John G. Haskell
John Gideon Haskell (February 5, 1832 – November 25, 1907) was an architect who designed portions of the Kansas State Capitol and other public buildings in the state.
Haskell was born in Milton, Vermont. His father in 1854 moved to Lawrence, Kansas, with the New England Emigrant Aid Company. He was attending Brown University at the time and had an architect job in Boston. His father died in 1857 and he moved to Kansas, where he remained for the rest of his life.[1][2]
He joined the Union army during the American Civil War. After the war he was named official state architect and as such finished the work on the Kansas State Capitol.
Works
- Kansas State Capitol (wings)
- Topeka State Hospital, Topeka
- Osawatomie State Hospital, Osawatomie, Kansas
- Snow Hall, University of Kansas, Lawrence (torn down and rebuilt)
- Bailey Hall (University of Kansas), Lawrence (NRHP)
- Chase County Courthouse (Kansas), Cottonwood Falls, Kansas (NRHP)
- English Lutheran Church, Lawrence (NRHP)
- Ludington House, Lawrence (NRHP)
- Plymouth Congregational Church (Lawrence, Kansas), Lawrence (NRHP)
- Sunnyside School, Jefferson County, Kansas (NRHP)
- Thacher Building, Topeka (NRHP)
- Roberts House (now the "Castle Tea Room") on Massachusetts Street in Lawrence
- Bernhard Warkentin Homestead
- First United Methodist Church, Lawrence
References
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