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Maginnis & Walsh

American architectural firm

Bishop Gallagher Mansion, drawn from its recorded size and kind until a photo we may share turns up

Designer of the Bishop Gallagher Mansion, the house that was built in Detroit's Palmer Woods in 1928. Beyond Metro Detroit, Maginnis & Walsh designed Saint Aidan's Church and Rectory in Brookline, Massachusetts (1850) and St. John's Roman Catholic Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts (1904).

notable works beyond Metro Detroit
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Maginnis & Walsh, here and around the world, by height

The Bishop Gallagher Mansion beside 6 of Maginnis & Walsh's notable works elsewhere, drawn paler, oldest at left. None has a height on record, so each is drawn at one standard size in the shape of its kind.

The Bishop Gallagher Mansion beside 6 of Maginnis & Walsh's notable works elsewhere, drawn paler, oldest at left. None has a height on record, so each is drawn at one standard size in the shape of its kind.

Bishop Gallagher Mansion

1928, Detroit, height not on record, drawn at one standard size

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The story

By Victoria Jackson, Editor in Chief Updated

Wikidata describes Maginnis & Walsh as an American architectural firm. Maginnis & Walsh's mark on Metro Detroit is the Bishop Gallagher Mansion, a house in Detroit's Palmer Woods, finished in 1928. Built during the boom years when the auto industry turned Detroit into one of the fastest growing cities in America, it has stood for 98 years.

Far from Woodward Avenue, Maginnis & Walsh designed Saint Aidan's Church and Rectory in Brookline, Massachusetts (1850), St. John's Roman Catholic Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts (1904), and All Saints Catholic Church in Stuart, Iowa (1908). The Bishop Gallagher Mansion still stands at 1880 Wellesley Drive, and the best way to know Maginnis & Walsh is to stand in front of it.

Maginnis & Walsh was a Boston-based architecture firm started by Charles Donagh Maginnis and Timothy Francis Walsh in 1905. It was known for its innovative design of churches in Boston in the first half of the 20th century.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Maginnis & Walsh's work in Metro Detroit

Beyond Metro Detroit

12 notable works by Maginnis & Walsh in 10 places, from 1850 to 1961, as Wikidata lists them.

Where the work stands

In the Detroit Ledger

Photo credits

All 11 photos on Maginnis & Walsh's page, each with its author, license and the original.

  1. Saint Aidan's Church and Rectory Photo: Thomas Kelley from Boston, MA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  2. St. John's Roman Catholic Church Photo: Tim Pierce, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  3. All Saints Catholic Church Photo: Phoenix097, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  4. Immaculate Conception Church Photo: Daderot, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
  5. Saint Joseph School Photo: User:Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  6. Basilica of St. John, Des Moines Photo: Jbpo at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  7. Basilica of the Immaculate Conception Photo: Twb116, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  8. Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church Photo: UltraSparky, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  9. St. Andrew's Church Photo: Lukascb, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  10. Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  11. St. Augustin Catholic Church Photo: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

The facts on Maginnis & Walsh come from Historic Detroit, Wikidata, and Wikipedia; Rebuild Detroit wrote the story above from them, and each photo names its license.