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Augustus F. Gauger papers (N 122), Northwest Architectural Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis.
The collection is organized alphabetically by commission name.
Augustus Gauger was born in Germany on February 16, 1852. He came to the U.S. with his family ten years later and lived on a farm near Oshkosh, Wisconsin. He worked as a carpenter in Oshkosh for several years, then went to Chicago to seek employment as an apprentice architectural draftsman. In 1875 Gauger moved to St. Paul and was employed as a draftsman in the office of Edward Bassford. Bassford was one of the city's most successful architects in the late 19th century and his office was a training ground for many architects of the next generation.
Gauger left Bassford in 1878 and set up his own practice in which he remained active until the late 1920s. While managing his own firm, Gauger also served successively as architect to the State Board of Education (1881-1887), St. Paul city building inspector (1894-1895), member of the committee revising the St. Paul Building Code (1896, 1910-1911), and architect to the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Soldiers' Home (1905-1929). He married Albertine Nitschke in 1878. The couple had seven sons, one of whom, Raymond, succeeded his father in the practice. Gauger died in St. Paul on February 17, 1929. The Gauger firm was responsible for many buildings in Minnesota and throughout the U.S. Among these were courthouses in 14 states, plus numerous residences, schools, and commercial and institutional structures.
The collection contains specifications and original drawings and blueprint reproductions for about 140 buildings, including residences for S.D. Bumgardner (St. Paul, n.d.), Gustave Doerr (Red Wing, MN., n.d.), C.D. Griffith (Camp Walton, FL., n.d.), C.F. Hubbard (Minneapolis, n.d.), C.H. Jarvis (St. Paul, 1920), August Prinz (Rochester, MN., n.d.) and Warren Weaver (Amery, WI., n.d.). Other structures include the August Becker store building (Red Wing, MN., n.d.); Arlington Hills Presbyterian Church manse (St. Paul, n.d.); Apple River Milling Company office building (Amery, WI., n.d.); Evangelical Lutheran parsonage (Hankinson, ND., 1919), Church of the Redeemer parsonage (St. Paul, n.d.); and addition to the Goodhue County Court House (Red Wing, MN., n.d.).
An unpublished finding aid with detailed contents is available in the Manuscripts Division.
Emma Brunson papers (N 123)
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
The following section contains a detailed list of the materials in the collection.
n.l.
A. F. Gauger
blueprints
n.l.
A. F. Gauger
blueprints
n.l.
Gauger [R or A unknown]
pencil on paper
Hamburg, MN
A. F. Gauger
ink on linen
Residence
Remodelling (barn conversion)
n.l.
A. F. Gauger
specs
Flat building
Red Wing, MN
A. F. Gauger
blueprints
Shop Building
Anoka, MN
Ray R. Gauger
pencil on paper, ink on paper
Office building
Amery, WI
A. F. Gauger
blueprints
Greenbrier Ave and Geranium St
St. Paul, MN
Ray R. Gauger
blueprint, pencil on paper, ink on paper, specs
Manse building
Case Street
St. Paul, MN
A. F. Gauger
specs
Garage and shop
St. Paul, MN
A. F. Gauger
blueprints
Store Building
Plum St.
Red Wing, MN
A. F. Gauger
ink on paper, pencil on paper, blueprint
Willmar, MN
A. F. and Ray Gauger
ink on linen, ink on paper, pencil on paper
Residence
Arkwright St.
St. Paul, MN
A. F. Gauger
specs
Red Wing, MN
A. F. Gauger
Ink on linen, ink on paper, blueprint
Brooklyn Center, MN
A. F. Gauger
ink on paper, blueprint
Residence
St. Paul, MN
A. F. and Ray Gauger
ink on paper, pencil on paper
Residence
Farimount and Chatsworth Streets
St. Paul, MN
A. F. Gauger
blueprints
Residence
St. Paul, MN
Ray R. Gauger
pencil on paper
Alterations
Cambridge, MN
Ray R. Gauger
pencil on paper, blueprint
Remodel
Original
Cambridge, MN
Ray R. Gauger
blueprints
Red Wing, MN
A. F. Gauger
ink on linen
Marshall, MN
Ray R. Gauger
pencil on paper
Parsonage
Carroll St
St. Paul, MN
A. F. Gauger
blueprints, specs
Additions and remodelling
Faribault, MN
A. F. Gauger
specs
Residence - duplex conversion
542 Iglehart St
St. Paul, MN
A. F. Gauger
specs
Warren, MN
A. F. Gauger
ink on paper, ink on linen, colored pencil, blueprints
Hastings, MN
A. F. Gauger, A.M. Radcliff
ink on paper, copies
Residence
Red Wing, MN
A. F. Gauger
blueprints, specs
Residence
South St. Paul, MN
A. F. Gauger
blueprints
Beresford, SD
Ray R. Gauger
blueprints
Heating System
Office Building
St. Paul, MN
A. F. Gauger
ink on linen, pencil on paper, blueprint
Hutchinson, MN
A. F. and Ray Gauger
pencil on paper, ink on paper
Young America, MN
A. F. Gauger
pen on paper
Fairfax, MN
A. F. Gauger
ink on paper, blueprints
St. Paul, MN
A. F. Gauger
ink on paper
Faribault, MN
A. F. Gauger
ink on linen, pencil on velom, marking pen
St. Paul, MN
A. F. Gauger
ink on linen, ink on paper
Parsonage
Hankinson, ND
A. F. Gauger
blueprints, pencil on paper
n.l.
Gauger [R or A unknown]
pencil on paper
Cambridge, MN
Ray R. Gauger
ink on paper, pencil on paper
Residence - veranda and remodelling
Iglehart St
St. Paul, MN
A. F. Gauger
specs
Residence
Ashland Avenue
St. Paul, MN
A. F. Gauger
specs
Residence
Red Wing, MN
A. F. Gauger
specs
St. Paul, MN
Ray R. Gauger
pencil on paper, blueprint
Roscoe, SD
Ray R. Gauger
ink on paper, pencil on paper
Four-apartment building
St. Paul, MN
A. F. Gauger
blueprints, pencil on paper
Residence
Faribault, MN
A. F. Gauger
specs
Addition
Red Wing, MN
A. F. Gauger
specs
Duplex residence
n.l.
A. F. Gauger
blueprints
St. Paul, MN
Ray R. Gauger and Co.
pencil on paper, photocopy
Residence
Winter home
Camp Walton, FL
A. F. Gauger
blueprints, specs
Residence addition
Warren, MN
A. F. Gauger
specs
Minneapolis, MN
Ray R. Gauger
pencil on paper
Heating and Ventilating System
Hastings, MN
A. F. Gauger
ink on paper, pencil on paper
Residence
Iglehart St.
St. Paul, MN
A. F. Gauger
specs
Residence
remodelling
Cottonwood County, [?]
A. F. Gauger
specs
see: Highland Farm
Residence
1487 Fulham Street
St. Paul, MN
A. F. Gauger
specs
(adjoining the hospital)
Springfield, MN
A. F. Gauger
specs
Addition
Original
Minneapolis, MN
A. F. and Ray Gauger
pencil on paper, ink on linen, colored pencil, ink on paper, blueprints
Garage
Hastings, MN
A. F. Gauger
blueprint, specs
Residence
Red Wing, MN
A. F. Gauger
blueprints, specs
Residence
Minneapolis, MN
A. F. Gauger
blueprints
Clara City, MN
Ray R. Gauger
pencil on paper
Residence
Hague Ave. and Griggs St.
St. Paul, MN
A. F. Gauger
blueprints, specs
Residence
n.l.
A. F. Gauger
specs
Residence
St. Paul, MN
Ray R. Gauger
pencil on paper
St. Paul, MN
A. F. Gauger
blueprint
Residence
Reconstruction and remodelling
Amery, WI
A. F. Gauger
specs
Residence additon
St. Paul, MN
Ray R. Gauger
pencil on paper
Drugstore, alteration
n.l.
Ray R. Gauger
pencil on paper
Residence
Sleepy Eye, MN
A. F. Gauger
specs
St. Paul, MN
A. F. Gauger, J. Walter Stevens
ink on paper, ink on linen, blueprint, marking pen
Residence
Remodelling and addition, 1806 Vine Place
Minneapolis, MN
A. F. Gauger
specs
Residence
Winona, MN
Ray R. Gauger
pencil on paper
Howard Lake, MN
A. F. Gauger
ink on linen, pencil on paper
Fairfield, IA
A. F. and Ray Gauger
photocopies [of originals], pencil on paper, ink on paper
Hankinson, ND
A. F. Gauger
ink on paper
Brownton, MN
A. F. Gauger, Ray R. Gauger
pencil on paper
Fairbault, MN
Ray R. Gauger
pencil on paper
Red Wing, MN
A. F. Gauger
ink on linen, ink on paper, pencil on paper
Apartment Building
St. Paul, MN
A.F. and Ray Gauger
ink on paper, colored pencil
Residence
St. Paul, MN
A. F. Gauger
blueprints
[not known]
[specs incomplete]
St. Paul, MN
A. F. Gauger
specs
[Factory building?]
3200 E. Hennepin Ave
Minneapolis, MN
A. F. Gauger
specs
Addition to storage bins
3200 E. Hennepin Ave
Minneapolis, MN
A. F. Gauger
blueprints
Brick tool house; storage bins
3100 E. Hennepin
Minneapolis, MN
A. F. Gauger
blueprint
St. Paul, MN
A. F. and Ray Gauger
ink on paper, pencil on paper, colored pencil
Residence
Red Wing, MN
A. F. Gauger
specs
[Addition and Original]
Webster, SD
Ray R. Gauger
pencil on paper, photocopy, typewritten
Dormitory
Mobridge, SD
Ray R. Gauger
pencil on paper
Parsonage
Watson, MN
A. F. Gauger
specs
Addition
Red Wing, MN
A. F. Gauger
ink on paper
Residence
Remodelling and addition
Warren, MN
A. F. Gauger
specs
Residence
Iglehart and Dale Streets
St. Paul, MN
A. F. Gauger
specs
Clubhouse
Ortonville, MN
Ray R. Gauger
pencil on paper, blueprints
Addition and Alteration
Minneapolis, MN
A. F. and Ray Gauger
pencil on paper
Residence
Springfield, MN
Ray R. Gauger
pencil on paper
Remodel
n.l.
Gauger and Associates
[etched drawing]
Alteration
Minneapolis, MN
Ray R. Gauger
pencil on paper
Store Building alteration
Mercantile Building
Minneapolis, MN
Ray R. Gauger, The Keith Company
ink on linen, colored pencil, pencil on paper
Residence
Como Place near Hatch St.
St. Paul, MN
A. F. Gauger
blueprints, specs
Residence
Rochester, MN
A. F. Gauger
blueprints
Duplex
n.l.
A. F. Gauger
blueprints
Red Wing, MN
A. F. Gauger
ink on paper
Residence
Red Wing, MN
A. F. Gauger
specs
St. Paul, MN
Gauger [R or A unknown]
pencil on paper, charcoal
Residence
Dayton Ave. btwn Moore and Wheeler Streets
St. Paul, MN
A. F. Gauger
specs
Residence
Fuller Street
St. Paul, MN
A. F. Gauger
specs
Residence
Rochester, MN
A. F. Gauger
specs
Residence
2168 Lincoln Avenue
St. Paul, MN
A. F. and Ray Gauger
ink on paper, pencil on paper, specs
Residence
Red Wing, MN
A. F. Gauger
specs
Notre Dame, IN
Ray R. Gauger
ink on paper
Thief River Falls, MN
Ray R. Gauger
pencil on paper
Minneapolis, MN
A. F. Gauger
ink on paper, blueprint
Dimock, SD
Ray R. Gauger
pencil on paper, ink on paper
Red Wing, MN
A. F. and Ray Gauger
pencil on paper, ink on paper
Additon
St. Paul, MN
Ray R. Gauger
pencil on paper
Missouri Valley, IA
Ray R. Gauger
pencil on paper, ink on paper
Pipestone, MN
Ray R. Gauger
pencil on paper, ink on paper
St. Peter, MN
A. F. Gauger
ink on paper
Fairbault, MN
Ray R. Gauger
pencil on paper, blueprints, typewritten
Addition to Annex 1 to Boys Custodial Building
Remodeling to Power House
Faribult, MN
Ray R. Gauger
ink on paper
Kitchen Alterations
Cottage
Red Wing, MN
Ray R. Gauger
pencil on paper, blueprints, typewritten
Revised; Bungalow Magazine, February, 1915
n.l.
A. F. Gauger
blueprints
Residence
n.l.
A. F. Gauger
blueprints
Residence
Princeton Avenue
St. Paul, MN
A. F. Gauger
specs
Fergus Falls, MN
A. F. and Ray Gauger
pencil on paper, ink on paper
Valley City, ND
Ray R. Gauger
pencil on paper, blueprints, typewritten
Residence
Remodelling
Red Wing, MN
A. F. Gauger
specs
addition
remodel
Sleepy Eye, MN
A. F. and Ray Gauger
pencil on paper, ink on paper
Thief River Falls, MN
A. F. and Ray Gauger
blueprints, blueprint copies
St. Paul, MN
A. F. Gauger
ink on linen, ink on paper
Residence
Remodelling
St. Paul, MN
A. F. Gauger
specs
Residence
St. Paul, MN
Ray R. Gauger
ink on paper
Residence
Springfield, MN
A. F. and Ray Gauger
pencil on paper, blueprints
Residence
Amery, WI
A. F. Gauger
blueprints, specs
Remodel
St. Paul, MN
R. F. Ackermann
blueprint, typewritten
Cambridge, MN
Ray R. Gauger
pencil on paper
Residence
Addn and remodelling of res. into duplex; Summit Ave.
St. Paul, MN
A. F. Gauger
blueprints, specs
Residence
Winona, MN
Ray R. Gauger
pencil on paper
Minneapolis, MN
The Keith Co. Architects
ink on linen
Business Building
Winona, MN
Ray R. Gauger
pencil on paper, blueprints
Rhinelander, WI
A. F. and Ray Gauger
ink on linen, ink on paper, pencil on paper, colored pencil