William Nichols - Architectural Roots

Feb 2

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William Nichols, Sr. (c. 1777 – December 12, 1853) was an English-born architect who emigrated to the United States around the turn of the 19th century and became most famous for his early Neoclassical-style buildings in the American South. He designed statehouses for North Carolina, Alabama and Mississippi and much more. While a great deal is known about his life in this country, little has heretofore been published about him and his family before he left England. This presentation offers insight into that earlier life and the events that shaped his architectural development.

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