John Haviland
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John Haviland was an English-born American architect, best remembered for his innovative designs of prisons. He was a major figure in American Neo-Classical architecture, and one of the most notable n
Portrait of Haviland by John Neagle, 1828
Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia, PA (1821).
Washington Square Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, built 1820–22 (demolished 1939)
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, built 1822–23 (now Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St. George)
Eastern State Penitentiary
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The Eastern State Penitentiary is a former American prison in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located in the Fairmount section of the city, and was operational from 1829 until 1971. The penitentiary
John Haviland
…classical orders. Due, in part, to The Builder's Assistant, Haviland began to secure what would be his most important commissions in Philadelphia: the Eastern State Penitentiary, the Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb (formerly Dorrance Hamilton Hall, University of the Arts), and the original Franklin Institute…
The exterior of the Eastern State Penitentiary.
One of the two-story cell blocks in Eastern State Penitentiary
Mugshot of Pep, inmate C-2559. Falsely accused of the murder of a cat, he was pardoned in 1929.
Death row cellblock