American architect
Edward Tuckerman Potter (September 25, 1831 – December 21, 1904) was an American
architect best known for designing the 1871
Mark Twain House in
Hartford, Connecticut . With his half-brother
William Appleton Potter , he also designed
Nott Memorial Hall (1858–79) at his alma mater,
Union College ,
Schenectady, New York . Both the Mark Twain House and Nott Memorial Hall are
National Historic Landmarks .
[1]
Early life
Nott Memorial Hall ,
Union College , completed 1879
Mark Twain House , Hartford, Connecticut (1871)
Potter was born in
Schenectady, New York on September 25, 1831. He was the son of Bishop
Alonzo Potter and, his first wife, Sarah (
née Nott) Potter.
[2]
He graduated from
Union College in 1853 and studied architecture under prominent architect
Richard M. Upjohn .
[3]
Career
Buildings designed by Potter that are listed on the U.S.
National Register of Historic Places include:
[4]
Nott Memorial Hall ,
Union College ,
Schenectady, New York , 1858-1879
Library at
Armsmear ,
Hartford, Connecticut , 1861-1862
Additions to the
Christ Episcopal Church ,
Reading, Pennsylvania , early 1860s
St. James Episcopal Church , NE corner of MacArthur and Broadway,
Lewistown, Illinois , 1863-1865
Cathedral Church of the Nativity ,
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania , 1864
St. Paul's Memorial Episcopalian Church and Rectory, 225 St. Paul Avenue,
Staten Island , New York, 1866
Church of the Good Shepherd and Parish House , 155 Wyllys Street,
Hartford, Connecticut , 1867
St. John's Episcopal Church (East Hartford, Connecticut) , 1160 Main Street,
East Hartford, Connecticut , 1867
All Saints Memorial Church , 674 Westminster Street,
Providence, Rhode Island , 1869–1872
Mark Twain House , 351 Farmington Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut, 1871
Church of the Holy Innocents Willow Avenue and 6th Street,
Hoboken, New Jersey , 1872
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral , 121 West 12th Street,
Davenport, Iowa , 1873
St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church , One Hudson Street,
Yonkers, New York , 1874. Additions to the façade.
One or more buildings in
Downtown Main Street Historic District , East Hartford, Connecticut. Roughly bounded by Main Street, Governor Street, Chapman Place, and Burnside Avenue.
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Personal life
Among Potter's sibling and half-siblings were
Howard Potter , a New York City banker;
Robert Brown Potter , a General in the
American Civil War ;
[5]
Democratic
U.S. Representative
Clarkson Nott Potter ;
[6]
Henry Codman Potter , the bishop of the
Episcopal Diocese of New York ; Eliphalet Nott Potter, who served as President of Union College and
Hobart College ; and
William Appleton Potter , also an
architect who designed the
Church of the Presidents in
Elberon, New Jersey .
[7]
[8]
His paternal grandparents were Anna and Joseph Potter, a farmer. His uncle,
Horatio Potter , served as bishop of the
Episcopal Diocese of New York . His maternal grandfather was
Eliphalet Nott , the
longest serving college president in the United States.
[2]
Potter was married to Julia Maria Blatchford (1834–1922), the daughter of
U.S. Minister to the State of the Church
Richard Milford Blatchford and Julian Ann (née Mumford) Blatchford.
[11] Together, they lived much of their married life abroad in London and Paris and after his retirement, they spent most of their time in
Newport, Rhode Island .
[11] Julia and Edward were the parents of:
[11]
Julian Potter (1858–1913),
[12] who married actress Alice Berenice Pixley, the sister of fellow actress
Annie Pixley .
[13]
Ethelinda Potter (1860–1949)
Edward Clarkson Potter (1862–1950), who married Emily Blanche Havemeyer (b. 1865), a daughter of
Theodore Havemeyer .
[8]
Robert Francis Potter (1864–1930)
Richard Milford Blatchford Potter (1869–1901)
Louisa Millicent Potter (b. 1872), who married Earl Sheffield in 1902.
[14] She later married architect
William Adams Delano (1874–1960) in 1907.
[15]
Julia Selden Potter (b. 1875)
Potter died at his home, 67
West 52nd Street in
New York, New York on December 21, 1904.
[3]
References
^ Austin N. O'Brien (June 1982).
"National Register of Historic Places Registration: St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church" .
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved 2010-12-24 .
^
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b Smith, Henry Townsend (1913).
Manual of Westchester County: Past and Present . H. T. Smith. pp. 64–65. Retrieved 9 November 2018 .
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"EDWARD T. POTTER DIES | Brother of Bishop Potter and Noted Church Architect" .
The New York Times . 22 December 1904. p. 9. Retrieved 25 January 2019 .
^
"National Register Information System" .
National Register of Historic Places .
National Park Service . March 13, 2009.
^
"CLARKSON N. POTTER'S SUMMER RESIDENCE" (PDF) .
The New York Times . March 7, 1882. Retrieved 9 November 2018 .
^
"OBITUARY | CLARKSON N. POTTER" (PDF) .
The New York Times . January 24, 1882. Retrieved 9 November 2018 .
^ This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain :
Chisholm, Hugh , ed. (1911). "
Potter, Henry Codman ".
Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
^
a
b Kiger, Phebe Brooks (1976).
The Genealogy and History of the Brooks and related families . Kiger. p. 36. Retrieved 9 November 2018 .
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b
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"EDWARD T. POTTER DEAD | Brother of the Bishop and an Architect and Musician of Note" .
The Sun . 22 December 1904. p. 3. Retrieved 25 January 2019 .
^
"Julian Potter Dead" (PDF) .
The New York Times . August 14, 1913. Retrieved 23 January 2019 .
^
"THE MARRIAGE OF JULIAN POTTER His Bride, Alice Bernise Pixley, May Return to the Stage" (PDF) .
The New York Times . December 11, 1894. Retrieved 23 January 2019 .
^
"SHEFFIELD-POTTER WEDDING. First Society Function of Its Kind of the Newport Season Largely Attended" (PDF) .
The New York Times . April 20, 1902. Retrieved 25 January 2019 .
^ Winburn, La Moitte-teunissonjay Te (10 September 1939).
"Miss Dorothea Frances Lehmann Engaged To Marry William Richard Potter Delano; Granddaughter of Mrs. Charles S. Guthrie and Alumna Of Foxhollow to Be Wed in October Ferguson--Lennig" . The New York Times .
Works cited
Howe, Mark Antony De Wolfe (1871).
Memoirs of the Life and Services of the Rt. Rev. Alonzo Potter, D.D., LL.D.,: Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Pennsylvania . J.B. Lippincott Company. Retrieved 2017-02-27 .
Stevens, William Bacon (1866).
A Discourse Commemorative of the Rt. Rev. Alonzo Potter, D.D., LL. D.: Late Bishop of the Diocese of Pennsylvania : Delivered Before the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in St. Luke's Church, Philadelphia, October 19th, 1865 . McCalla & Stavely, Printers. Retrieved 2017-02-27 .
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