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John Fraser (October 18, 1825-December 26, 1906) was a Scottish-born architect who practiced in Philadelphia, PA and Washington, DC. His most important surviving building is the Union League of Philadelphia (1862-65), a High Victorian, Second Empire gentlemen's club constructed of brick and brownstone. His career is overshadowed by that of his former student and one-time partner, Frank Furness, (Fraser, Furness & Hewitt: 1867-71), whose influence is visible in Fraser's Washington, DC mansions for James G. Blaine and John T. Brodhead.[1] He served as supervisory architect for the U.S. Treasury, created a master plan for the U.S. Capitol grounds, and served on the commission to complete Robert Mills's Washington Monument. He maintained a residence in Riverton, NJ, and designed a number of buildings there. By 1888, he had entered into a partnership with his son Archibald, and continued working until about 1902.[2]
Notable buildings
- Union League of Philadelphia (1862-65)
- General Plan for the Extension of the U.S. Capitol Grounds (1874)[3]
- Calvary Presbyterian Church, Riverton, NJ (1878-79)[4]
- Brodhead-Bell-Morton Mansion, Washington, DC (1879)[5]
- James G. Blaine Mansion, Washington, DC (1881)[6]
- Christ Episcopal Church, Riverton, New Jersey (1884)[7]
- Alhambra Theatre, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland (1922) [8]
Notes
- ^ George E. Thomas, Jeffrey A. Cohen & Michael J. Lewis, Frank Furness: the Complete Works (Princeton University Architectural Press, 1991 revised 1996), p. 305.
- ^ John Fraser from Philadelphia Architects & Buildings
- ^ U.S. Capitol Grounds from Library of Congress
- ^ Calvary Presbyterian Church
- ^ Brodhead-Bell-Morton Mansion from Historical Marker Database
- ^ Blaine Mansion from Flickr
- ^ Christ Episcopal Church
- ^ [1]
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