Isaac Hodgson (16 December 1826 – August, 1909) was an Irish architect who worked primarily in

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Life and education

He was born in

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, Ireland in 1826 and studied at the Royal Academy. He went to work for architect Sir

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at the age of 16. He immigrated to the New York in 1848 and in 1849 moved to Louisville, Kentucky where he worked as an assistant architect working on a number of state governmental buildings. He died in Indiana in August 1909 (Encyclopaedia of Indianapolis has an incorrect date and it must have come from a previous incorrect source.)

Career

He was practicing architecture in Indianapolis by 1855. He designed six

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s, including the ones in

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and

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counties. He also designed the old Marion County courthouse which was demolished in 1962. Hodgson was one of eight charter members of the Indiana Chapter of the

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and relocated to Minnesota about 1882 where he designed a number of notable buildings in partnership with his oldest son, including the

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in 1886.

Notable works

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References

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