Isaiah Rogers
| Isaiah Rogers | |
|---|---|
| Born |
August 17, 1800 Marshfield, MA |
| Died | April 13, 1869 (aged 68) |
| Nationality | North American |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Buildings | Ohio Statehouse, New York Merchants Exchange |
Isaiah Rogers (August 17, 1800 – April 13, 1869) was a US architect who practiced in Mobile, Alabama, Boston, Massachusetts, New York City, New York, Louisville, Kentucky, and Cincinnati, Ohio.
Rogers was born in Marshfield, Massachusetts to Isaac Rogers, a farmer and shipwright, and Hannah Ford. In 1823 he married Emily Wesley Tobey of Portland, Maine. The couple had eight children, four of whom survived infancy. Two of his sons followed him into the profession of architecture.
Rogers was a student of Solomon Willard. He became one of the country's foremost hotel architects and was renowned for Boston's Tremont House (the first hotel with indoor plumbing), the Astor House in New York City and the Exchange Hotel in Richmond, Virginia. He designed the Burnett House in Cincinnati, then the largest and most elegant hotel in the Midwest. He also designed New York's Astor Opera House.
The Cathedral of the Assumption, Louisville, Kentucky was designed in the Neo-Gothic style by William Keeley and Rogers. Upon its completion in 1852, the 287-foot spire was North America's tallest.
His design for the fourth Hamilton County, Ohio Hamilton County Courthouse was for a massive three-story building, measuring 190 feet square. The building bore a close resemblance to Rogers' Merchants Exchange building, Wall Street in New York City. He also designed the Boston Merchants Exchange.
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