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Strickland designed and built the Delaware Breakwater, the first breakwater in the Americas and the third in the world. Death and interment. Strickland died in Nashville and is buried within the walls of his final, and arguably greatest work, the Tennessee State Capitol.
Apr 10, 2024 · Died: April 6, 1854, Nashville, Tenn. (aged 66) Movement / Style: Greek Revival. William Strickland (born 1788, Navesink, N.J., U.S.—died April 6, 1854, Nashville, Tenn.) was a U.S. architect and engineer who was one of the leaders of the Greek Revival in the first half of the 19th century.
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William Strickland was born in 1788 in Navesink, New Jersey. His family moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania when he was two years old. He spent most of his childhood there. In his teens, he became an apprentice to architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe. He was the person who designed the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. Latrobe helped teach him how to design buildings. Strickland also ...
Oct 8, 2017 · William Strickland died in Nashville on April 7, 1854. The Tennessee General Assembly honored the architect’s wish to be interred in a niche carved into the north portico of the State Capitol he designed.
In April, 1854, the elder Strickland suffered a fall and died. A few days later he was interred within the Capitol, a last honor bestowed by the Tennessee legislature. During a career spanning over 45 years, William Strickland proved himself to be versatile and talented in several fields.
William Strickland (November 1788 – April 6, 1854) was a noted architect and civil engineer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Nashville, Tennessee. A student of Benjamin Latrobe and mentor to Thomas Ustick Walter, Strickland helped establish the Greek Revival movement in the United States.
Penn Connection. Architect of Medical Hall and College Hall on Penn's second campus. William Strickland, born in 1788 in Navesink, New Jersey, moved with his family to Philadelphia two years later. Young Strickland met architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe while his father, master-carpenter John Strickland, worked on Latrobe’s Bank of Pennsylvania.
