Background
Richardson, Henry Hobson was born on September 29, 1838 in Saint James Parish, Louisiana, United States. Son of Henry Dickenson and Caroline (Priestley) Richardson.
Richardson, Henry Hobson was born on September 29, 1838 in Saint James Parish, Louisiana, United States. Son of Henry Dickenson and Caroline (Priestley) Richardson.
Attended U. Louisiana. Graduated from Harvard, 1859. Attended Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, France, 1860-1862, 62-65.
Settled in New York City, 1865. Won architectural competitions for 1st Unitarian Church, Springfield, Massachusetts, Episcopal Church, West Medford, Massachusetts, 1866. Brattle Street Church, Boston, 1870, Trinity Church, Boston, 1872.
Partner with Charles Doctorate. Gambrill, 1867-1878.
Appointed (with Leopold Eidlitz and Frederick Law Olmstead) to complete building and grounds New York State Capitol, 1876. Moved office to Brookline, Massachusetts, 1878.
Principal works include: shingled summer cottage of Review P. Browne, Marion, Massachusetts (best domestic work), 1881. Library, Quincy, Massachusetts, 1880, Sever Hall, Harvard, 1878, Austin Hall, Harvard, 1881, Cincinnati Chamber of C. Building, 1885, Marshall Field Building, Chicago, 1885, series of stations for Boston & Albany Railroad, from Auburndale to Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts, 1885, Billings Library, U. Vermont, Burlington, 1833, Conversse Library, Malden, Massachusetts, 1883, Baptist Church, Newton, Massachusetts, 1884, Bagley Memorial Fountains, Detroit, Glessner home, Chicago, homes of Henry Adams and John Hay, Washington, District of Columbia.
Fellow American International Assurance, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Archeological Institute American.
Elected honorary and corresponding member Royal Institute British Architects, 1885. Secretariat Eastern Architectural fashions, 1880-1893, style lost precedence after “renaissance” of classicism began, 1893.
Member Royal Institute British
Married Julia Hayden, January 3, 1867, 6 children.