 639: 634: 629: 624: 619: 614: 609: 604: 599: 594: 584: 583: 580: 579: 570: 559: 558:External links 556: 553: 552: 547:New York Times 537: 510: 509: 507: 504: 496:Boston College 443:Boston College 420:Trinity Church 334:Harkness Tower 303:Boston College 239: 236: 215: 214: 211: 210: 207: 206: 203: 202: 197: 191: 190: 185: 179: 178: 168: 167: 160: 159: 156: 155: 152: 151: 148: 147: 145: 144: 142:Boston College 139: 133: 131: 127: 126: 123: 122: 119:AIA Gold Medal 116: 112: 111: 108: 104: 103: 98: 94: 93: 87: 85:(aged 88) 79: 75: 74: 65: 54: 50: 49: 41: 40: 35: 32: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 659: 648: 645: 643: 640: 638: 635: 633: 630: 628: 625: 623: 620: 618: 615: 613: 610: 608: 605: 603: 600: 598: 595: 593: 590: 589: 587: 578: 574: 571: 569: 565: 562: 561: 557: 548: 541: 538: 525: 521: 515: 512: 505: 503: 501: 497: 493: 492:Burns Library 486: 482: 478: 474: 472: 468: 464: 461:. 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Charles Maginnis
FAIA

County Londonderry
Ireland
Boston, Massachusetts
Holyhood Cemetery
AIA Gold Medal
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Boston College
American Institute of Architects
Stephen F. Voorhees
George Bergstrom
Boston
Maginnis & Walsh
American Institute of Architects
County Londonderry
Ireland
Dublin
Boston
Edmund M. Wheelwright
draftsman
Boston Society of Architects
Gothic architecture
Ralph Adams Cram
Matthew Sullivan
Maginnis, Walsh and Sullivan
Whitinsville, Massachusetts
Roman Catholic Church
Maginnis & Walsh

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