James Renwick Jr.

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James Renwick Jr. was a prominent 19th-century American architect best known for his Gothic Revival designs, including several landmark churches and public buildings in the United States.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf American architect
architect
human
architecturalStyle Gothic Revival
Romanesque Revival
Second Empire
basedIn New York City
centuryOfActivity 19th century
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
designed Corcoran Gallery of Art (original building)
Free Academy Building (New York City)
Grace Church (New York City)
Smithsonian Institution Building
St. Patrick's Cathedral (New York City)
Vassar College Main Building
educatedAt Columbia College
employer self-employed
father James Renwick Sr.
fieldOfWork church architecture
institutional architecture
public buildings
genre Gothic Revival architecture
movement Gothic Revival
nativeLanguage English
notableFor design of Gothic Revival churches in the United States
design of major public and institutional buildings in the 19th-century United States
notableWork Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul (Providence designs, unbuilt/altered)
Corcoran Gallery of Art (original building)
Free Academy Building (New York City)
Grace Church (New York City)
Our Lady of Lourdes Church (New York City)
Smithsonian Institution Building
St. Bartholomew's Church (New York City)
St. Patrick's Cathedral (New York City)
Vassar College Main Building
notedAs prominent 19th-century American architect
occupation architect
relative James Renwick Sr.
sexOrGender male
workLocation New York City
Washington, D.C.


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