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| (1763–1844)
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| Architect, born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. America's first native-born architect, he graduated from Harvard and was inspired by new Neoclassical buildings while on a European tour (1785–7). As a member of the board of select men (1791–1817) and superintendent of police, he sought to make Boston an American model of classical elegance through town planning and the development of the Federal style, designing many street houses, mansions, and commercial and public buildings, including the Massachusetts State House (1795–7), India Wharf (1803–07), and Massachusetts General Hospital (1818–23). He became the leading New England architect, his Federal-style public buildings and Adam-style domestic interiors becoming the standard for early republic architecture. Succeeding Latrobe as architect of the US Capitol (1817–30), he completed the western portico, original dome, and landscaping before retiring to Boston. His domed capitol buildings influenced the design of state capitols across the country throughout the 19th-c. |
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