Joseph Horatio Anderson | |
|---|---|
| Died | before 1778 |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Buildings | Maryland State House |
Joseph Horatio Anderson was a British-born Colonial American architect active in Annapolis, Province of Maryland, in the late 18th century.
He designed Whitehall (1764), a plantation house in Anne Arundel County, outside Annapolis. He was the likely designer of the third (and current) Maryland State House (1772). [1] [2] He designed the second St. Anne's Church (designed 1775, completed 1792), [1] also in Annapolis, although the church was not completed until more than a decade after his death.
Quite few details are known of Anderson's life. [3]
Though Anderson boasted he was "regularly bread to those Sciences architectural design and construction & the only one upon the Continant [ sic]," his octagonal design for the dome of the Maryland State House was found to be "contrary to all rules of architecture," and later replaced. [4]
In 1770, Anderson sent a letter to Rhode Island College offering his architectural services to the newly established institution. The correspondence, however, arrived only after construction on the college's new building had already begun. [5]
Gallery
-
Whitehall (1764), Anne Arundel County -
Maryland State House (1772), Annapolis -
Second St. Anne's Church (designed 1775, completed 1792), Annapolis
References
- ^ a b Radoff, Morris (1972). The State House At Annapolis. Annapolis: Hall of Records Commission, State of Maryland. pp. 2–3.
- ^ McWilliams, Jane W. (2011-06-15). Annapolis, City on the Severn: A History. JHU Press. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-8018-9659-0.
- ^ Browne, William Hand; Dielman, Louis Henry; Maryland Historical Society (1906). Maryland Historical Magazine. Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. Baltimore, Maryland Historical Society.
- ^ Whiffen, Marcus; Koeper, Frederick (1983). American Architecture: 1607-1860. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-73069-3.
- ^ "Encyclopedia Brunoniana | University Hall". www.brown.edu. Retrieved 2021-01-07.