Town and Davis architectural firm

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Town and Davis was a prominent early 19th-century American architectural firm known for pioneering Greek Revival and other classical styles in the United States.

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instanceOf architectural firm
activePeriod early 19th century
architecturalStyle Classical Revival
Greek Revival
country United States
designApproach adaptation of classical forms to American contexts
dissolved 1835
employed draftsmen and apprentices in New York
field architecture
foundedBy Alexander Jackson Davis
Ithiel Town
genre public architecture
residential architecture
hasArchitect Alexander Jackson Davis
Ithiel Town
hasInfluenceOn American domestic architecture in classical styles
American public building design
hasPart office of Alexander Jackson Davis
office of Ithiel Town
historicalSignificance among the first professional architectural partnerships in the United States
helped establish architecture as a distinct profession in America
inception 1829
industry construction
influenced 19th-century American architects
development of Greek Revival style in American civic buildings
languageOfWork English
location New York City
notableFor combining engineering knowledge with architectural design
early 19th-century American architecture
pioneering Greek Revival architecture in the United States
notableWork Collegiate and church buildings in the Greek Revival style
Custom House, New York City
Indiana State Capitol (second), Indianapolis
linked to: Indiana Statehouse

North Carolina State Capitol, Raleigh
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
partOf history of American Greek Revival architecture
usedMedium brick
stone
stucco
workLocation Midwestern United States
New England
New York
Southern United States

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Ithiel Town coFounded Town and Davis architectural firm
Alexander J. Davis coFounded architectural firm Town and Davis
linked to: Town and Davis architectural firm