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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.
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Apr 10, 2024 · William Strickland 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. Strickland first became known as a scene painter, although he studied architecture under Benjamin Latrobe from 1803 to 1805. In 1810 he designed the Masonic.
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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.
1788-1854. William Strickland (1787-1854) John Neagle, 1929. Born in Navesink, New Jersey, Strickland's father was a master carpenter and a member of the Practical House Carpenters' Society. Strickland's father worked on the Bank of Pennsylvania which brought his son William to the attention of Benjamin Latrobe, the architect of the bank.
As an architect he worked in nine different styles and produced what may be the first American example of historic restoration, the steeple of Independence Hall (1828).
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.
May 23, 2018 · Literature and the Arts. Architecture: Biographies. William Strickland. Strickland, William. views 1,804,159 updated May 23 2018. Strickland, William (1788–1854). A pupil of Latrobe, he was among the most accomplished of USA-born architects.
