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Jacob Snyder (March 12, 1823 – December 29, 1890) American architect best known as a designer of churches as well as one of the inventors of the Akron Plan.


Early years

Born in
Columbia County, Pennsylvania Columbia County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 64,727. Its county seat is Bloomsburg. The county was created on March 22, 1813, from part of Northumberland County. It ...
, Snyder learned the basics of the building trade from his father who was a contractor and builder. Attending Dickenson College in
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he studied one year of architecture. In 1853 he moved to
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where within two years he began designing and building houses. In the years following the
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besides designing numerous residences he also began to specialize in church designing, eventually building churches in many communities, primarily in Ohio. Snyder designed University Hall, the first permanent building for the
Ohio State University The Ohio State University (Ohio State or OSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio, United States. A member of the University System of Ohio, it was founded in 1870. It is one ...
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References

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