Architecture of USA

1766 – St. Paul’s Chapel, New York

A chapel of the Parish of Trinity Church, St. Paul’s was built on land granted by Queen Anne of Great Britain.

1792 – Design for Congress House, Washington DC

Architect: James Diamond

Proposal for a Congress House by James Diamond, 1792.

1794 – Design for Executive Mansion, Washington DC

Architect: James Hoban

Hoban’s final Executive Mansion design. The earlier design of a three-story residence was modified at the request of then President George Washington for reasons of economy.

1797 – First National Bank, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Architect: Samuel Blodgett

The First Bank of the United States, originally called the Bank of the United States, operated from 1797-1811,

1812 – City Hall, New York

Architect: Joseph Francois Mangin and John McComb Jr.

The oldest City Hall in the United States that still houses its original governmental functions,

1824 – Bank of the United States, 15 Wall Street, New York

Architect: M.E. Thompson

Constructed as the New York branch for the former Bank of the United States, and was designed by Martin Euclid Thompson,

1833 – Merchant’s Exchange, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Architect: William Strickland

Designed by rising architect William Strickland. He was the architect of the steeple on Independence Hall,

1838 – Lyndhurst, Tarrytown, New York

Architect: Alexander Jackson Davis

Overlooking the Hudson River in Tarrytown, New York, is Lyndhurst, one of America’s finest Gothic Revival mansions.

1842 – Federal Hall National Memorial, New York

Architect: Ithiel Town,Alexander Jackson Davis, John Frazee

Federal Hall National Memorial on Wall Street was built in 1842 as the New York Customs House,

1843 – New County Prison, Philadelphia

Architect:

“Prison de Comte a Philadelphie” (demolished in 1968) published in a volume of L’Univers, Paris, about 1843.