Robert Smith
Auteur: Charles Emil Peterson, Robert Smith, Constance M. Greiff, Maria M. Thompson
Nombre de pages: 164 pages
ISBN: 0916530175, 9780916530174
Edition: Athenaeum of Philadelphia
Date de publication: Athenaeum of Philadelphia
Description: Robert Smith was the most important and influential architect-builder in the American colonies. His major buildings were ornaments of Philadelphia, where he lived. But his reputation also brought him commissions from as far away as Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Shrewsbury, New Jersey, and Williamsburg, Virginia. Among his accomplishments were the steeple of Christ Church (1753-54), Nassau Hall at Princeton (1754-56), St. Peter's Church (1758-61), Zion Lutheran Church (1766-69), the Walnut Street Jail (1773-74), and Benjamin Franklin's House (1763-65). This book illuminates the role of the architect in the eighteenth century as designer and supervisor of construction, including the form of the contracts he signed and the difficulties he encountered in collecting his fees.