John Henry Devereux
| John Henry Devereux (John Henry Delorey) |
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|---|---|
| Born |
26 July 1840 County Wexford, Ireland |
| Died | 16 March 1920 (aged 79) Charleston County, South Carolina, United States St. Lawrence Cemetery 32°48'53"N 79°56'37"W |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Practice | postbellum Civil War Charleston architecture |
| Buildings |
United States Post Office and Courthouse (Charleston, SC) St. Matthew's German Evangelical Lutheran Church |
| Projects | Stella Maris Church Stevens-Lathers House Devereux Mansion |
| Design | Second Empire architecture |
John Henry Devereux (26 July 1840 – 16 March 1920), also called John Delorey before 1860, was an American architect and builder best known for his designs in Charleston, South Carolina. According to the National Park Service, he was the "most prolific architect of the post-Civil War era" in the Charleston area. His works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, and one of his buildings is designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark: Charleston Post Office and Courthouse. In his career, he also managed to design a theatre, a synagogue, a Masonic hall (he became a Mason to do it, though he was Catholic), and Catholic and Lutheran churches, one of the latter being the tallest building in South Carolina for over a hundred years. He blended and mixed architectural influences and styles.
Devereux was born on 26 July 1840 in County Wexford in Ireland. His family immigrated to the United States in 1843 when he was 3 years old.
The 1860 Census shows Devereaux (20) was the son of Nicholas (62) and Dorothy Delorey (58). He had two brothers, one older brother James (22) and one younger brother Nicholas Jr (16). Devereux married Agatha Eulalie Brandt, a woman from France, in 1863.
The 1870 Census shows Dorothy Devereux (John's mother), age 70, living with him in Charleston, South Carolina. That Census also shows John H. D. Devereux (son) as 5 years old. It also shows Eulalie (John's daughter) as being 3 years old, making her birth 1867 (the year Devereux's wife died).
The 1880 Census of Moultrieville shows Dorothy "Dolly" Deveraux, his mother, living in John's household. His mother's birthplace is Ireland. In the 1880 Census it shows John Henry as a "Builder" in the Charleston area.
The 1900 Census of Moultrieville, Charleston, South Carolina, shows him to be divorced. The 1910 Census of Moultrieville shows he was widowed, as does the 1880 Census. Devereux's death certificate shows he was a widower.
An Irish immigrant, he started as a plasterer. After studying architecture under Edward C. Jones, a well-known Charleston architect and builder, he became a noted architect of South Carolina's Lowcountry public edifices and churches. He designed and built St. Matthew's Lutheran church in the period 1867–1872. As a bonus he received from the church a sterling silver tea set.
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