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Henry Hobson Richardson (b. 1838; d. 1886)

One of the greatest of U.S. architects, most active in New England and the Midwest, especially in the areas of Boston and Chicago, Henry Hobson Richardson was born in Louisiana. He entered the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris in 1860, but didn't finish normally as family finances deteriorated during the U.S. Civil War, and he returned to the U.S. in 1865.

Richardson developed a powerful personal style, related to the Romanesque of southern France, producing most of his larger buildings with strong, clear, simple rusticated masonry forms.

Works

Allegheny County Courthouse , at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1883 to 1888.
Ames Free Library , at North Easton, Massachusetts, 1877 to 1879.
Ames Gate Lodge , at North Easton, Massachusetts, 1881.
Austin Hall , at Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1881 to 1884.
Crane Library , at Quincy, Massachusetts, 1880 to 1883.
F. L. Higginson House , at Boston, Massachusetts, 1881 to 1883.
Glessner House , at Chicago, Illinois, 1885 to 1887.
M F Stoughton House , at Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1882 to 1883.
Marshall Field Store , at Chicago, Illinois, 1885 to 1887.
R. T. Paine House , at Waltham, Massachusetts, 1884 to 1886.
Sever Hall , at Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1878 to 1880.
Trinity Church , at Boston, Massachusetts, 1872 to 1877.
W. Watts Sherman House , at Newport, Rhode Island, 1874 to 1875.
Winn Memorial Library , at Woburn, Massachusetts, 1876 to 1879.

Location North Easton, Massachusetts
Date 1881
Building gatehouse
Construction System bearing masonry, rough stone
Climate temperate
Context Urban
Style Richardsonian
Notes Wonderful roof presence, great arch gateway for estate access road

Location Chicago , Illinois
Date 1885 to 1887
Building house
Construction System stone bearing masonry
Climate temperate
Context Urban
Style Richardsonian
Notes Located in a Chicago urban neighborhood near the Michigan Central Railroad (now the Illinois Central), the Glessner House has a "U" shaped plan, making a private and protected courtyard to the south

Location Cambridge , Massachusetts
Date 1881 to 1884
Building academic
Construction System bearing masonry
Climate temperate
Context university campus
Style Richardsonian
Notes at Harvard University

Location Newport, Rhode Island
Date 1874 to 1875
Building house
Construction System masonry first floor, timber above
Climate temperate
Context suburban
Style Shingle style
Notes The William Watts Sherman House

Location Boston , Massachusetts
Date 1872 to 1877
Building Type Church
Construction System bearing masonry
Climate temperate
Context Urban
Style Richardsonian Romanesque
Notes Enfronts Copley Plaza, adjacent to the Hancock Place office tower by I.M. Pei , and across from the Boston Public Library by McKim, Mead, and White .

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