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Edward Tuckerman Potter

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Schenectady, NY, United States
Death: October 24, 1904 (73)
Place of Burial: Schenectady, Schenectady County, NY, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Bishop Alonzo Potter, DD, LLD and Sarah Maria Potter
Husband of Julia Maria Potter
Father of Julian Potter; Edward Clarkson Potter; Richard Milford Blatchford Potter; Robert Francis Potter; Ethelinda Potter and 2 others
Brother of Rep. Clarkson Nott Potter; Howard Potter; Maj. Gen. Robert Brown Potter, USA; Bishop Henry Codman Potter; Rev. Eliphalet Nott Potter and 1 other
Half brother of James Neilson Potter; Frank Hunter Potter, Sr. and William A. Potter

Occupation: architect
Managed by: Private User
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About Edward Tuckerman Potter

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Tuckerman_Potter

Edward Tuckerman Potter (September 25, 1831 in Schenectady, New York – December 21, 1904 in New York, New York) was an American architect best known for designing the 1871 Mark Twain House in Hartford, Connecticut. With his half-brother William Appleton Potter, he also designed Nott Memorial Hall at his alma mater, Union College, Schenectady, New York (1858–79). Both the Mark Twain House and Nott Memorial Hall are National Historic Landmarks.

He was the son of Bishop Alonzo Potter. He died December 21, 1904.

Work

Buildings designed by Potter which both survive and are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places include:

Nott Memorial Hall, Union College campus Schenectady NY, 1858-1879

additions to the Christ Episcopal Church, Reading, Pennsylvania, early 1860s

Church of the Good Shepherd and Parish House, 155 Wyllys St. Hartford CT, 1867

All Saints Memorial Church, 674 Westminster Street, Providence, Rhode Island, 1869–72

Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Ave. Hartford Connecticut, 1871 the library at Armsmear in Hartford, Connecticut

Church of the Holy Innocents Willow Ave. and 6th St. Hoboken New Jersey, 1872

Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 121 W. 12th St. Davenport Iowa, 1873

St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church, One Hudson St. Yonkers NY, additions to the facade, 1874

One or more buildings in Downtown Main Street Historic District, Roughly bounded by Main St., Governor St., Chapman Pl., and Burnside Ave. East Hartford CT

St. James Episcopal Church, NE corner of MacArthur and Broadway Lewiston IL

St. John's Episcopal Church (East Hartford, Connecticut), 1160 Main St. East Hartford CT

St. Paul's Memorial Church and Rectory, 225 St. Paul New York NY


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Edward Tuckerman Potter's Timeline

1831
September 25, 1831
Schenectady, NY, United States
1858
August 10, 1858
New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York, United States
1860
November 20, 1860
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States
1862
August 11, 1862
New York, New York County, New York, United States
1864
May 17, 1864
New York, New York, United States
1869
December 1, 1869
Paris, France
1872
February 7, 1872
Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, United States
1875
July 29, 1875
Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, United States
1904
October 24, 1904
Age 73