Philip Hooker
Philip Hooker | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1766 |
| Died | 1836 |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Buildings | Hyde Hall, Albany City Hall |
Philip Hooker was at one time the leading architect of New York State outside of New York City. He designed Hyde Hall, the facade of the Hamilton College Chapel, The Albany Academy, Albany City Hall, and the original New York State Capitol building.[1] He is believed to have designed the Gen. John G. Weaver House at Rome, New York.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[3]
An existing National Register of Historic Places building that he designed, with John H. Lothrop, is:
- Hamilton College Chapel on the Hamilton College campus.
Two other NRHPs that are also National Historic Landmarks which he designed are:
- Hyde Hall, at Otsego Lake and
- Roscoe Conkling House, in Utica, New York.
He was also a politician and a member of the "Albany Regency."[1]
He was originally buried in the State Street Burial Grounds in Albany; his body was reinterred in the 1860s at the Albany Rural Cemetery, in Menands, New York.[4]
Two monographs have been written on Hooker's work: Edward W. Root. Philip Hooker: A Contribution to the Study of the Rensaissance in America (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons), 1929. Douglas G. Bucher and Walter Richard Wheeler. A Neat Plain Modern Stile: Philip Hooker and His Contemporaries, 1796-1836 (Amherst, Mass.:University Of Massachusetts Press), 1993.
References
- ^ a b "Hyde Hall—History and Architecture (click on History and Architecture)". Hyde Hall, Inc.
- ^ Nancy L. Todd (September 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Gen. John G. Weaver House". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-01-08.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
- ^ Find-a-grave
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