Henry Hobson Richardson
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| Henry Hobson Richardson | |
| Born | 1838; |
| Died | 1886; |
| Notes | |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/architects/Henry_Hobson_Richardson.html |
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Works
- Allegheny County Courthouse, at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1883 to 1888. Archiplanet page GreatBuildings page
- Ames Free Library, at North Easton, Massachusetts, 1877 to 1879. * 3D Model * Archiplanet page GreatBuildings page
- Ames Gate Lodge, at North Easton, Massachusetts, 1881. * 3D Model * Archiplanet page GreatBuildings page
- Austin Hall, at Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1881 to 1884. Archiplanet page GreatBuildings page
- Crane Library, at Quincy, Massachusetts, 1880 to 1883. * 3D Model * Archiplanet page GreatBuildings page
- F. L. Higginson House, at Boston, Massachusetts, 1881 to 1883. Archiplanet page GreatBuildings page
- Glessner House, at Chicago, Illinois, 1885 to 1887. Archiplanet page GreatBuildings page
- M F Stoughton House, at Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1882 to 1883. Archiplanet page GreatBuildings page
- Marshall Field Store, at Chicago, Illinois, 1885 to 1887. Archiplanet page GreatBuildings page
- R. T. Paine House, at Waltham, Massachusetts, 1884 to 1886. Archiplanet page GreatBuildings page
- Sever Hall, at Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1878 to 1880. Archiplanet page GreatBuildings page
- Trinity Church, at Boston, Massachusetts, 1872 to 1877. * 3D Model * Archiplanet page GreatBuildings page
- W. Watts Sherman House, at Newport, Rhode Island, 1874 to 1875. Archiplanet page GreatBuildings page
- Winn Memorial Library, at Woburn, Massachusetts, 1876 to 1879. Archiplanet page GreatBuildings page
Discussion
(b. 1838; d. 1886)
One of the greatest of U.S. architects, most active in New England and the Midwest, especially in the areas of Boston and Chicago, Henry Hobson Richardson was born in Louisiana. He entered the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris in 1860, but didn't finish normally as family finances deteriorated during the U.S. Civil War, and he returned to the U.S. in 1865.
Richardson developed a powerful personal style, related to the Romanesque of southern France, producing most of his larger buildings with strong, clear, simple rusticated masonry forms.
See also Shepley and Bulfinch.
References
Marcus Whiffen and Frederick Koeper. American Architecture, 1860-1976. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1984. exterior photo, f294, p366. — An excellent survey of American architecture. Reprint Edition available at Amazon.com
Jeffrey Karl Ochsner. H.H. Richardson : Complete Architectural Works. MIT Press, September 1984. ISBN 0-2626-5015-0. — Reprint Edition available at Amazon.com
