John Rudolph Niernsee
| John Rudolph Niernsee | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1814 Vienna, Austria |
| Died | 1885 Baltimore, Maryland |
| Nationality | United States |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Buildings | South Carolina State House |
| Projects | Baltimore and Ohio Railroad structures |
John Rudolph Niernsee (1814–1885) was an American architect. He served as the head architect for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B. & O.).[when?]
Career
He was born as Johann Rudolph Niernsee in Vienna, Austria and immigrated to the United States in 1837, at age 22. He apprenticed to Benjamin Henry Latrobe, II, (1806-1878), engineer and manager at the B. & O. and other railroads, (and son of another well-known architect, his father Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 1764-1820).[1] In 1847, with James Crawford Neilson, (1816-1900), he formed the Niernsee & Neilson architectural firm that largely served the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, (B. & O.).[1]
He is credited with having mentored Ephraim Francis Baldwin, (1837-1916), another well-known Maryland and Baltimore architect (and formed the similarly locally-famous firm Baldwin & Pennington with Josias Pennington, [1854-1929]), who also designed buildings and stations for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B. & O.).
During the American Civil War Niernsee served in the Confederate States Army as a Major.
Selected works
Works by Niernsee or by the firm (with attribution) are:
- The Green Mount Cemetery hilltop chapel, in Baltimore, Maryland, which he designed with Nielsen, is a Gothic Revival work.
- Baltimore's Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Johns Hopkins Colored Children Orphan Asylum.
- 1855-56: St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church (by Niernsee & Neilson), Baltimore. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1982.[2][3]
- 1855: Saint Paul's Church, 102 N. Union St., Petersburg, Virginia (Niernsee & Neilson), NRHP-listed.
- c. 1855, Villa Anneslie, 529 Dunkirk Rd. Towson, Maryland (Niernsee, John Rudolph), NRHP-listed.
- 1868: Aigburth Vale, in Towson (by Niernsee & Neilson), listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1999.[4]
- 1870: Churchville Presbyterian Church (Italianate clock tower by Niernsee & Neilson), Churchville, Maryland, listed on the NRHP in 1986.[2]
- ca. 1870: Clifton Mansion, at Clifton Park, Baltimore]] (by Niernsee & Neilson), listed on the NRHP in 2007.[2]
- The Greek Revival South Carolina State House, in Columbia, is another National Historic Landmark building which Niernsee designed, c. 1851, although full implementation was delayed. From 1888 to 1891, a time when much of the interior work was completed, it was in fact Niernsee’s son, Frank McHenry Niernsee, who served as architect. NRHP-listed.[2]
- The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Martinsburg Shops which he designed with engineer Albert Fink, were declared a National Historic Landmark in 2003.[1]
Not in date order:
- Church of the Most Holy Trinity, 720 Telfair St., Augusta, Georgia (Niernsee, John Rudolph), NRHP-listed
- St. Mary's Catholic Church (1858) located in the Edgefield Historic District, located along both sides of U.S. Highway 25 through the town of Edgefield, South Carolina (Niernsee,John R.), NRHP-listed.
- Emmanuel Church, U.S. Highway 301, Port Conway, Virginia. (Niernsee & Neilson), NRHP-listed/
- Evergreen House, 4545 N. Charles St., Baltimore. (Niernsee & Nielson), NRHP-listed.
- Martin's Brandon Church, Virginia Highways 10 and 1201, Burrowsville. (Niernsee & Neilson), NRHP-listed.
- Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church and Asbury House, 2-10 E. Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, (Niernsee & Neilson), NRHP-listed.
Personal life
Niernsee was buried at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Columbia, South Carolina.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. and Accompanying 18 photos, exterior and interior, from 2001 and undated. PDF (5.00 MB)
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- ↑ Note: NRIS indicates that this was designed by Niernsee & Baldwin
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External links
- Articles with hCards
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- Vague or ambiguous time from November 2013
- Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Architects from Baltimore, Maryland
- 1814 births
- 1885 deaths
- NRHP architects
- Artists from Vienna
- Austro-Hungarian emigrants to the United States
- People of Maryland in the American Civil War
- 19th-century American architects
