John Haviland

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John Haviland was a prominent 19th-century British-born American architect best known for pioneering radial-plan prison designs and influencing modern penitentiary architecture.

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instanceOf British-born American
architect
person
architecturalStyle radial prison plan
centuryOfActivity 19th century
countryOfActivity United States of America
surface form: United States
era 19th century architecture
fieldOfWork architecture
penitentiary architecture
influenceOn modern penitentiary architecture
modern prison design
knownFor influencing modern penitentiary architecture
radial-plan prison designs
migration emigrated from Britain to the United States
nationality American
British
notableAchievement pioneering radial-plan prison designs
occupation architect
placeOfBirth United Kingdom NERFINISHED
professionalReputation prominent architect in 19th-century America

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Eastern State Penitentiary designedBy John Haviland