Memorial plaque to Town, Center Church on the Green, New Haven
Born
(1784-10-03)October 3, 1784
Thompson, Connecticut
Died
June 13, 1844(1844-06-13) (aged 59)
New Haven, Connecticut
Nationality
American
Occupation
Architect
Awards
National Academy of Design; Yale honorary degree
Practice
Town and Davis
Buildings
Center Church Trinity Church Wadsworth Atheneum
Design
Lattice truss bridge
Ithiel Town (October 3, 1784 – June 13, 1844) was an American architect and civil engineer. One of the first generation of professional architects in the United States, Town made significant contributions to American architecture in the first half of the 19th century. His work, in the Federal and revivalist Greek and Gothic revival architectural styles, was influential and widely copied.
IthielTown (October 3, 1784 – June 13, 1844) was an American architect and civil engineer. One of the first generation of professional architects in...
in a Classical style. In 1826, Davis began working in the office of IthielTown and Martin E. Thompson, the most prestigious architectural firm of the...
elements forming a lattice. The design was patented in 1820 by architect IthielTown. Originally a means of erecting a substantial bridge from mere planks...
Hartford. The most recent state house was erected in 1837, designed by IthielTown in a Greek Revival style. Ultimately, Hartford was declared the sole...
of downtown Hartford. Its architects were Alexander Jackson Davis and IthielTown, who designed the "castle" that is the Atheneum's oldest building. Construction...
for another government building. The current structure, designed by IthielTown and Alexander Jackson Davis, was built as the U.S. Custom House for the...
1905, the design was standardised to the Town québécois, a variant on the lattice truss patented by IthielTown in 1820. The designer is unknown. About...
truss extending above and below the roadbed. American architect IthielTown designed Town's Lattice Truss as an alternative to heavy-timber bridges. His...
churches on the New Haven Green. This landmark building was designed by IthielTown in 1813, built between 1814 and 1815, and consecrated in 1816. It was...
Asher Durand, Thomas Cole, Martin E. Thompson, Charles Cushing Wright, IthielTown, and others "to promote the fine arts in America through instruction...
Canal (then called Walker), and Bayard streets. They hired architect IthielTown to design the new venue. Some notable investors included Samuel Laurence...
Alexander Parris William Strickland Martin E. Thompson William Thornton IthielTown Ammi B. Young Modern reassessment of the American architecture of the...
was constructed in the lattice-truss arch system, which was devised by IthielTown and is held together by dowels and wedges. The building has a sandstone...
Philadelphia) and the south (Nashville, Tennessee). The design from the firm of IthielTown and Alexander Jackson Davis was selected by the commission and then approved...
cathedral is restoring Leake & Watts, renamed the Town Building in honor of its architect, IthielTown. "Leake Heirs Sue The State. Seek to Recover $86...
Trinity Church on the Green, New Haven, Connecticut. It was designed by IthielTown between 1812 and 1814, while he was building his Federalist-style Center...
architecturally as the earliest known work of the designer and architect IthielTown, and historically as the residence of several Harvard College luminaries...
called the State Hospital, was designed by prominent New Haven architect IthielTown and cost US$13,000. In 1862, the State Hospital was converted to a military...
from the Georgian style and became a uniquely American genre. In 1813, IthielTown designed the first Gothic-style church in North America, Trinity Church...
Gothic Revival building was designed by Alexander Jackson Davis and IthielTown. The Atheneum is the oldest public art museum in the nation. It is listed...
its distinctive Greek Revival design has been attributed to architect IthielTown. Documentation of the house was compiled after 1933. The house was listed...
including IthielTown and Ammi B. Young, freely assimilated his plans, as did innumerable carpenters. Indeed, the charm of many early New England towns owes...
and when sitting in New Haven, in a State House designed in 1827 by IthielTown. After the Civil War, the complications of this plan began to be evident...