Taken from: The Baltimore Sun, May 16, 1926, sunday, page 4.
Obituary Walter M. Gieske
Funeral services for Walter M. Gieske, who died Friday, will be held at his home on Beaumont Avenue, Catonsville, a1 10 A.M. Monday. Services will be conducted by the Rev. Dr. John C. Bowers, pastor of Salem Lutheran Church.
Mr. Gieske is survived by his wife Mrs. Clara Ehlen Gieska: his mother, Mrs. Auguste Gieske, of Sarasota. Fla.: three brothers, Dr. G. E. Gieske, Alfred W. Gieske and Hardy C. Gieske, and a sister Mrs. F. Lentz.
Mr. Gieske was well known in architectural circiles in Baltimore city and suburbs, where numerous buildings and homes were built from his designs. He was a member of the America Institute of Architects, Charcoal Club, Print Club and a charter member of Rolling Road Gold Club.
Among the public buildings designed by him is the General German Orphan Asylum at Catonsville.
Taken from: Old Catonsville Neighborhood Association (OCNA)
"Walter Gieske was born in Catonsville in 1883 and was educated at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute and Cornell University's engineering department. He left the latter in his sophomore year and went to work for the Bartlett & Hayward Company in Baltimore, and later the T. H. Symington Company, where he worked as an assistant mechanical engineer. In 1908 he began the practice of architecture on his own, seemingly having had little training for it, as his emphasis had always been engineering. His first known work actually came several years earlier, in 1906, when he designed a house for another brother, Alfred W. Gieske, on Edmondson Avenue, near "Waldeck."
Perhaps it was this early experience that influenced him to set off into the field of architecture. In any case, though his office was in Baltimore, Walter Gieske designed numerous buildings throughout Catonsville, including the High School and German Orphan Asylum.
Hardy Gieske's house [SEE IMAGE OF THIS HOUSE ON WALTER'S MEMORIAL], like others of the period in the neighborhood, had hot water heat, both electricity and gas lighting, and indoor plumbing. As described in 1909, "the foundation will be of brick, laid in cement, and the exterior will be of stucco from the first to the second floor, with shingles, stucco and English half timber from the second-floor line to the roof, which will also be shingled. The interior will be finished in mission design." Though both Gieskes must have been well acquainted with the builders in Catonsville, they did not choose one of them, instead hiring Andrew Knell. Perhaps the unique mission details were something that the average Catonsville builder could not execute competently. Regardless, the house was completed by the end of the year, but Hardy Gieske spent the winter in North Carolina for health reasons, and the house was rented. Walter Gieske and his wife Clara eventually bought the house from his mother in 1919, and he died there of pneumonia in 1926, at age 42. [Mrs. Gieske continued to live in the house until 1981.]
At the same time that he was working on his brother's house, Gieske designed a dwelling for Arthur C. Montell, cashier at the First National Bank in Catonsville, at Beaumont Avenue and Frederick Road, on the site of "Castle Thunder." It was a 2 ½ story frame building with shingled exterior, slate roof, and porches. Henry A. Nagle was the builder, and as with most building projects, a small, makeshift carpenter shop was moved or erected on the property. These buildings are rarely noticed, except for instances such as this when thieves broke into the shop and stole all the tools of James Floyd, a carpenter working for Nagle. The shop, of course, was removed when the house was completed. The house, unfortunately, disappeared later, as the public library was constructed on this site in 1962. Two sisters, Esther and Eliza Hardy, purchased a lot at 17 N. Beaumont Avenue in the summer of 1909 and hired Schatz Brothers to construct a 2-½-story frame house for $6,000. The building, a large square structure with a hip roof of slate, a gabled wall dormer, and a wrap-around porch, seems to be one of many that was moving toward what has come to be known as the foursquare house. It was not completed until the following spring. From its earliest inception as a subdivision, Old Catonsville houses and lots were often owned by women, some of whom were widowed and a few of whom were single, but many of these women were married. In a few cases, such as some buildings sold by John Hubner, the reason may be that property was transferred to daughters. In many cases, however, it was probably a means of protecting the family from loosing their home if the husband landed in business trouble.
Obituary Walter M. Gieske
Funeral services for Walter M. Gieske, who died Friday, will be held at his home on Beaumont Avenue, Catonsville, a1 10 A.M. Monday. Services will be conducted by the Rev. Dr. John C. Bowers, pastor of Salem Lutheran Church.
Mr. Gieske is survived by his wife Mrs. Clara Ehlen Gieska: his mother, Mrs. Auguste Gieske, of Sarasota. Fla.: three brothers, Dr. G. E. Gieske, Alfred W. Gieske and Hardy C. Gieske, and a sister Mrs. F. Lentz.
Mr. Gieske was well known in architectural circiles in Baltimore city and suburbs, where numerous buildings and homes were built from his designs. He was a member of the America Institute of Architects, Charcoal Club, Print Club and a charter member of Rolling Road Gold Club.
Among the public buildings designed by him is the General German Orphan Asylum at Catonsville.
Taken from: Old Catonsville Neighborhood Association (OCNA)
"Walter Gieske was born in Catonsville in 1883 and was educated at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute and Cornell University's engineering department. He left the latter in his sophomore year and went to work for the Bartlett & Hayward Company in Baltimore, and later the T. H. Symington Company, where he worked as an assistant mechanical engineer. In 1908 he began the practice of architecture on his own, seemingly having had little training for it, as his emphasis had always been engineering. His first known work actually came several years earlier, in 1906, when he designed a house for another brother, Alfred W. Gieske, on Edmondson Avenue, near "Waldeck."
Perhaps it was this early experience that influenced him to set off into the field of architecture. In any case, though his office was in Baltimore, Walter Gieske designed numerous buildings throughout Catonsville, including the High School and German Orphan Asylum.
Hardy Gieske's house [SEE IMAGE OF THIS HOUSE ON WALTER'S MEMORIAL], like others of the period in the neighborhood, had hot water heat, both electricity and gas lighting, and indoor plumbing. As described in 1909, "the foundation will be of brick, laid in cement, and the exterior will be of stucco from the first to the second floor, with shingles, stucco and English half timber from the second-floor line to the roof, which will also be shingled. The interior will be finished in mission design." Though both Gieskes must have been well acquainted with the builders in Catonsville, they did not choose one of them, instead hiring Andrew Knell. Perhaps the unique mission details were something that the average Catonsville builder could not execute competently. Regardless, the house was completed by the end of the year, but Hardy Gieske spent the winter in North Carolina for health reasons, and the house was rented. Walter Gieske and his wife Clara eventually bought the house from his mother in 1919, and he died there of pneumonia in 1926, at age 42. [Mrs. Gieske continued to live in the house until 1981.]
At the same time that he was working on his brother's house, Gieske designed a dwelling for Arthur C. Montell, cashier at the First National Bank in Catonsville, at Beaumont Avenue and Frederick Road, on the site of "Castle Thunder." It was a 2 ½ story frame building with shingled exterior, slate roof, and porches. Henry A. Nagle was the builder, and as with most building projects, a small, makeshift carpenter shop was moved or erected on the property. These buildings are rarely noticed, except for instances such as this when thieves broke into the shop and stole all the tools of James Floyd, a carpenter working for Nagle. The shop, of course, was removed when the house was completed. The house, unfortunately, disappeared later, as the public library was constructed on this site in 1962. Two sisters, Esther and Eliza Hardy, purchased a lot at 17 N. Beaumont Avenue in the summer of 1909 and hired Schatz Brothers to construct a 2-½-story frame house for $6,000. The building, a large square structure with a hip roof of slate, a gabled wall dormer, and a wrap-around porch, seems to be one of many that was moving toward what has come to be known as the foursquare house. It was not completed until the following spring. From its earliest inception as a subdivision, Old Catonsville houses and lots were often owned by women, some of whom were widowed and a few of whom were single, but many of these women were married. In a few cases, such as some buildings sold by John Hubner, the reason may be that property was transferred to daughters. In many cases, however, it was probably a means of protecting the family from loosing their home if the husband landed in business trouble.
Taken from: The Baltimore Sun, May 16, 1926, sunday, page 4.
Obituary Walter M. Gieske
Funeral services for Walter M. Gieske, who died Friday, will be held at his home on Beaumont Avenue, Catonsville, a1 10 A.M. Monday. Services will be conducted by the Rev. Dr. John C. Bowers, pastor of Salem Lutheran Church.
Mr. Gieske is survived by his wife Mrs. Clara Ehlen Gieska: his mother, Mrs. Auguste Gieske, of Sarasota. Fla.: three brothers, Dr. G. E. Gieske, Alfred W. Gieske and Hardy C. Gieske, and a sister Mrs. F. Lentz.
Mr. Gieske was well known in architectural circiles in Baltimore city and suburbs, where numerous buildings and homes were built from his designs. He was a member of the America Institute of Architects, Charcoal Club, Print Club and a charter member of Rolling Road Gold Club.
Among the public buildings designed by him is the General German Orphan Asylum at Catonsville.
Taken from: Old Catonsville Neighborhood Association (OCNA)
"Walter Gieske was born in Catonsville in 1883 and was educated at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute and Cornell University's engineering department. He left the latter in his sophomore year and went to work for the Bartlett & Hayward Company in Baltimore, and later the T. H. Symington Company, where he worked as an assistant mechanical engineer. In 1908 he began the practice of architecture on his own, seemingly having had little training for it, as his emphasis had always been engineering. His first known work actually came several years earlier, in 1906, when he designed a house for another brother, Alfred W. Gieske, on Edmondson Avenue, near "Waldeck."
Perhaps it was this early experience that influenced him to set off into the field of architecture. In any case, though his office was in Baltimore, Walter Gieske designed numerous buildings throughout Catonsville, including the High School and German Orphan Asylum.
Hardy Gieske's house [SEE IMAGE OF THIS HOUSE ON WALTER'S MEMORIAL], like others of the period in the neighborhood, had hot water heat, both electricity and gas lighting, and indoor plumbing. As described in 1909, "the foundation will be of brick, laid in cement, and the exterior will be of stucco from the first to the second floor, with shingles, stucco and English half timber from the second-floor line to the roof, which will also be shingled. The interior will be finished in mission design." Though both Gieskes must have been well acquainted with the builders in Catonsville, they did not choose one of them, instead hiring Andrew Knell. Perhaps the unique mission details were something that the average Catonsville builder could not execute competently. Regardless, the house was completed by the end of the year, but Hardy Gieske spent the winter in North Carolina for health reasons, and the house was rented. Walter Gieske and his wife Clara eventually bought the house from his mother in 1919, and he died there of pneumonia in 1926, at age 42. [Mrs. Gieske continued to live in the house until 1981.]
At the same time that he was working on his brother's house, Gieske designed a dwelling for Arthur C. Montell, cashier at the First National Bank in Catonsville, at Beaumont Avenue and Frederick Road, on the site of "Castle Thunder." It was a 2 ½ story frame building with shingled exterior, slate roof, and porches. Henry A. Nagle was the builder, and as with most building projects, a small, makeshift carpenter shop was moved or erected on the property. These buildings are rarely noticed, except for instances such as this when thieves broke into the shop and stole all the tools of James Floyd, a carpenter working for Nagle. The shop, of course, was removed when the house was completed. The house, unfortunately, disappeared later, as the public library was constructed on this site in 1962. Two sisters, Esther and Eliza Hardy, purchased a lot at 17 N. Beaumont Avenue in the summer of 1909 and hired Schatz Brothers to construct a 2-½-story frame house for $6,000. The building, a large square structure with a hip roof of slate, a gabled wall dormer, and a wrap-around porch, seems to be one of many that was moving toward what has come to be known as the foursquare house. It was not completed until the following spring. From its earliest inception as a subdivision, Old Catonsville houses and lots were often owned by women, some of whom were widowed and a few of whom were single, but many of these women were married. In a few cases, such as some buildings sold by John Hubner, the reason may be that property was transferred to daughters. In many cases, however, it was probably a means of protecting the family from loosing their home if the husband landed in business trouble.
Obituary Walter M. Gieske
Funeral services for Walter M. Gieske, who died Friday, will be held at his home on Beaumont Avenue, Catonsville, a1 10 A.M. Monday. Services will be conducted by the Rev. Dr. John C. Bowers, pastor of Salem Lutheran Church.
Mr. Gieske is survived by his wife Mrs. Clara Ehlen Gieska: his mother, Mrs. Auguste Gieske, of Sarasota. Fla.: three brothers, Dr. G. E. Gieske, Alfred W. Gieske and Hardy C. Gieske, and a sister Mrs. F. Lentz.
Mr. Gieske was well known in architectural circiles in Baltimore city and suburbs, where numerous buildings and homes were built from his designs. He was a member of the America Institute of Architects, Charcoal Club, Print Club and a charter member of Rolling Road Gold Club.
Among the public buildings designed by him is the General German Orphan Asylum at Catonsville.
Taken from: Old Catonsville Neighborhood Association (OCNA)
"Walter Gieske was born in Catonsville in 1883 and was educated at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute and Cornell University's engineering department. He left the latter in his sophomore year and went to work for the Bartlett & Hayward Company in Baltimore, and later the T. H. Symington Company, where he worked as an assistant mechanical engineer. In 1908 he began the practice of architecture on his own, seemingly having had little training for it, as his emphasis had always been engineering. His first known work actually came several years earlier, in 1906, when he designed a house for another brother, Alfred W. Gieske, on Edmondson Avenue, near "Waldeck."
Perhaps it was this early experience that influenced him to set off into the field of architecture. In any case, though his office was in Baltimore, Walter Gieske designed numerous buildings throughout Catonsville, including the High School and German Orphan Asylum.
Hardy Gieske's house [SEE IMAGE OF THIS HOUSE ON WALTER'S MEMORIAL], like others of the period in the neighborhood, had hot water heat, both electricity and gas lighting, and indoor plumbing. As described in 1909, "the foundation will be of brick, laid in cement, and the exterior will be of stucco from the first to the second floor, with shingles, stucco and English half timber from the second-floor line to the roof, which will also be shingled. The interior will be finished in mission design." Though both Gieskes must have been well acquainted with the builders in Catonsville, they did not choose one of them, instead hiring Andrew Knell. Perhaps the unique mission details were something that the average Catonsville builder could not execute competently. Regardless, the house was completed by the end of the year, but Hardy Gieske spent the winter in North Carolina for health reasons, and the house was rented. Walter Gieske and his wife Clara eventually bought the house from his mother in 1919, and he died there of pneumonia in 1926, at age 42. [Mrs. Gieske continued to live in the house until 1981.]
At the same time that he was working on his brother's house, Gieske designed a dwelling for Arthur C. Montell, cashier at the First National Bank in Catonsville, at Beaumont Avenue and Frederick Road, on the site of "Castle Thunder." It was a 2 ½ story frame building with shingled exterior, slate roof, and porches. Henry A. Nagle was the builder, and as with most building projects, a small, makeshift carpenter shop was moved or erected on the property. These buildings are rarely noticed, except for instances such as this when thieves broke into the shop and stole all the tools of James Floyd, a carpenter working for Nagle. The shop, of course, was removed when the house was completed. The house, unfortunately, disappeared later, as the public library was constructed on this site in 1962. Two sisters, Esther and Eliza Hardy, purchased a lot at 17 N. Beaumont Avenue in the summer of 1909 and hired Schatz Brothers to construct a 2-½-story frame house for $6,000. The building, a large square structure with a hip roof of slate, a gabled wall dormer, and a wrap-around porch, seems to be one of many that was moving toward what has come to be known as the foursquare house. It was not completed until the following spring. From its earliest inception as a subdivision, Old Catonsville houses and lots were often owned by women, some of whom were widowed and a few of whom were single, but many of these women were married. In a few cases, such as some buildings sold by John Hubner, the reason may be that property was transferred to daughters. In many cases, however, it was probably a means of protecting the family from loosing their home if the husband landed in business trouble.
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