Benjamin Henry Latrobe

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Benjamin Henry Latrobe
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General Information
Birth
May 1, 1764
Leeds, England
Death
September 3, 1820
New Orleans, Louisana
Buried
New Orleans, Louisiana
Nationality
British-American
Spouse
Mary Elizabeth Hazlehurst
Professional Accomplishments
Significant Design
Baltimore Basilica

Biography

Benjamin Henry Boneval Latrobe (May 1, 1764 – September 3, 1820) was a British-American neoclassical architect who emigrated to the United States. He was one of the first formally trained, professional architects in the new United States, drawing on influences from his travels in Italy, as well as British and French Neoclassical architects such as Claude Nicolas Ledoux. In his thirties, he emigrated to the new United States and designed the United States Capitol, on "Capitol Hill" in Washington, D.C., as well as the Old Baltimore Cathedral or the Baltimore Basilica, (later renamed the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary). It is the first Cathedral constructed in the United States for any Christian denomination. Latrobe also designed the largest structure in America at the time, the "Merchants' Exchange" in Baltimore. With extensive balconied atriums through the wings and a large central rotunda under a low dome which dominated the city, it was completed in 1820, after five years of work, and it endured into the early twentieth century.


Projects

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Listing

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Project Completed Address Image
Baltimore Basilica 1863 409 Cathedral Street
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