Benjamin Henry Latrobe

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British-American architect neoclassical architect person

Benjamin Henry Latrobe was a pioneering British-American architect often regarded as the father of American architecture, known for his influential work on the United States Capitol and other early federal buildings.

Aliases (2)

Benjamin Latrobe ×2
Benjamin Henry Latrobe II ×1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British-American → architect → neoclassical architect → person →
appointedBy	Thomas Jefferson →
birthDate	1764-05-01 →
birthPlace	Fulneck, Yorkshire, England →
causeOfDeath	yellow fever →
child	Benjamin Henry Latrobe II → John Hazlehurst Boneval Latrobe →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain → United States of America →
deathDate	1820-09-03 →
deathPlace	New Orleans, Louisiana, United States →
describedAs	father of American architecture → pioneering British-American architect →
educatedAt	Moravian school at Fulneck →
employer	United States federal government →
familyName	Latrobe →
fullName	Benjamin Henry Latrobe →
givenName	Benjamin →
influenced	American federal architecture → Robert Mills → William Strickland (architect) →
influencedBy	European neoclassical architecture →
knownFor	being called the father of American architecture → development of early American neoclassical architecture → major contributions to the design of the United States Capitol →
movement	Neoclassicism →
notableWork	Baltimore Basilica → Bank of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia → Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Baltimore → Decatur House, Washington, D.C. → Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. (design work) → Philadelphia waterworks (Centre Square Pump House) → Sedgeley, Philadelphia (villa design) → St. John’s Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C. (attributed involvement) → United States Capitol → United States Capitol House of Representatives chamber (early design) → United States Capitol south wing → Washington Canal (planning and engineering) →
occupation	architect → civil engineer →
positionHeld	Surveyor of Public Buildings in the City of Washington →
residence	Baltimore, Maryland → Philadelphia, Pennsylvania → Washington, D.C. →
spouse	Lydia Sellon → Mary Elizabeth Hazlehurst NERFINISHED →
workLocation	Baltimore, Maryland → Philadelphia, Pennsylvania → Washington, D.C. →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
West Colonnade → West Wing Colonnade →	designedBy
Nassau Hall ("Benjamin Latrobe") →	architect
Benjamin Henry Latrobe ("Benjamin Henry Latrobe II") →	child
Robert Mills →	educatedBy
Benjamin Henry Latrobe →	fullName
Robert Mills →	influencedBy
Latrobe, Pennsylvania ("Benjamin Latrobe") →	namedAfter