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.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf American architect
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
Greek Revival architecture
architecture
genre country house design
public building design
givenName Alexander
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement Gothic Revival
Greek Revival architecture
surface form: Greek Revival

Romanticism
surface form: Romanticism in architecture
name Alexander Jackson Davis self-link
nationality American
notableFor design of numerous American country houses
design of public buildings in the 19th-century United States
influential Gothic Revival designs
influential Greek Revival designs
notableWork Belmead
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
designer
draughtsman
partnerInBusinessWith Ithiel Town
placeOfBirth New York
New York City
United States of America
placeOfDeath New Jersey, United States
surface form: New Jersey

United States of America
West Orange, New Jersey NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
workLocation New York NERFINISHED
Northeastern United States

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lyndhurst Mansion architect Alexander Jackson Davis
North Carolina State Capitol (Raleigh) architect Alexander Jackson Davis
subject surface form: North Carolina State Capitol
Lyndhurst Mansion designedBy Alexander Jackson Davis
Alexander Jackson Davis name Alexander Jackson Davis self-link