Benjamin Latrobe

(1764–1820) amerikansk arkitekt

Benjamin Latrobe (United States, 1764–1820) is listed in the catalogue as an architect. By year of birth, Benjamin Latrobe belongs to the chapter ‘The Enlightenment’ in this site’s history of architecture.

Benjamin Latrobe was born in Fulneck Moravian Settlement and died in New Orleans. Benjamin Latrobe trained at Fulneck School. The teachers included John Smeaton and Samuel Pepys Cockerell. Wikidata associates Benjamin Latrobe with Greek Revival architecture and Neoclassical architecture. Benjamin Latrobe became a member of American Philosophical Society and American Antiquarian Society. The students included Robert Mills.

The best-known works include ‘Hammerwood Park’, ‘United States Capitol’, ‘National Statuary Hall’, and ‘Old Senate Chamber’. The catalogue has 5 buildings by Benjamin Latrobe. The dated buildings span the years 1793–1821. The buildings are in Washington, D.C. and Baltimore. According to Wikidata, buildings by Benjamin Latrobe belong to the styles ‘Neoclassicism’ and ‘Historicism’.

Contemporary architects in the same chapter include Gilbert Stuart, William Rush, John Trumbull, Edward Savage, and Mather Brown.

• Kapitolium
• Washington Navy Yard
• Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
• Congressional Cemetery
• St. John's Episcopal Church