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Nicholas Joseph Clayton (November 1, 1840, in Cloyne, County Cork – December 9, 1916) was a prominent Victorian era architect in Galveston, Texas.
Early life
Clayton was born on November 1, 1839, in Cloyne, County Cork, Ireland. His father, also named Nicholas Joseph Clayton, died in 1848. Margaret O'Mahoney Clayton, his mother, moved from Ireland to Cincinnati the same year.
Career
Clayton constructed many grand religious and public buildings in Galveston including the First Presbyterian Church (Galveston, Texas). He is also credited as the architect of Sacred Heart Catholic Church (Tampa, Florida) and of the Main Building of St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas. He also designed an addition to St. Mary Cathedral in Galveston.
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Bibliography
- Barnstone, Howard (1993). The Galveston That Was (Second ed.). College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 978-0-89096-887-1.
- Beasley, Ellen; Fox, Stephen (1996). Galveston Architecture Guide. Houston: Rice University Press. ISBN 0-89263-346-8.
- Henry, Jay C. (1993). Architecture in Texas, 1895–1945. Austin: University of Texas Press. ISBN 0-292-73072-1.
- Houghton, Dorothy Knox Howe; Bradley, Barrie Scardino; Howe, Katherine S.; Blackburn, Sadie Gwin (1998). Houston’s Forgotten Heritage: Landscapes, Houses, Interiors, 1824–1914. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University. ISBN 978-1-62349-246-5.
- Robinson, Willard B. (1981). Gone From Texas: Our Lost Architectural Heritage. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 0-89096-106-9.
- Wooten, Heather Green (2013). Old Red: Pioneering Medical Education in Texas. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 9780876112946.
Further reading
- Scardino, Barrie; Turner, Drexel (2000). Clayton's Galveston: The Architecture of Nicholas J. Clayton and His Contemporaries. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 0-89096-881-0.
External links
General info from Wikipedia.org
