William Strickland (1788-1854) - Find a Grave Memorial

Architect. A prominent Philadelphia, Pennsylvania architect, he led the "Gothic Revival" in that city. A pupil of Benjamin Latrobe, he was noted for his design o the Second Bank of the United States Building in Philadelphia, and for the restoration of Independence Hall. He designed the Tennessee State Capitol building, and is entombed in the north portice of the Capitol building in Nashville, Tennessee.

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William Strickland, architect and engineer, was born in 1788, and grew up in Philadelphia. The son of a Master Carpenter, Strickland became a friend of Benjamin Henry Latrobe, renowned designer of the day, and was apprenticed to Latrobe at the age of 14. In this position Strickland learned the skills of the draftsman, surveyor, and mechanical engineer. He laid the foundation for his lustrous career in 1818, when his design for a Philadelphia bank, later acclaimed the most beautiful building in the city, was chosen through competition over that of his master. In 1844, after years of church and municipal design, Strickland sensed that his Philadelphia practice was lagging, and, at the request of the Building Commission for the Tennessee State Capitol, he moved to Nashville. Here he gained a new home for his family and, through the design of the new Capitol, an outlet for his abundant skills.