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Thomas Ustick Walter (September 4, 1804 – October 30, 1887) was the dean of American architecture between the 1820 death of Benjamin Latrobe and the emergence of H. H. Richardson in the 1870s. He was the fourth Architect of the Capitol and responsible for adding the north (Senate) and south (House) wings and the central dome that ...
15 de abr. de 2024 · Died: Oct. 30, 1887, Philadelphia (aged 83) Movement / Style: Greek Revival. Thomas Ustick Walter (born Sept. 4, 1804, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.—died Oct. 30, 1887, Philadelphia) was an American architect important for the quality and influence of his designs based upon ancient Greek models.
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Philadelphia-born architect Thomas Ustick Walter, son of bricklayer Joseph Saunders Walter and his wife Deborah Wood Walter, has proved to be the most important American architect between Benjamin Henry Latrobe and Henry Hobson Richardson.
Fourth Architect of the Capitol. Birth. 1804. Philadelphia, PA. United States. Death. 1887. Years Served. 1851-1865. Appointed June 11, 1851; Resigned May 26, 1865. Thomas U. Walter's plans for the enlargement of the U.S. Capitol were approved by President Millard Fillmore and he was appointed Architect of the Capitol Extension in 1851.
Diseñada también por Thomas U. Walter, la nueva cúpula tiene una altura tres veces superior a la original y un diámetro de 30 metros, pero se apoya en los pilares de mampostería existentes.
Thomas Ustick Walter (1804-1887), the nationally important Philadelphia architect best known for designing the great dome of the United States Capitol in Washington, DC, planned two Gothic Revival style Episcopal churches in antebellum North Carolina: St. James Episcopal Church in Wilmington and the Chapel of the Cross in Chapel Hill.
Philadelphia architect Thomas U. Walter had won the competition in 1851 for the Capitol's extension. He and others presented designs based on three possibilities: making a square Capitol by building an addition on the east, placing new wings directly against the north and south walls, or attaching lateral wings to the old building via corridors.
