Henry Austin (architect)
Videos
Page
Henry Austin was a prominent and prolific American architect based in New Haven, Connecticut. He practiced for more than fifty years and designed many public buildings and homes primarily in the New Haven area. His most significant years of production seem to be the 1840s and 1850s.
Tower of the John Pitkin Norton House, one of Austin's most developed works.
Henry Austin was particularly enamored of the so-called candelabra columns and introduced them into the American architectural vocabulary. These examples are from the Dana House in New Haven.
Indian architecture made a deep impression on Austin and found its way into much of his detail work. This is the porch from the Willis Bristol House in New Haven.
Image: Willis Bristol House New Haven
Ithiel Town
Videos
Page
Ithiel Town 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.
Memorial plaque to Town, Center Church on the Green, New Haven
Samuel Russell House, Middletown, Connecticut (with David Hoadley)
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut (with A. J. Davis)
Town's lattice truss patent drawing