Charles Bulfinch
Charles Bulfinch | |
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| Architect of the Capitol | |
| In office January 6, 1818 – June 25, 1829 | |
| President | James Monroe John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson |
| Preceded by | Benjamin Henry Latrobe |
| Succeeded by | Thomas U. Walter |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 8, 1763 Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony |
| Died | April 15, 1844 (aged 80) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
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| Profession | Civil Engineer |
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Charles Bulfinch (August 8, 1763 – April 15, 1844) was an early American architect, and has been regarded by many as the first American-born professional architect to practice.
Bulfinch split his career between his native Boston, Massachusetts, and Washington, D.C., where he served as Commissioner of Public Building and built the intermediate United States Capitol rotunda and dome. His works are notable for their simplicity, balance, and good taste, and as the origin of a distinctive Federal style of classical domes, columns, and ornament that dominated early 19th-century American architecture.