James A. Wetmore

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James A. Wetmore was an American architect and Acting Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury whose office oversaw the design of numerous federal buildings across the United States in the early 20th century.

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instanceOf American architect
architect
government official
human
architecturalStyleUsed Beaux-Arts architecture
Neoclassical architecture
Renaissance Revival architecture
areaOfInfluence United States of America
surface form: United States
associatedWith Office of the Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury
surface form: Office of the Supervising Architect
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
designedFor United States government
surface form: United States federal government
employer United States Department of the Treasury
familyName Wetmore
fieldOfWork architecture
federal government buildings
public architecture
fullName James A. Wetmore self-link
gender male
givenName James
governmentBranch executive branch of the United States government
hasTitle Acting Supervising Architect
hasWorkContext Treasury Department building programs
influencedDomain standardization of U.S. federal building design
jurisdiction United States government
surface form: federal government of the United States
languageOfWorkOrName English
notableFor administrative leadership in federal architectural projects
oversight of design of numerous U.S. federal buildings
notableImpact shaping appearance of early 20th-century U.S. federal architecture
notableProjectScope nationwide federal building program
notableRole head of the Office of the Supervising Architect
notableWorkType courthouses
custom houses
federal office buildings
post office buildings
occupation architect
civil servant
positionHeld Office of the Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury
surface form: Acting Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury
responsibility coordination of architects and engineers for federal buildings
implementation of federal building policies
oversight of design and construction of federal buildings
sector public sector
sphereOfActivity United States public works
timePeriod early 20th century
typeOfWork government buildings
institutional buildings
workLocation Washington, D.C.

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Alaska State Capitol architect James A. Wetmore
James A. Wetmore fullName James A. Wetmore self-link