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Nationality
  
American

Buildings
  
Girls' High School

Role
  
Architect

Name
  
James Naughton

Occupation
  
Architect


James W. Naughton Brooklyn School Buildings Architect James W Naughton Brownstoner

Born
  
Projects
  
Superintendent of Buildings for the Board of Education of the City of Brooklyn

Died
  
1898, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States

Structures
  
Public School 9 and Public School 9 Annex

James W. Naughton (1840–1898) was an American architect, serving as the Superintendent of Buildings for the Board of Education of the City of Brooklyn. He was born in Ireland and immigrated to the United States in 1848, at age eight. He worked as an apprentice in the office of J & A Douglas in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He entered the University of Wisconsin to study architecture in 1859. He returned to Brooklyn, New York in 1861 and continued his studies at the Cooper Union. He served as Superintendent of Buildings for the City of Brooklyn from 1874 to 1876. In 1879, he was appointed Superintendent of Buildings for the Board of Education of the City of Brooklyn, a position he held until his death in 1898. During this period he designed all the school buildings in the city of Brooklyn.

James W. Naughton Brooklyn School Buildings Architect James W Naughton Brownstoner

Selected works

  • Girls High School (1886), Brooklyn, New York
  • Boys High School (1891), Brooklyn, New York
  • Public School 108 (1895), Brooklyn, New York
  • Public School 9 Annex (1895), Brooklyn, New York
  • References

    James W. Naughton Wikipedia


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