Patrick's
Cathedral, in New York; the Smithsonian Institution and Corcoran Art
Gallery, in Washington; and Vassar College in Poughkeepsie. John
McArthur (1823-90), born in Bladenoch, Wigtownshire, designed and
constructed Philadelphia City Hall, Lafayette College, the "Public
Ledger" building in Philadelphia, several hospitals, etc. Alexander
Campbell Bruce (b. 1835), of Scottish parentage, designed a number of
court-houses and other public buildings in Tennessee, Georgia,
Alabama, Florida, and North Carolina, besides schools, libraries,
churches, hotels, etc. He easily became the foremost architect of the
South. Henry Hobson Richardson (1838-86), of Scottish descent, drew
the plans for many important buildings, but Trinity Protestant
Episcopal Church in Boston, is considered his masterpiece. James
Hamilton Windrim (b. 1840), architect and Director of Public Works in
Philadelphia, was of Ulster Scot parentage. His services were utilized
in the planning and construction of some of the most important
buildings in Philadelphia. The Masonic Temple in that city is believed
to be his masterpiece. The designer of many of the notable bridges of
Philadelphia was Frank Burns (1844-1913), an architectural draughtsman
of Scottish descent. Harold Van Buren Magonigle (b. 1867), designer of
the monument to the Seamen of U.S.S. _Maine_ (1900), Cornell Alumni
Hall, Ithaca, the National McKinley Memorial at Canton, Ohio, etc., is
the grandson of John Magonigle of Greenock.
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