biography
pronunciation:
[makintiyr]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1757–1811)
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| biography:
| Carpenter, builder, and architect, born in Salem, Massachusetts, USA. He began his career by repairing ships, and from 1780 he built Georgian- and Federal-style houses for Salem merchants, as well as local churches and civic buildings. Also a woodcarver and a designer of interiors noted for their restrained ornamental woodwork, his designs include the Gardner-Pingree House (Essex Institute) (1804–5) and South Congregational Church (1805), both in Salem, MA. His designs for brick houses continued to be copied after his death, and in modern times his furniture has commanded some of the highest prices of any American work. |
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