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Frederick Clarke Withers (4 February 1828 – 7 January 1901) was an English architect in America, especially renowned for his Gothic Revival ecclesiastical designs. For portions of his professional career, he partnered with fellow immigrant Calvert Vaux ; both worked in the office of Andrew Jackson Downing in Newburgh, New York , where they ...
- English-American
- 1854–1901
- Architect
Withers enlisted in the Union Army in 1861 but resigned his commission in 1862 after falling ill. He moved his practice to New York City and by December 1863 had once again joined Vaux in a partnership that lasted until 1872. During this period, Withers designed buildings for several projects for which Olmsted, Vaux & Co. designed the landscapes.
The house Frederick Clarke Withers designed for Frederick Deming, in which the library originally stood, reflects this preference. Still extant today, it is a bold yet graceful, two-and-a-half-story red-brick structure. The facade is asymmetrical, and broken into four distinct sections that are of different depths and detailing.
Gothic Library. Architect Frederick Clarke Withers American, born England. 1859. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 740. Public Domain. As installed in Gallery 740, Gothic Revival Library, 1859 (Newburgh, New York), American Wing, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Frederick Clarke Withers (b. 1828, d. 1901) Frederick Clarke Withiers was born in Somersetshire, England, educated in King Edward's school in Sherborne, Dorsetshire, and then went on to study architecture. He came to the United States in 1852 at the invitation of the renowned American landscape architect, Andrew Jackson Downing and established ...
Aug 19, 2022 · Frederick Clarke Withers was born in Somerset, England, February 4, 1828. Withers worked as an apprentice under another British architect named Edward Monday before eventually accepting a chance to come to America and work with one of the leading architects of the Gothic revival Andrew Jackson Downing. In 1852, Withers made his way to Newburgh ...
The Architecture of Frederick Clarke Withers and the Progress of the Gothic Revival in America After 1850. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1980. [available in the Fine Arts Library, NA 737.W57.K68] Withers, Frederick Clarke. Church Architecture : Plans, Elevations, and Views of twenty- one Churches and Two School-houses. New York: A ...
