Ole Bakke

Ole Bakke (1889–1925) was a Norwegian-American architect practicing in Missoula, a city in western Montana.

However, Gibson continued to practice in a consulting position, and is thus credited with the design of the First Presbyterian Church, of which he was an active member.

Many of his major works were designed in the Arts and Crafts style, embraced in England, but largely ignored in the United States.

[3] Before World War I, his few works in the mainstream were built primarily in cases where Bakke was under Gibson's influence, such as his addition to the Carnegie Public Library and the flanking wings of the Missoula County High School, both originally designed by Gibson.

After the war, he turned away from his more innovative work, and to the standard revival styles of the day, resulting in the Classically-derived (though still within the Chicago School) Smead-Simons Building and the Italian Renaissance Revival Forestry Building at the University.