His teachers included Thomas Ivory and he worked with Thomas Cooley on the Royal Exchange building before he emigrated.
A notable building of this man's that has not survived was a 1200 seat theater on Savage's Green. His teachers included Thomas Ivory and he worked with Thomas Cooley on the Royal Exchange building before he emigrated. He and his longtime partner Pierce Purcell helped design and build the Seabrook House and the Charleston County Courthouse in South Carolina, and he also designed the Georgian "Great Hotel," the largest privately owned building in the nation's capital before 1810. But his most famous design, originally inspired by the Leinster House in Dublin, was chosen as the winning entry in a special competition precipitated by L'Enfant's dismissal from the project by George Washington. For 10 points, identify this Irish-born architect of the White House.
A notable building of this man's that has not survived was a 1200 seat theater on Savage's Green.
James Hoban