Joseph W. Northrop

First Baptist Church, Bridgeport, CT. 1893-94.
Taylor Memorial Library, Milford, CT. 1894.
Remodeling of Bridgeport City Hall, Bridgeport, CT. 1905.

Joseph Walter Northrop (18601940) was an American architect.

He practiced in Bridgeport, Connecticut and was prominent in that city in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Northrop was born in New Haven on July 8, 1860. In 1882 he moved to Hartford where he worked for architect George Keller. In 1885 he relocated to Bridgeport to open his own office.[1] He married Mary Alvira (Ogden) Northrop. He had a son, Joseph W. Northrop, Jr. (b. 1886), who would go on to be a prominent architect in Houston, Texas.[2] Northrop died in Bridgeport May 24, 1940.[3]

Architectural Works

References

  1. Ransom, David F. Geo. Keller, Architect. 1978.
  2. Encyclopedia of American Biography. 1970
  3. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=102541726
  4. Sanitary Engineer 4 June 1887: 10.
  5. American Architect and Building News 31 Dec. 1887.
  6. Marina Park Historic District NRHP Nomination. 1982.
  7. Architecture and Building 3 Nov. 1888: 3.
  8. American Architect and Building 27 July 1889.
  9. American Architect and Building News 18 July 1891: 44.
  10. American Architect and Building News 26 March 1892: 206.
  11. American Architect and Buildings 19 Aug. 1893.
  12. "First Baptist Church of Bridgeport (1893)". http://historicbuildingsct.com/. 29 July 2012.
  13. Scientific American Jan. 1894: 2.
  14. Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide 26 May 1894: 846.
  15. Caplan, Colin M. A Guide to Historic New Haven, Connecticut. 2007.
  16. Plumbers Trade Journal, Gas, Steam and Hot Water Fitters' Review 1 Jan. 1898: 18.
  17. Historical Sketches of the Town of Milford. New Haven (CT): Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1914.
  18. "The Governor Charles H. Pond House (1845)". http://historicbuildingsct.com/. 16 Dec. 2010.
  19. Church Standard 27 Nov. 1897: 132.
  20. "History of the Library". www.youressexlibrary.org.
  21. Architectural Review Jan. 1902: 52.
  22. Engineering Record 22 July 1899: 186.
  23. American Architect and Building News 29 March 1902: 103.
  24. "Parish History". http://www.stpaulschurchnantucket.org/. n.d.
  25. American Architect and Building News 2 Aug. 1901: x.
  26. Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin 1991: 81.
  27. Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin 1991: 81.
  28. International Studio Feb. 1910: 34-36.
  29. Stratfield Historic District NRHP Nomination. 1979.
  30. American Architect 30 Sept. 1908: 17.
  31. International Studio Feb. 1910: 34-36.
  32. Stratfield Historic District NRHP Nomination. 1979.
  33. Paint, Oil and Drug Review Dec. 15 1915: 33.
  34. Domestic Engineering 3 Aug. 1912: 148.
  35. Merchant Plumber and Fitter 1912: 154.
  36. History of Bridgeport. New York: S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1917.
  37. Lumber 7 July 1919: 53.
  38. "An Automobile Sales and Service Building, Bridgeport, Conn." Architecture March 1921: 100.
  39. American Contractor 30 Sept. 1922: 49.
  40. Engineering News-record 1924: 267.
  41. Engineering News-record 1925: 67.
  42. Power 1926: 394.
  43. Engineering News-record 1931: 1229.


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