Calvin Pollard

Calvin Pollard (June 14, 1797 - 1850) was a prominent New York City architect. He is known for his early design of the Brooklyn Borough Hall, the Petersburg courthouse, and numerous other schools and houses in the New York City area.

Early life

Pollard was born in New Braintree, Massachusetts, the child of John Pollard and Kezia Heyward.[1] His family moved to Cazenovia, New York in 1803 before moving to New York City in 1818.[2]

Buildings

He designed the St. Paul's Episcopal Church and Rectory at Ossining, New York in 1834, now Calvary Baptist Church.[3]

Pollard won the 1834 design contest for the Brooklyn city hall. Only the foundation was built from his design in 1836. Nine years later, Gamaliel Kings revised Pollards plans and construction resumed, finally completing in 1848.[4]

In 1836, Pollard built the Brandreth Pill Factory in Ossining. It was eventually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[5]

The courthouse in Petersburg, Virginia built between 1838 and 1840 is a Classical revival courthouse. It was part of the Siege of Petersburg during the Civil War.[6] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[5]

References

  1. ^ Weiskotten, Daniel H. "The Pollard Family of New Woodstock From New Woodstock and Vicinity, Past and Present, 1901". August 10, 2002. Rootsweb. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyccazen/Biographies/Pollard.html. Retrieved 19 December 2010. 
  2. ^ Markham, Sandra. "Guide to the Calvin Pollard Architectural Drawing Collection 1834-1852, undated". 2003. New York Historical Society. http://dlib.nyu.edu/eadapp/transform?source=nyhs/pollard.xml&style=nyhs/nyhs.xsl&part=body. Retrieved 19 December 2010. 
  3. ^ Austin N. O'Brien (October 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Registration:St. Paul's Episcopal Church". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=10629. Retrieved 2010-12-24. 
  4. ^ "Brooklyn Borough Hall". Department of Citywide Administrative Services, New York City. http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcas/html/resources/brook_boroughhall.shtml. Retrieved 19 December 2010. 
  5. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  6. ^ "Petersburg Courthouse". Virginia.org. http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?AttrID=14816. Retrieved 19 December 2010.