T. Charles Gaastra

Tjalke Charles Gaastra
Born 1879
Netherlands
Died 1947
Nationality American
Occupation Architect
Awards 710 Gildersleeve Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico
International Exhibit of Architecture-Berlin
Practice Gaastra, Gladding and Johnson
Buildings Wool Warehouse (Albuquerque, New Mexico), Eugene Field School, Bishop's Lodge, Bernalillo County Court House, 710 Gildersleeve Street, Santa Fe, Carlisle Gymnasium, University of New Mexico campus, Theatre Building for Jack Brandenburg, Gormley School, Baumann House, Cassell building, Santa Fe Plaza, Monte Vista Elementary School

Tjalke Charles Gaastra, (1879 - 1947) was a American architect who worked in the American southwest in the first half of the twentieth century. He won the International Exhibit of Architecture in Berlin for the Gildersleeve house in Santa Fe, New Mexico which he designed for New Mexico Supreme Court justice, David Chavez.[1][2] Gaastra was a major player in the Spanish Pueblo Revival architectural style in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Gaastra's best-known buildings include the Wool Warehouse (Albuquerque, New Mexico), that is included in the New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties; the 710 Gildersleeve property in Santa Fe, New Mexico; the Cassell building on the Santa Fe Plaza;[3] the original Bernalillo County Courthouse; Bishop's Lodge in Santa Fe, New Mexico; Carlisle Gymnasium in the University of New Mexico campus; Theatre Building for Jack Brandenburg in Taos, New Mexico; Monte Vista Elementary School;[3] Gormley Elementary School in Santa Fe, New Mexico,[3] Gustave Baumann house in Santa Fe, New Mexico.[3][4]

Early-to-mid-life

Tjalke Charles Gaastra was born in 1879, and immigrated to the mid-western United States with his family. Between the ages of 14 to 21, Gaastra worked as a hod carrier, bricklayer and logger. From 1901-1910, he was listed as an architect in Kenosha, Wisconsin. In 1911, Gaastra received his architecture license from the state of Illinois, and worked in Chicago for seven years designing schools. He married in 1917 and moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1918. Gaastra was architect on the Gildersleeve home built for David Chavez in 1928, property originally owned by painter/photographer, Carlos Vierra.[5]

Move to Albuquerque

in 1923, T. Charles Gaastra, who had come to Santa Fe in 1918 and designed buildings using the emergent Santa Fe style, had moved his practice to the larger, more promising Albuquerque[6] which left architects John Gaw Meem and Cassius McCormick in demand.

References

  1. ↑ D.F. Zinn (February 1992). "The City of Santa Fé Historic Design Ordinance" (PDF). Historic Santa Fé Bulletin 20 (1): 24.
  2. ↑ D.F. Zinn (September 1992). "The Old Don Gaspar neighbourhood association" (PDF). Historic Santa Fé Bulletin 20 (2): 17.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Paul Weideman (Spring 2010). "Jane and Gustave Baumann House" (PDF). Historic Santa Fé Bulletin 32 (1): 7.
  4. ↑ Catherine Colby Consulting. Gustave Baumann Property (PDF). Historic Santa Fé Foundation.
  5. ↑ "Taos County Obituaries 1947". Newmexicoalhn.net. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
  6. ↑ National register of historic places (2003). Buildings designed by John Gaw Meem, 1925 - 1959 (PDF). United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. p. 8.

External links

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