Charles B Cluskey

• Irish

Charles B Cluskey, an Irishman by birth, was a practicing architect in Georgia from 1830-1847. His works gained recognition because they were a direct departure from the more conservative designs of rectangular shapes that had been generally used in domestic architecture. Notable examples existing in Savannah today are the Champion-McAlpin-Fowlkes and Sorrel-Weed Houses. The Old Medical College building of the University at Augusta is considered one of his masterpieces. Like the Mansion, it is built on the rotondi parti of the Executive mansion is, without question, his most perfect example of the Greek Revival house. Following Cluskey's departure from Georgia in 1847, he was consulted on expansion of the Capitol and Executive Mansion in Washington, but his ideas were never used. - NRHP, 13 May 1970