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| He and ]' ] design for the ] won a design competition over submissions from several well-known architects. The building prominently faces the ] and contains "several of the city's grandest interior spaces".<ref name="nrhpinv3_courthouse">{{cite web|url=http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/03000404.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: New Haven County Courthouse (including 20 photo copies)|date=July 9, 2002 |author=Heather L. McGrath and William G. Foulks |publisher=National Park Service}} and </ref> | He and ]' ] design for the ] won a design competition over submissions from several well-known architects. The building prominently faces the ] and contains "several of the city's grandest interior spaces".<ref name="nrhpinv3_courthouse">{{cite web|url=http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/03000404.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: New Haven County Courthouse (including 20 photo copies)|date=July 9, 2002 |author=Heather L. McGrath and William G. Foulks |publisher=National Park Service}} and </ref> | ||
| The ] in Torrington, Connecticut, is another notable design. | |||
| The ] in Torrington, Connecticut, is another notable design. Its NRHP nominators note that Allen "designed several similar dwellings along ] in New Haven (one, at the corner of Lawrence Street, is virtually identical with the Fyler-Hotchkiss House). There, the houses blend with the streetscape, but in the Fyler-Hotchkiss House's central Main Street setting it becomes a dominant feature, almost symbolic of Fyler's role in community affairs. The house's design can be traced back | |||
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| Several of his works are individually listed on the U.S. ] (NRHP).<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2010a}}</ref> Many others are contributing buildings in New Haven's NRHP-listed ] and other historic districts. | Several of his works are individually listed on the U.S. ] (NRHP).<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2010a}}</ref> Many others are contributing buildings in New Haven's NRHP-listed ] and other historic districts. | ||
| Works include (with attribution): | Works include (with attribution): | ||
| ⚫ | *], 192 Main St. ] (Allen,William H.), NRHP-listed<ref name="nrhpinv3_fyler">{{cite web|url=http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/87000129.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Fyler-Hotchkiss Estate / Torrington Historical Society, Hotchkiss-Fyler House|date=February, 1986 |author=William E. Devlin and John Herzan |publisher=National Park Service}} and </ref> | ||
| *], 192 Main St. ] (Allen,William H.), NRHP-listed | |||
| *], 121 Elm St. ] (Allen and Williams), NRHP-listed | *], 121 Elm St. ] (Allen and Williams), NRHP-listed | ||
| *] general office building, permitted 1892, "a marvelous edifice", demolished<ref name=beach/> | *] general office building, permitted 1892, "a marvelous edifice", demolished<ref name=beach/> | ||
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William H. Allen (1858-1936) was an architect of New Haven, Connecticut who designed hundreds of houses and other buildings.
He and Richard Williams' Beaux Arts architecture design for the New Haven County Courthouse won a design competition over submissions from several well-known architects. The building prominently faces the New Haven Green and contains "several of the city's grandest interior spaces".
The Fyler-Hotchkiss House in Torrington, Connecticut, is another notable design.
Several of his works are individually listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Many others are contributing buildings in New Haven's NRHP-listed Whitney Avenue Historic District and other historic districts.
Works include (with attribution):
- Fyler-Hotchkiss Estate, 192 Main St. Torrington, CT (Allen,William H.), NRHP-listed
- New Haven County Courthouse, 121 Elm St. New Haven, CT (Allen and Williams), NRHP-listed
- New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad general office building, permitted 1892, "a marvelous edifice", demolished
- Plymouth Congregational Church, 1469 Chapel St. New Haven, CT (Allen,William H.), NRHP-listed
References
- ^ Randall Beach (June 4, 2011). "Meet New Haven's greatest unknown architect".
- Heather L. McGrath and William G. Foulks (July 9, 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: New Haven County Courthouse (including 20 photo copies)" (PDF). National Park Service. and Accompanying 13 photos, exterior and interior, from 2002
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- William E. Devlin and John Herzan (February, 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Fyler-Hotchkiss Estate / Torrington Historical Society, Hotchkiss-Fyler House" (PDF). National Park Service.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) and Accompanying 18 photos, exterior and interior, from 1986 and 1985
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