Henry Hobson Richardson

Henry Hobson Richardson (September 29, 1838 – April 27, 1886) was an American architect. He designed buildings in Albany, Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee and other cities. The style he popularized is named for him: Richardsonian Romanesque. Along with Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright, Richardson is one of "the recognized trinity of American architecture".

Henry Hobson Richardson
Close-up of Henry Hobson Richardson, portrait by Sir Hubert von Herkomer from the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.
Personal information
Name	Henry Hobson Richardson
Nationality	American
Birth date	(1838-09-29)September 29, 1838
Birth place	Priestly Plantation, St. James Parish, Louisiana, U.S.
Date of death	April 27, 1886(1886-04-27) (aged 47)
Place of death	Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S.
Alma mater	Harvard College, Tulane University, École des Beaux Arts
Work
Buildings	Trinity Church, Boston
Design	Richardsonian Romanesque

Henry Hobson Richardson Media

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  Trinity Church, Boston (1872), is Richardson's most acclaimed early work

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  The Thomas Crane Public Library (Quincy, Massachusetts), with Japanese inspired eyelid dormers in the roof on each side of the entrance

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  The Old Colony station in North Easton, Massachusetts, illustrates Richardson's use of Japanese architectural concepts

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  Detail from Old Colony Railroad Station showing a dragon carved in the beam of a glazed Syrian arch

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  Although built in traditional fashion of stone without steel frame, Richardson's well-integrated Marshall Field Wholesale Store in Chicago was very influential in the development of modern approaches to building facades.

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  Howard aka Taylor Library building, New Orleans, constructed 1886-1889

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  John J. Glessner House, Chicago, Illinois, 1986

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  Grange Sard Jr. House, Albany NY (1882)

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  Lululaund mansion (postcard c.1900)

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  Cheney Building, Hartford, Connecticut c. 1905

Other websites

Media related to H. H. Richardson at Wikimedia Commons

• Richardson's present day successor firm, Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott Archived 2013-11-07 at the Wayback Machine
• Henry Hobson Richardson at the Open Directory Project
• Henry Hobson Richardson at Find a Grave
• The 53 extent Richardson sites and his Brookline, MA house