John B. Halcott (1846–1895) was an American architect who worked in New York State and in North Carolina. In North Carolina, he was credited with architectural design of the New York State Capitol, which everywhere else is credited to others.[1]
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Built in 1883 by contractors Mull & Fromer, the Greene County Office Building in Cairo, New York, formerly the Greene County Alms House, was designed by John B. Halcott (1846–1895), architect.[2]
In North Carolina, he designed:
- A Second Empire design for the Wake County, North Carolina courthouse[1]
- Three commercial buildings in Durham, North Carolina[1]
- Somerset Villa, built 1888, in Durham, North Carolina, a mansion for tobacco industrialist Julian S. Carr, termed "Halcott's most spectacular project in North Carolina"[1]
and other works.
References
edit- ^ a b c d Catherine W. Bishir (2009). "North Carolina Architects & Builders: Halcott, John B. (fl.1880s)".
- ^ Gallt, Frank A. (1915). Dear old Greene County: Embracing facts and figures, portraits and sketches of leading men who will live in her history, those at the front to-day and others who made good in the past. Catskill, N.Y. p. 365. Retrieved 2010-11-26.
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