Peter Harrison (architect)

Peter Harrison
Mid-nineteenth-century portrait of Harrison done from a Nathaniel Smibert original from 1756
Born14 June 1716
Grimston, York, Yorkshire, England
Died30 April 1775(1775-04-30) (aged 58)
New Haven, Connecticut Colony, Colonial America
OccupationArchitect
BuildingsThe Redwood Library, Touro Synagogue, King's Chapel (1749) in Boston, Massachusetts, Christ Church, Cambridge

Peter Harrison (14 June 1716 – 30 April 1775) was an English-born architect who emigrated to New England and is credited with introducing the Palladian architectural movement to the Thirteen Colonies.

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