Tjalke Charles Gaastra, (born 1879)
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won the International Exhibit of Architecture in
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for the Gildersleeve house in
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that he built for
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justice, David Chavez. Gaastra was a major player in the Spanish Pueblo Revival architectural style in
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Gaastra's best-known works include the
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, that is included in the
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; the 710 Gildersleeve property in
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; The Cassell building on the
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; the original Bernalillo County Courthouse; Bishop's Lodge in
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; Carlisle Gymnasium in the
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campus; Theatre Building for Jack Brandenburg in
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;
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; Gormley Elementary School in
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house in
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Early to Mid Life
Tjalke Charles Gaastra was born in the
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in 1879, and later immigrated to the mid-western
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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
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. In 1911, Gaastra received his architecture license from the state of
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, and worked in
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for seven years designing schools. He married in 1917 and moved to
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in 1918. Gaastra was architect on the Gildersleeve home built for David Chavez in 1928, property originally owned by painter/photographer,
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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 which left architects
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and Cassius McCormick in demand.