biography
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Davis, Alexander J(ackson)
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1803–92)
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| biography:
| Architect, born in New York City, New York, USA. Trained as an architectural illustrator, he collaborated with Ithiel Town (1829–43) and then worked independently in New York. He promoted a picturesque romanticism in a wide range of buildings and styles, but favoured Neoclassical styles with his signature multi-storey windows for public buildings. In the 1830s he designed a number of state capitols. His Rural Residences (1837), country villa designs, and contributions to Andrew Jackson Downing's books (1839–50), greatly influenced American house design. |
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