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History |
 A. J. Davis, c. 1845 (Avery Library, Columbia University) |
Architect A. J. Davis Alexander Jackson Davis (1803-1892) was one of the best known
American architects of the 19th century. He designed both domestic
and public architecture in virtually all the eclectic styles of
the Victorian era. His drawings and illustrations were widely
published and admired. |
 Town & Davis, US Customs House, New York, 1833-40 |
Davis' design for the US
Customs House (now the Sub-Treasury) on Wall Street,
New York City, shows a severe, classically correct
Doric portico with shallow pediment. As on any Greek
temple, the columns do not have bases, and decoration
is confined to the metopes (panels) in the frieze. Davis designed the Dutch Reformed Church in 1835, the year he left Town and began his own practice (initially in partnership with Russell Warren). For Newburgh, he retained the Grecian style but adopted the softer lines and lighter proportions of the Ionic style. |
 A. J. Davis, Gothic Revival house, Eagle Rock, NJ (Avery Library, Columbia University). |
Although a master of the Greek Revival style, Davis
was better known - especially in houses - for Gothic
Revival, Italianate, bracketed and other such "picturesque"
styles. Perhaps his grandest Hudson villa was Lyndhurst
(1838-42) in Tarrytown. |