He nearly put himself into bankruptcy building a curved line of townhouses that was demolished after an 1872 fire, the Tontine Crescent, also called Franklin Place.
He nearly put himself into bankruptcy building a curved line of townhouses that was demolished after an 1872 fire, the Tontine Crescent, also called Franklin Place. Harrison Gray Otis hired him to build three different houses, and this man was also charged with expanding the John Smibert-built Faneuil Hall. A Harvard graduate, he designed its University Hall, though this pioneer of American Federal Style had his biggest success completing a building that William Thornton and Benjamin Latrobe had began for the U.S. government. FTP, name this architect who designed the rotunda and dome for the U.S. Capitol.
He nearly put himself into bankruptcy building a curved line of townhouses that was demolished after an 1872 fire, the Tontine Crescent, also called Franklin Place.
Charles {Bulfinch}