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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Peter Harrison canonical 3

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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)