James Gallier

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name = James Gallier
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birth_date = July 24, 1798
birth_place = Ravensdale, Ireland
death_date = 1866
death_place = Cape Hatteras
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significant_buildings= Gallier Hall, The Leeds-Davis Building, The Second Christ Church Cathedral
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James Gallier was a prominent New Orleans architect.

He was born in Ireland in 1798.cite web|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-19484799.html
title=The Galliers, New Orleans architects. |date=1997-04-01 | author=Banks, William Nathaniel |accessdate=2008-01-30|work=|publisher=The Magazine Antiques, republished in HighBeam Encyclopedia] His significant works that are National Historic Landmarks include:
* Gallier Hall on St. Charles Avenue (1853), at Lafeyette Square in the Central Business District, the former City Hall of New Orleans for nearly a century. It is a National Historic Landmark.
* Pontalba Buildings, with Henry Howard, a National Historic Landmark.
*Government Street Presbyterian Church (1836), a National Historic Landmark in Mobile, Alabama.

His other significant works include:
* The Leeds-Davis Building on Tchopitoulas Street (1853), Headquarters of the Preservation Resource Center.
* The Second Christ Church Cathedral on St. Charles Avenue (1837), Episcopalian Church and later a synagogue. No longer exists.
*Barton Academy (1836) in Mobile, Alabama.

His son, James Gallier, Jr., was also an architect.

References

External links

* [http://www.gallierhall.com/index.htm Gallier Hall.]
* [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0306712474 Autobiography of James Gallier.] ISBN 0-306-71247-4.
* [http://specialcollections.tulane.edu/SEAAHome.html Southeastern Architectural Archive, Tulane University]