Henry Hobson Richardson - Other Work

Other Work

  • Buffalo's New York State Asylum (1870), shown on the right, was the largest building of the master's career and the first to display his characteristic style. The complex was also the first of many projects on which he worked with Frederick Law Olmsted.
  • Sever Hall, Harvard University (1880), brickwork, with molded brick string courses with turrets embedded in the walls, strips of windows, under a huge hipped roof as well as Austin Hall (Harvard University) (1882–1884) which followed a more traditional Richardson motif.
  • Emmanuel Episcopal Church (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), noted for its fine brickwork, nicknamed "the Bake Oven Church".
  • New York State Capitol (oversight and partial contribution)
  • Warder Mansion, Washington, DC
  • The Allegheny County Courthouse, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, (1883–1888) connected by a "Bridge of Sighs" to its jail across a street: cyclopean masonry and a tall tower

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