Peter Harrison

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Peter Harrison was an influential 18th-century British-born American architect, often regarded as the first professionally trained architect in the American colonies, known for designing several important colonial-era buildings.

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instanceOf British American
architect
library building
market building
person
synagogue
activePeriod mid-18th century
architecturalMovement Colonial American architecture
birthCountry Kingdom of Great Britain
birthPlace Yorkshire
birthYear 1716
citizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
countryOfActivity American colonies
linked to: British America

Connecticut Colony
Rhode Island Colony
deathYear 1775
designed Brick Market
Christ Church, Cambridge
King's Chapel
Newport Colony House (attributed)
Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Touro Synagogue
familyName Harrison
fieldOfWork architecture
gender male
givenName Peter
influencedBy Andrea Palladio
Palladian architecture
knownAs first professionally trained architect in the American colonies
language English
location Boston, Massachusetts
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Newport, Rhode Island
Newport, Rhode Island
Newport, Rhode Island
Newport, Rhode Island
nationalityAtBirth British
notableFor being one of the first professionally trained architects in the American colonies
influence on 18th-century American colonial architecture
occupation architect
regionOfInfluence American East Coast
New England
residence Newport, Rhode Island
style Georgian architecture

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Touro Synagogue architect Peter Harrison
Redwood Library and Athenaeum architect Peter Harrison
subject linked to: Peter Harrison (architect)