Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1764, May 1 | Born, Fulneck, near Leeds, Yorkshire, England |
1784 | Returned to England after study and travel in Saxony, France, and Italy; studied later with architect Samuel Pepys Cockerell |
1790 | Began his own architectural practice |
1795 | Immigrated to the United States |
1796 | Collaborated with Thomas Jefferson on the construction of the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, Va. |
1797-1798 | Designed the Virginia state penitentiary, Richmond, Va. |
1798 | Moved to Philadelphia, Pa. |
1803 | Appointed surveyor of the public buildings of the United States by Thomas Jefferson, including the task of completing the U.S. Capitol |
1805 | Work begun on Latrobe’s design of the Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Baltimore, Md. |
1820, Sept. 3 | Died, New Orleans, La. |