Thomas Alexander Tefft

Thomas Alexander Tefft

Thomas Alexander Tefft (August 2, 1826 – December 12, 1859) was an American architect. Born in Richmond, Rhode Island, he was a schoolteacher when he was encouraged by Henry Barnard to become an architect. While still a student at Brown University, Tefft designed the original Union Station in Providence and the Cannelton Cotton Mill in Cannelton, Indiana. Graduating from Brown in 1851, Tefft went to Europe in 1856 to study art and to promote his ideas for a uniform international currency. He fell ill in Florence and died there in 1859 at the home of his friend, the sculptor Hiram Powers. His remains were interred temporarily in the English Cemetery, Florence, then returned to Rhode Island.

Works

*George M. Bradley House, 1850, Providence, Rhode Island
*Cannelton Cotton Mill, 1849, Cannelton, Indiana
*Narragansett Baptist Church, 1850, Narragansett, Rhode Island
*Nightingale-Brown House (addition), 1853, Providence, Rhode Island
*Saint Thomas Church and Rectory, 1851, Greenville, Rhode Island
*St. Paul's Church (North Kingstown, Rhode Island), 1847

References

*"Thomas Alexander Tefft: American Architecture in Transition, 1845-1860: an exhibition by the Department of Art, Brown University", Providence, RI, 1988. ISBN 0-933519-12-5
*Wriston, Barbara, "Who Was the Architect of the Indiana Cotton Mill, 1849-1850?", Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Vol. 24, No. 2 (May 1965), pp. 171-173.

External links

* [http://www.nbm.org/blueprints/80s/summer88/page3/page3.htm National Building Museum: Thomas Tefft]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Saint Thomas Episcopal Church and Rectory — Infobox nrhp | name =Saint Thomas Episcopal Church and Rectory nrhp type = caption = Church in 2008 location= Smithfield, Rhode Island lat degrees = 41 lat minutes = 52 lat seconds = 16 lat direction = N long degrees = 71 long minutes = 33 long… …   Wikipedia

  • Cannelton Cotton Mill — Infobox nrhp | name =Cannelton Cotton Mills nrhp type =nhl caption = Mill in 1981, before adaptive restoration location= Cannelton, IN, USA lat degrees = 37 | lat minutes = 54 | lat seconds = 40.72 | lat direction = N long degrees = 86 | long… …   Wikipedia

  • List of United States architects — A*Abel Oner *Julian Abele *Max Abramovitz *Constance Adams *Otto Eugene Adams *Dankmar Adler *David Adler *Charles N. Agree *Walter W. Ahlschlager *Gregory Ain *Harrison Albright *Chester Holmes Aldrich *William Van Alen *Christopher Alexander… …   Wikipedia

  • List of Brown University people — The following is a partial list of notable Brown University people, known as Brunonians. It includes alumni, professors, and others associated with Brown University. Notable alumni Note: Class of is used to denote the graduation class of… …   Wikipedia

  • List of people from Rhode Island — This is a list of prominent people who were born in the U.S. State of Rhode Island or spent significant periods of their lives in the state.Athletics*Bill Almon (1952 ), baseball player *Billy Andrade (1964 ), golfer *Rocco Baldelli (1981 ),… …   Wikipedia

  • George M. Bradley House — Infobox nrhp | name =George M. Bradley House nrhp type = caption = location= Providence, Rhode Island lat degrees = 41 lat minutes = 50 lat seconds = 31 lat direction = N long degrees = 71 long minutes = 26 long seconds = 14 long direction = W… …   Wikipedia

  • List of Georgetown University alumni — *B, GSB, SBA, or MSB McDonough School of Business (once Georgetown School of Business and School of Business Administration) *C, COL, or CAS Georgetown College (once the College of Arts and Sciences) *D or DDS Dental School *F or SFS Walsh School …   Wikipedia

  • National Statuary Hall Collection — Teil der National Statuary Hall Collection Die National Statuary Hall Collection im Kapitol von Washington D.C. umfasst Statuen von prominenten Bürgern der Vereinigten Staaten, die von ihren Heimatbundesstaaten in Anerkennung ihrer Leistungen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • National Statuary Hall Collection — Part of the National Statuary Hall Collection The National Statuary Hall Collection in the United States Capitol comprises statues donated by individual states to honor persons notable in their history. Originally set up in the old Hall of the… …   Wikipedia

  • National Statuary Hall Collection — Partie de la collection de la National Statuary Hall Le National Statuary Hall Collection des États Unis d Amérique est une collection de statues données individuellement par chacun des 50 États dans le but d honorer deux de leurs plus honorables …   Wikipédia en Français

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”