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Bulfinch, Charles
Born: 1763 AD
Died: 1844 AD, at 80 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Architects, Politician
Died: 1844 AD, at 80 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Architects, Politician
1763 - Charles Bulfinch was born on August 8th in Boston, Massachusetts. Architect of the United States capitol.
1781 - He was educated at the Boston Latin school and at Harvard, where he graduated.
1787 - Settled in Boston, where he was the first to practice as a professional architect.
1788 - Married to Hannah Apthrorp.
1797 - As chairman of the board of selectmen for twenty-one years, an important position which made him practically chief magistrate, he exerted a strong influence in modernizing Boston, in providing for new systems of drainage and street-lighting, in reorganizing the police and fire departments, and in straightening and widening the streets.
1799 - Elected as the mayor of Boston.
- He designed Boston State House.
1818 - Bulfinch succeeded Latrobe as the architect for the United States capitol, which had been burned by the British.
1820 - He designed Massachusetts General Hospital.
1844 - Died on April 15th in Boston, Massachusetts.
1781 - He was educated at the Boston Latin school and at Harvard, where he graduated.
1787 - Settled in Boston, where he was the first to practice as a professional architect.
1788 - Married to Hannah Apthrorp.
1797 - As chairman of the board of selectmen for twenty-one years, an important position which made him practically chief magistrate, he exerted a strong influence in modernizing Boston, in providing for new systems of drainage and street-lighting, in reorganizing the police and fire departments, and in straightening and widening the streets.
1799 - Elected as the mayor of Boston.
- He designed Boston State House.
1818 - Bulfinch succeeded Latrobe as the architect for the United States capitol, which had been burned by the British.
1820 - He designed Massachusetts General Hospital.
1844 - Died on April 15th in Boston, Massachusetts.
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