Town, Ithiel, 1784-1844
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Town, Ithiel (American architect, 1784-1844)
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Ithiel Town was an architect and bridge builder. He studied with Asher Benjamin in Boston and was a partner with Alexander J. Davis for a few years. Town was a leader in the Greek and Gothic Revival styles in American architecture. But it was his profits from bridge building that enabled him to amass the largest library of art, architecture, and engineering books and prints in the United States. He began to sell off his library before his death in 1844.
Architect, of New Haven, Conn.
Architect; first major work was Center Church in New Haven, CT.; subsequently designed many buildings in New Haven, Hartford, New York City, Indianapolis, Raleigh, N.C.; worked in partnerships based in New York, 1827- ; in 1820 granted a patent for a truss bridge and became known as the foremost bridge-builder in U. S.
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Architecture
Architecture
Bridges
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