Alexander Jackson Davis
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Alexander Jackson Davis was a prominent 19th-century American architect best known for his influential Greek Revival and Gothic Revival designs, including numerous public buildings and country houses.
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American architect
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architect ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeIn | 19th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1803-07-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1892-01-14 ⓘ |
| employer | Town and Davis ⓘ |
| familyName | Davis ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Gothic Revival architecture
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Greek Revival architecture ⓘ architecture ⓘ |
| genre |
country house design
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public building design ⓘ |
| givenName | Alexander ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement |
Gothic Revival
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Greek Revival architecture ⓘ
surface form:
Greek Revival
Romanticism ⓘ
surface form:
Romanticism in architecture
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| name | Alexander Jackson Davis self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
design of numerous American country houses
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design of public buildings in the 19th-century United States ⓘ influential Gothic Revival designs ⓘ influential Greek Revival designs ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Belmead
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Blithewood (earlier design) ⓘ Glen Ellen ⓘ Indiana Statehouse ⓘ
surface form:
Indiana State House (original design)
Kenwood ⓘ Lyndhurst Mansion ⓘ
surface form:
Lyndhurst
United States Custom House ⓘ
surface form:
New York Custom House (with Ithiel Town)
Northampton State Hospital (design) ⓘ Hudson River National Historic Landmark District ⓘ
surface form:
Riverside villas and country houses along the Hudson River
Rosenfeld ⓘ Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art ⓘ
surface form:
Wadsworth Atheneum
various Gothic Revival country houses ⓘ various Greek Revival public buildings ⓘ |
| occupation |
architect
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designer ⓘ draughtsman ⓘ |
| partnerInBusinessWith | Ithiel Town ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
New York
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New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
New Jersey, United States
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surface form:
New Jersey
United States of America ⓘ West Orange, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
New York
NERFINISHED
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Northeastern United States ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
North Carolina State Capitol