David Bates Douglass

(1790–1849) American civil and military engineer; academic administrator; and cemetery architect (1790-1849)

David Bates Douglass (United States, 1790–1849) is listed in the catalogue as an architect. By year of birth, David Bates Douglass belongs to the chapter ‘The Enlightenment’ in this site’s history of architecture.

David Bates Douglass was born in Pompton Township and died in Geneva. David Bates Douglass trained at Yale College. David Bates Douglass worked in Brooklyn, Menands, and Sillery.

The best-known works include ‘Green-Wood Cemetery’, ‘Mount Hermon Cemetery’, and ‘Albany Rural Cemetery’. The catalogue has one building by David Bates Douglass. The dated building is from 1838.

Contemporary architects in the same chapter include Martin Euclid Thompson, William Strickland, Cyrus L. Warner, John Frazee, and Franz Christian Gau.

• Green-Wood Cemetery