Edward Tuckerman Potter

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Name Edward Potter Role Architect		Parents Alonzo Potter Education Union College

Died 1904, New York City, New York, United States Siblings William Appleton Potter, Henry C. Potter, Clarkson Nott Potter, Robert Brown Potter, Eliphalet Nott Potter Structures Mark Twain House, Nott Memorial, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, All Saints Memorial Church, Church of the Holy Innocents Similar People Eliphalet Nott, Henry Vaughan, Mark Twain

Edward Tuckerman Potter (September 25, 1831 in Schenectady, New York – December 21, 1904 in New York, New York) was an American architect best known for designing the 1871 Mark Twain House in Hartford, Connecticut. With his half-brother William Appleton Potter, he also designed Nott Memorial Hall (1858–79) at his alma mater, Union College, Schenectady, New York. Both the Mark Twain House and Nott Memorial Hall are National Historic Landmarks.

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He was the son of Bishop Alonzo Potter.

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Work

Buildings designed by Potter which both survive and are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places include:

Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Ave. Hartford Connecticut, 1871

Nott Memorial Hall, Union College campus Schenectady NY, 1858-1879

Additions to the Christ Episcopal Church, Reading, Pennsylvania, early 1860s

Church of the Good Shepherd and Parish House, 155 Wyllys St. Hartford CT, 1867

All Saints Memorial Church, 674 Westminster Street, Providence, Rhode Island, 1869–72

Library at Armsmear in Hartford, Connecticut

Church of the Holy Innocents Willow Ave. and 6th St. Hoboken New Jersey, 1872

Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 121 W. 12th St. Davenport Iowa, 1873

St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church, One Hudson St. Yonkers NY, additions to the facade, 1874

One or more buildings in Downtown Main Street Historic District, Roughly bounded by Main St., Governor St., Chapman Pl., and Burnside Ave. East Hartford CT

St. James Episcopal Church, NE corner of MacArthur and Broadway Lewiston IL

St. John's Episcopal Church (East Hartford, Connecticut), 1160 Main St. East Hartford CT

St. Paul's Memorial Episcopalian Church and Rectory, 225 St. Paul Avenue, Staten Island, New York 10304

References

Edward Tuckerman Potter Wikipedia

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