Résumé

Draftsman, McKim, Mead, and White, Architects, New York, NY, 1903-1905.

Draftsman, D.H. Burnham and Company, San Francisco, CA, 1905. (He worked with Edward Bennett on the new urban plan for San Francisco);

Designer, George B. Post and Sons, Architects, New York, NY, 1906. (Gould worked with a former classmate, James Otis Post, [made partner in 1905] on the firm's design of the Wisconsin State Capitol).

Partner, [J.E.R.] Carpenter, [Walter] Blair, and Gould, Architects, New York, NY, 1906-1907.

Draftsman, Everett and Baker, Architects, Seattle, WA, 1908.

Designer/Partner, Huntington and Gould, Architects, Seattle, WA, c. 1909-1911.

Principal, Carl F. Gould, Architect, Seattle, WA, 1908-1914.

Partner, Bebb and Gould, Architects, Seattle, WA, 1914-1939. According to the University of Washington Libraries' "Architecture of the Pacific Northwest" web site, Bebb and Gould had distinct responsibilities within the partnership: "Both Charles H. Bebb and Carl F. Gould came into their partnership having already established themselves in their respective fields as individuals and members of highly successful design teams. Joining their complementary strengths, Bebb and Gould became associates in 1914 with the agreement that Bebb would act as engineer and partner in charge of management, contracts and specifications, and Gould as principal designer and planner. When he partnered with Bebb, Gould modified or carried forward some large projects that Bebb's former partner Louis Mendel had begun...." (See University of Washington Libraries, Architecture of the Pacific Northwest: William E. Boeing Residence [Seattle, Wash.], entrance gate and lodge elevations,"Accessed 06/07/2011.)

Teaching

Professor, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1914-1926, founded the Department of Architecture. With his connections in the UW Administration, Gould obtained the commissions for 18 buildings on campus.

As a faculty member, Gould likely lectured on recent Bebb and Gould work done at the University of Washington (UW) at the American Institute of Architects, Washington State Chapters' Small Home Exhibit of 1922. An article in the Seattle Union Record in 1922 reported: “Carl F. Gould, W.R.B. Wilcox [sic], Joseph S. Cote, and Dr. Henry Suzzallo, president of the University of Washington, are among the speakers. Their subjects and dates will be announced later. Photographs of new university buildings and picturesque Seattle homes will be shown by the firm of Bebb and Gould, university architects. Several unique colonial residences will be exhibited by Joseph S. Cote.” (See “Seattle Architects Will Show Small House Plans,” Seattle Union Record, 04/03/1922, p. 3.) Lectures by Gould and Henry Suzzallo likely introduced many in Seattle to Bebb and Gould's various building designs on the Liberal Arts Quad of the UW. Additionally, early designs for a new central library, what would be named Suzzallo Library, may have been shown at this event.

Carl Gould resigned his teaching post at the University of Washington in early 11/1926, to be effective as of 12/31/1926. He resigned from his post as the first head of the Department of Architecture as a result of a political feud between Governor Roland Hartley and UW President Henry Suzzallo. This feud had its origins during World War I. “The controversy had arisen during the World War, when Dr. Suzzallo, as chairman of the Industrial Relations Committee for the state, had brought an eight-hour work day into the lumber camps of Washington. Gov. Hartley, who is a lumberman, bitterly opposed Dr. Suzzallo’s eight-hour day for the lumber camps.” Hartley became incensed by the eight-hour day's passage by the board, and held Suzzallo, in part, responsible for his increased operating costs.

Suzzallo also ran afoul of Hartley, who was elected Governor of Washington in 1924, on two other points.

Professional Service

Patron, Seattle Architectural Club, Seattle, WA, 1910;

Chairman, Seattle Architectural Club, Exhibition Committee, 1910.

Member, American Institute of Architects (AIA), Washington Chapter, 1910-1911.

Member, Architectural League of the Pacific Coast, 1913. Gould was one of Seattle's attendees at the league's annual conference in Portland, OR, on 06/09/1913. (See "League to Lead in City Planning," Oregon Daily Journal, 06/10/1913, p. 11.)

President, AIA, Washington State Chapter, 1922-1924. In 04/1922, Gould, as President of the AIA WA State Chapter, directed that a Small House Citizens' Bureau service be started by the AIA, Washington State Chapter. The Seattle Union Record wrote in 1922: “A small house citizens’ bureau will be conducted at nominal rates by Seattle architects, according to plans now being developed. The bureau will be patterned after similar organizations that have recently succeeded in Minnesota, according to Carl F. Gould, president of the state branch of the A.I.A.” (See “Seattle Architects Will Show Small House Plans,” Seattle Union Record, 04/03/1922, p. 3.)

President, Seattle Fine Arts Society, 1912-1916, 1926-1929.

Member, Architectural League of the Pacific Coast.

In 1925, Gould was a member of the Seattle City Planning Commission, chaired by A.F. Morton. Others on the committee included: A.R. Cook, John Carroll, John E. Jepson, J.D. Blackwell. Carl F. Gould, Sr., was one of the most influential Seattleites of his time, mixing with business leaders at many cultural events, and always advocating for the arts. He took key leadership roles in the city's cultural and environmental design institutions, creating firm organizational foundations for future growth.

Professional Awards

Fellow, American Institute of Architects (FAIA).

Recipient, University of Washington, Seattle (UW), College of Built Environments, Distinguished Faculty Award for Lifetime Achievement, Seattle, WA, 2018. The College of Built Environments said of his achievement in teaching at the UW in 2018: "Carl F. Gould (1873-1939) was the founder and head of the Department of Architecture from 1914 to 1926. His firm Bebb & Gould planned the core of the UW campus and designed more than ten UW buildings as well as many other important buildings throughout Puget Sound region. Gould Hall is named in his honor." (See University of Washington, Seattle (UW), College of Built Environments.edu, "Ten honored with new CBE Distinguished Faculty Award for Lifetime Achievement," published 2018, accessed 08/02/2022.)

Archives

The majority of Carl F. Gould's papers are located in the University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division, Seattle, WA; this collection is known as the Gould Family Papers, 1830-1983, Manuscript Collection 3516.

High Schoo/College

Graduate, Philips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH, 1894.

A.B., Architecture, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1894-1898; Gould joined Harvard's Beta Theta Pi Fraternity chapter in 1896.

Coursework, École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France, 1898-1903.

Dipl., École des Beaux-Arts, Fontainebleau, France.

Relocation

Carl F. Gould, Sr., lived in New York, NY and Tarrytown, NY, before attending Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. Gould then spent five years in Paris, France, moving back to New York City, before migrating permanently to Seattle, WA, in 1908. He first came to Seattle in c. 1905. He had been working with Edward Bennett on the new city plan for San Francisco, CA, and returning home to New York, NY, Gould visited the Pacific Northwest by train.

In 1910, he resided in an apartment in the Madison Hotel at 1019 Madison Street on First Hill. (His mail, according to the Harvard University Directory, 1910, [p. 272], went to the University Club, Seattle.) In the Madison, he lived nearby to two colleagues, architects Joseph Coté (b. 1874) and Édouard Frère Champney (1874-1929). Gould and the accomplished designer Champney both attended Harvard University c. 1894-1896 and the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France, c. 1899-1900.

Gould and his wife lived at 1205 Spring Street in 1917. (See R.L. Polk and Company's Seattle City Directory, 1917, p. 759.)

During the 1920s and 1930s, the Goulds had two residences, one at 1058 East Lynn Street erected in 1921 and a country house, Topsfield, built in 1915, situated on Bainbridge Island acreage. Both houses were designed by Carl F. Gould, Sr.,

Parents

His parents, Charles Judson Gould, a tea merchant, and Annie Westbrook, a socialite, lived in New York, NY, and Tarrytown, NY. The University of Washington Libraries' Special Collections' Gould Family Papers Finding Aid said this of his parents: "Both of Gould’s parents claimed descent from prominent New York families. His father, Charles Judson Gould, was a successful New York merchant and financier and his mother, Annie Laurie Westbrook Gould, held property in the city that had passed through her family for two hundred years. Carl Gould and his six siblings (five sisters and a brother) grew up in the Gould’s New York City apartment, and Suncliff, their country home in Tarrytown. The Gould children were educated in leading New England schools, and all accompanied their parents on European trips, where their appreciation for art and architecture was fostered. Carl’s mother was an avid arts patron and collected the works of relatively unknown (at the time) young artists, such as Winslow Homer and Rockwell Kent. Appreciation for the arts has pervaded the Gould family through generations; among other family members, Anne Hauberg, née Anne Westbrook Gould, granddaughter and namesake of Carl’s mother, has followed in her grandmother’s footsteps and been an important Seattle arts patron." (See Orbis Cascade Alliance, Archives West, Gould Family Papers, accessed 08/19/2015.)

Spouse

Carl F. Gould, Sr., married Dorothy Wheaton Fay Gould on 06/22/1915 in Seattle, WA; Mrs. Gould (1890-1976) had taught English at the University of Washington and met her husband, the founder of the School of Architecture at the University of Washington [1914], at the school, c. 1913.

Children

Carl and Dorothy Gould had two children. The first was a son, Carl F. Gould, Jr., (1916-1992), also became an architect. Carl Gould, Sr., had enough social prominence for the Seattle Daily Times to announce the birth of his son in its 04/09/1916 issue: "Mr. and Mrs. Carl F. Gould are receiving the congratulations of their friends upon the birth of a son Saturday evening, April 1. The little on has been given the name of Carl Frelinghuysen, Jr." (See "Personals." Seattle Daily Times, 04/09/1916, p. 61.)

Anne Westbrook Gould Hauberg, born 1917. Anne would go on to study architecture for two years at the University of Washington (working with the popular professor, Lionel Pries [1897-1968]), Vassar, and at the Cambridge School of Architecture and Design, Cambridge, MA. She became a prominent art collector and philanthropist in the Seattle area for many years. She married John H. Hauberg (1916-2002), heir to the Weyerhaeuser lumber fortune and a major philanthropist supporting the Seattle Symphony and Art Museum, in 1941; together, they had three children, one of whom, Mark, passed away before he reached three years of age. Carl, Sr. and Dorothy's third child, John Bradford VanWyck Fay Gould, was born in 1925, schooled at Groton and Princeton, and eventually became a research engineer.

Biographical Notes

Gould fell ill during the year 1907-1908, and decided to leave the East Coast permanently for Seattle after this.

The Gould Family took a vacation to the East Coast in the Summer of 1936, where it saw the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg. Gould lectured on the subject before the Women's University Art and Architecture Class on 03/26/1937. (See "Rebuilding of Historic Virginia City Told," Seattle Times, 03/27/1937, p. 7.)

A note in the Architect and Engineer of 12/1936 stated: "Carl F. Gould, of Bebb and Gould, has returned with his family from a four months European trip." (See "With the Architects: Personal," Architect and Engineer, 12/1936, p. 55.)

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