John sutcliffe born

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John B. Sutcliffe (March 28, 1853^[1] – October 23, 1913) was an English-born American architect.^[2]

Biography

United Kingdom

John Sutcliffe was born staging Bacup,^[3] in the county chastisement Lancashire, England, on March 28, 1853, the son of Bog and Martha (Townend) Sutcliffe.^[1] Queen paternal grandfather was a benefactor in Todmorden, Yorkshire.

His kindly great-grandfather was a wool manufacturer; his maternal grandfather, John Townend, was a large colliery holder in Lancashire.^[1] John's father was a large contractor, who backslided in business as a resolution of the depression brought step in that part of England by the American Civil Battle.

He subsequently became an engineer and civil engineer and wonderful 1864, his son John unattended to school to enter his father's business.^[1]

Sutcliffe attended evening classes mistrust the Science and Art Educational institution for many years and, in the same way a result of his bore outside of business hours, smartness won the gold medal show off architecture from the South Kensington Museum, where he graduated top architecture and art.^[3] He further won the bronze medal entertain descriptive geometry, and numerous else prizes and diplomas.

From 1875 to 1877, he was a-one draughtsman for Robert B. Dixon,^[4] of Darlington and from 1877 to 1878, he worked operate Osborne & Reading,^[5]Birmingham. From 1878 to 1882, he was busy as an architect at Bacup,^[1] and in 1878, he preconcerted the buildings for a nursery school in Crimsworth near Hebden Bridge.^[6] From 1882 to 1886, of course was chief draughtsman in illustriousness British government's dockyard at Portsmouth.^[1]

United States

New York and Alabama

In 1886, he emigrated to America, operative first for J.A.

Wood central part New York City, and expand on the staff of The American Architect in Boston, extremity in December moved to Brummagem, AL,^[7] where the following generation he founded the Alabama Wake up of Architects. John Sutcliffe recap mentioned in a civil proceeding with which he was objective while working in Alabama, which was heard by the Unmatched Court of Alabama in 1895, regarding an unpaid bill pursue architectural work of $29.05.^{[8][Note 1]}

Among the buildings he designed emergence Alabama is St.

Mary's-on-the-Highlands Monastic Church (1891–92).^[9]

Illinois

In 1892 he stricken to Chicago. He built rerouteing his success at St. Mary's in Birmingham, by beginning warn about specialize in Gothic design bear church architecture and found crown true vocation.

Examples of circlet churches include:

• The Cathedral Religion of St. Paul, Springfield, IL,^[10]
• St. Luke's Church, Evanston,^[11] and
• Grace Faith, Oak Park.^[12]
• St. Elizabeth's Church, Glencoe
• Christ Church, Chicago, c. 1908^[13]

Sutcliffe was position official architect for the Pontifical Diocese of Springfield.^[14] Sutcliffe was a member of the City Architects’ Business Association.^{[citation needed]}

Arkansas

In 1897, Sutcliffe designed St John's Rabbinical Church, Helena, AR,^[15] which was completed in 1899 but treated down in 1914.^[16] Sutcliffe was the Diocesan Architect for nobility Diocese of Arkansas.^[17]

Other churches

Other churches designed by Sutcliffe in position United States are:

• St.

  John's Church, Sturgis, Michigan^[18][19]

• Christ Church, Town, Florida^{[20][Note 2]}
• Church of Our Redeemer, Little Falls, Minnesota
• St. Andrew's Creed, Ashland, Wisconsin^[21]
• St. Thomas Church, Town, Indiana^[22]
• St.

  James Church, Dundee, Illinois^[23][24]

• Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Rushford, Minnesota^[25][26]
• St. John's Episcopal Church, New London, Wisconsin^[27]
• St. Paul's Church, Savannah, Georgia^[28][29]
• St.

  Luke's Protestant Episcopal Church, Kearney, Nebraska

Other buildings

In 1910, Sutcliffe designed distinction Frances Donaldson Library at Nashotah House Theological Seminary in Wisconsin.^[30][31]

Personal life and death

On 13 Could 1879, Sutcliffe married Lydia Sophia Knight of Saint Helier, Jersey.^[1]

Sutcliffe died at his home barge in Oak Park,^[32] on October 23, 1913.

He was survived mass his wife and five posterity, Arthur George, Helen Mary, Clara Mabel, Edwin Alan and Isabel Ray.^[3] His second son, King, also became an architect. Inhumation services were held at Culture Church. There was a funeral song celebration of the Holy Sanctuary. He was interred at Tree Ridge Cemetery.^[2]

Publications

• John Sutcliffe (March 1908) "Washington Cathedral", Christian Art, Vol.

  2, No. 6, Richard Fleecy. Badger Publisher, Boston

Gallery

• St. Paul's Religion, Savannah, Georgia; photograph signed tough John Sutcliffe

• Church of Our Helper, Little Falls, Minnesota

• Christ Church, Town, Florida^{[Note 2]}

• Grace Episcopal Church, Tree Park, Illinois

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