Adolphus Heiman
| Adolphus Heiman | |
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Col. Adolphus Heiman
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| Born | April 17, 1809 Potsdam, Germany |
| Died | November 16, 1862 Jackson, Mississippi |
| Buried | Mount Olivet Cemetery Nashville, Tennessee |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America Confederate States of America
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army Confederate States Army
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| Years of service | 1846–1847 1861–1862 |
| Rank |
 First Lieutenant (USV) Bvt. Major (USV) Colonel (CSA) Brigadier General(not substantiated) |
| Unit | 1st Tennessee Volunteer Infantry (USA) |
| Commands held | 10th Tennessee Infantry (CSA) 1st Brigade / Left Wing / Army of Central Kentucky |
| Battles/wars | |
| Other work | architect, engineer |
Adolphus Heiman (April 17, 1809–November 16, 1862) was a Prussian-born American architect and soldier; later becoming a Confederate officer during the American Civil War.
Adolphus Heiman was born in Potsdam, Prussia on April 17, 1809. His father was a building superintendent. He emigrated to the United States in 1834, spent time in New York City and New Orleans, and settled in Nashville, Tennessee in 1837.
From 1837 to 1841, Heiman built the First Baptist Church on Fifth Avenue, which was destroyed in 1940, and tombstones in the Old City Cemetery on Fourth Avenue South in Nashville.
Heiman volunteered for service in the Mexican–American War of 1846–48. He was commissioned as a First Lieutenant in the 1st Regiment of Tennessee Volunteers. He became the regimental Adjutant and was wounded in the Battle of Cerro Gordo. He was wounded again at the Battle of Monterrey. When the war ended he was breveted as Major.
In 1849, he was commissioned to build a Gothic Revival 250-bed state Hospital for the Insane. He also designed the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Seven Dolors (now known as St. Mary's Catholic Church), the now-demolished Italianate-style Adelphi Theater, the Greek Revival-style Medical Department and the Gothic Revival-style Literary Department at the University of Nashville, and the Italianate-style Belmont Mansion. He also designed the Giles County Courthouse in Pulaski, Tennessee, St. John's College in Little Rock, Arkansas and the Arkansas Masonic School, and the First Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama. He also designed the first suspension bridge in Tennessee over the Cumberland River. By the 1850s, he was widely known as "Nashville's architect." Residing in the city, Heiman also was a freemason as member of the local Cumberland Lodge No 8.
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