Timeline

Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Architect Emmanuel Episcopal Church Pittsburgh
Architect Allegheny County Courthouse and Jail Pittsburgh
Architect Bagley Memorial Fountain Detroit
Architect William Watts Sherman House Newport, RI
Architect Castle Hill Lighthouse Newport, RI
Architect Hayden Building Boston
Architect William Dorsheimer House Buffalo, NY
Architect Framingham Railroad Station Framingham
Architect Hotel Henry Buffalo, NY
Architect Dr Henry Jacob Bigelow House Newton, MA
Architect Grace Episcopal Church Medford, MA
Architect Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway Station Orchard Park
Architect First Baptist Church Boston
Architect Sever Hall, Harvard U Cambridge, MA
Architect Hampden County Courthouse Springfield
Architect Woodland, Newton Highlands, and Newton Centre Railroad Stations, and Baggage and Express Building Newton, MA
Architect Howard Memorial Library New Orleans
Architect New London Railroad Station New London, CT
Architect Cheney Building Hartford
Architect Warder-Totten House Washington, DC
Architect Wellesley Farms Railroad Station Wellesley
Architect Converse Memorial Building Malden
Architect Crane, Thomas, Public Library Quincy
Architect Woburn Public Library Woburn
Architect North Easton Historic District Easton
Architect North Easton Railroad Station Easton
Architect HH Richardson Historic District of North Easton Easton
Architect Union Station Palmer
Architect Quadrangle-Mattoon Street Historic District Springfield
Architect Robert Treat Paine Jr House, Waltham Waltham, MA
Architect Mary Fisk Stoughton House Cambridge, MA
Architect Ames Monument Sherman
1838/09/29 Catherine Caroline Priestly Richardson, wife of Henry Dickenson Richardson, gives birth to a son, Henry Hobson Richardson at the Priestly Plantation, St James Parish. Born St Joseph Plantation House Vacherie
1867/01/03 In Boston, Julia Gorham Hayden marries H H Richardson, a Harvard classmate of her brother, David Hyslop Hayden. The union will produce six children. Groom
1868/00/00 H H Richardson designs a residence for Boston Brahmin, Benjamin W Crowninshield. Architect Crowninshield House, Boston Boston
1869/00/00 Richardson builds his own house (now altered) of modern convenience (equipped with gas lines even though gas power had yet to come to the island) in the Stick Style. Home Henry H Richardson Residence New York City
1872/06/01 The Committee awards the Trinity commission to Henry H Richardson of NYC. Richardson will come to Boston and urge the Committee to acquire the triangle of land that adjoins the church site. Architect Trinity Church, Boston Boston
1873/04/00 In early April, Richardson presents a modified design based on the larger lot to the Building Committee who ask him to reduce the height and weight of the 50-ft tower so it can be safely erected on landfill. Architect Trinity Church, Boston Boston
1873/10/00 H H Richardson revises his plans for the fifth time and receives a total of $7,218.90, including expenses, for his work. There will be no further payments though the project will occupy a great deal of his time for the next three years. Architect Trinity Church, Boston Boston
1874/00/00 H H and Julia Richardson rent the Samuel Gardner Perkins House, 25 Cottage St, from Edward Hooper. Richardson will expand the home to include his professional studio, library and office. Home H H Richardson House Brookline, MA
1880/00/00 Trinity Rectory is built Architect Trinity Rectory, Boston Boston
1880/00/00 Dr John Bryant hires H H Richardson and Frederick Law Olmsted Sr to build his summer house at 150 Howard Gleason Rd, Cohasset, MA. Now a retreat center, Bellarmine Jesuit Villa House, of the Jesuit fathers of Boston College. Architect Cohasset Massachusetts
1881/00/00 Austin Hall is built for Harvard Law School. Architect Austin Hall, Harvard Law School Cambridge, MA
1883/00/00 Designed by Henry Hobson Richardson in the Romanesque style, Albany City Hall opens at 24 Eagle St between Corning Pl (then Maiden Ln) and Pine St. Architect Albany City Hall Albany
1883/00/00 Endowed by Frederick Billings and designed to resemble the Winn Library in Woburn, Mass, the Billings Memorial Library is built on the campus of the University of Vermont in Burlington. Architect University Green Historic District, University of Vermont Burlington
1886/00/00 In the early 1880's, William Gratwick hires H H Richardson to design a mansion at 776 Delaware, Buffalo, NY. It will be Richardson's last commission. Built in 1888, the brownstone mansion supervised by Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge was razed in 1919. Architect
1886/04/00 Henry H Richardson completes his design for the John J Glessner House in Chicago. Architect John J Glessner House Chicago
1886/04/27 On his last day, Henry H Richardson signs an informal will directing the three assistants still remaining to carry on the business, which is soon formalized as Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge. Founder H H Richardson House Brookline, MA
1886/04/27 Henry Hobson Richardson dies at age 47 in Brookline, Mass, of Bright's disease, a historical term for the kidney disorder chronic nephritis. Many important architects learned their craft in the atelier-like environment. Died H H Richardson House Brookline, MA
1886/05/00 Henry Hobson Richardson is laid to rest in Walnut Hills Cemetery, Brookline, Massachusetts. In Memoriam Walnut Hills Cemetery Brookline, MA
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