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Name John Jr.		Role Architect

Died 1853, New York City, New York, United States Structures New York City Hall, Castle Clinton National, James Watson House, Gracie Mansion, Quarters A - Brooklyn Navy Yard Similar People Charles Bulfinch, Archibald Gracie, DeWitt Clinton

John McComb Jr. (1763 in New York City, New York – 1853 in New York City, New York) was an American architect who designed many landmarks in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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McComb's father, John McComb Sr., was also an architect who designed several Manhattan churches which have since been torn down.

McComb is interred at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.

Structures

Old Cape Henry Light (1792), first lighthouse totally authorized by the federal government.

Montauk Point Lighthouse (1796)

Station Eatons Neck Lighthouse (1798)

Gracie Mansion (1799)

St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery (1799)

Hamilton Grange (1802)

New York City Hall (1803)

St. John's Chapel (New York City) (1803, demolished 1918)

Old Queens building at Rutgers University (1808)

Castle Clinton (1808)

Alexander Hall, Princeton Theological Seminary (1815)

References

John McComb Jr. Wikipedia

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