Isaac Hodgson (architect)

Isaac Hodgson
Isaac Hodgson
	File:Isaac Hodgson, Star Tribune, 1902
Born	16 December 1826; Belfast, Ireland
Died	August, 1909; Minneapolis, MN
Nationality	American
Occupation	Architect
Buildings	Bartholomew County Courthouse; Jennings County Courthouse; Morgan County Courthouse; Henry County Courthouse

Isaac Hodgson (16 December 1826 – August, 1909) was an Irish architect who worked primarily in Indiana and Minnesota.

Life and education

He was born in Belfast, Ireland in 1826 and studied at the Royal Academy. He went to work for architect Sir Charles Lanyon at the age of 16. He immigrated to the New York in 1848 and in 1849 moved to Louisville, Kentucky where he worked as an assistant architect working on a number of state governmental buildings. He died in Indiana in August 1909 (Encyclopaedia of Indianapolis has an incorrect date and it must have come from a previous incorrect source.) ^[1]^[2]^[3]

Career

He was practicing architecture in Indianapolis by 1855. He designed six Indiana courthouses, including the ones in Bartholomew, Jennings, Morgan and Henry counties.^[4] He also designed the old Marion County courthouse which was demolished in 1962.

Hodgson was one of eight charter members of the Indiana Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and relocated to Minnesota about 1882 where he designed a number of notable buildings in partnership with his oldest son, including the Industrial Exposition Building in 1886.^{[citation needed]}

Notable works

References

^ "The Republic", Columbus, IN 09/03/1909
^ Burns, Lee (1935). "Early Architects and Builders of Indiana.". Indiana Historical Society. pp. 200–201. ISBN 978-0-282-79719-5.
^ "Biographical History of Eminent and Self-Made Men of the State of Indiana, Volume I, Western Biographical Publishing Co, Cincinnati, OH". 1880. pp. 94–95.
^ Counts, Will; Jon Dilts (1991). The 92 Magnificent Indiana Courthouses. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-0-253-33638-5.

[1] "The Republic", Columbus, IN 09/03/1909

[2] Burns, Lee (1935). "Early Architects and Builders of Indiana.". Indiana Historical Society. pp. 200–201. ISBN 978-0-282-79719-5.

[3] "Biographical History of Eminent and Self-Made Men of the State of Indiana, Volume I, Western Biographical Publishing Co, Cincinnati, OH". 1880. pp. 94–95.

[4] Counts, Will; Jon Dilts (1991). The 92 Magnificent Indiana Courthouses. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-0-253-33638-5.

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