biography
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Strickland, William
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| lived:
| (1788–1854)
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| biography:
| Architect and engineer, born in Navesink, New Jersey, USA. He apprenticed with Benjamin Latrobe and also became a skilled artist, engraver, and engineer. He launched the Greek revival in America with a series of Philadelphia public buildings in the 1820s and 1830s, notably the Second Bank of the United States (1818–24). He completed public engineering projects including the Delaware Breakwater (1828–40), and he was designer and supervising architect of the Tennessee State Capitol, Nashville (1845–59). |
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