Henry Vaughan, an English architect in New Hampshire: Historical New Hampshire / by William D. Morgan.

Title:

Henry Vaughan, an English architect in New Hampshire: Historical New Hampshire / by William D. Morgan.

Author:

Morgan, William, 1944-

Call Number:

977.8 N5321h

Publication Information:

Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1973.

Physical Description:

p.120-140.

Source:

Concord, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1973 Vol. 28, Issue 2 (Summer 1973) New Hampshire Historical Society

Description:

The design of Henry Vaughan (1845-1917) for the St. Paul's School Chapel in Concord, built 1886-94, inaugurated the modern collegiate phase of the Gothic Revival. Head draughtsman for the London firm of George Frederick Bodley and Garner, he came to Boston in 1881 to design a chapel for the Sisters of St. Margaret, and remained in the United States until his death. A High Church Episcopalian, Vaughan introduced expensive church and school architecture which influenced Ralph Adams Cram (1863-1942) and other Ivy Gothic designers. He worked on both the Cathedral of St. John the Divine and the National Cathedral in Washington. For 18 years the school architect for St. Paul's, he helped shape the American image of the transplanted English public school. With unlimited funds he produced an outstanding example of the nouveau riche castle for his 1904-15 patron, Edward F. Searles, in Windham, New Hampshire. His successful shingle-style summer residence for Mary Bradford Foote in Dublin, New Hampshire (1888) was his "only truly successful domestic design."

Subjects:

Gothic revival (Architecture).

People:

Vaughan, Henry, 1845-1917.

Organizations:

St. Paul's school (Concord, NH).

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