Richardsonian Romanesque is a

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Romanesque Revival architecture Romanesque Revival (or Neo-Romanesque) is a style of building employed beginning in the mid-19th century inspired by the 11th- and 12th-century Romanesque architecture. Unlike the historic Romanesque style, Romanesque Revival buildings tended to ...

named after the American

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Henry Hobson Richardson Henry Hobson Richardson, FAIA (September 29, 1838 – April 27, 1886) was an American architect, best known for his work in a style that became known as Richardsonian Romanesque. Along with Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright, Richardson is one ...

(1838–1886). The

revival style Revivalism in architecture is the use of visual styles that consciously echo the style of a previous architectural era. Notable revival styles include Neoclassical architecture (a revival of Classical architecture), and Gothic Revival (a revi ...

incorporates 11th and 12th century southern French, Spanish, and Italian Romanesque characteristics. Richardson first used elements of the style in his Richardson Olmsted Complex in

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, designed in 1870. Multiple architects followed in this style in the late 19th century; Richardsonian Romanesque later influenced modern styles of architecture as well.

History and development

This very free

incorporates 11th and 12th century southern French, Spanish and Italian Romanesque characteristics. It emphasizes clear, strong picturesque massing, round-headed "Romanesque" arches, often springing from clusters of short squat columns, recessed entrances, richly varied rustication, blank stretches of walling contrasting with bands of windows, and cylindrical towers with conical caps embedded in the walling. Allegheny_County_Courthouse_in_2016

Architects working in the style

The style includes work by the generation of architects practicing in the 1880s before the influence of the

Beaux-Arts style Beaux-Arts architecture ( , ) was the academic architectural style taught at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, particularly from the 1830s to the end of the 19th century. It drew upon the principles of French neoclassicism, but also incorpora ...

s. It is epitomised by the American Museum of Natural History's original 77th Street building by J. Cleaveland Cady of Cady, Berg and See in

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. It was seen in smaller communities in this time period such as in St. Thomas, Ontario's city hall and

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, 1890. Some of the practitioners who most faithfully followed Richardson's proportion, massing and detailing had worked in his office. These include: *

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and Frank Alden (

Longfellow, Alden & Harlow Longfellow, Alden & Harlow (later Alden & Harlow), of Boston, Massachusetts, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Margaret Henderson Floyd, ''Architecture after Richardson: Regionalism before Modernism--Longfellow, Alden, and Harlow in Boston and Pittsbu ...

of Boston & Pittsburgh); *George Shepley and Charles Coolidge (Richardson's former employees, and his successor firm, Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge of Boston); Stanford_University_Main_Quad_May_2011_005

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Herbert C Burdett Herbert Channing Burdett (1855–1891) was an American architect trained in the office of Henry Hobson Richardson who, in a brief career, established himself as a successful designer of Shingle Style and Richardsonian Romanesque buildings in ...

(Marling & Burdett of Buffalo). Other architects who employed Richardson Romanesque elements in their designs include: *

Spier and Rohns Spier, Rohns & Gehrke was a noted Detroit, Michigan architectural firm operated by Frederick H. Spier and William C. Rohns, best remembered for designs of churches and railroad stations. These were frequently executed in the Richardson Romanesqu ...

and

George D. Mason George DeWitt Mason (July 4, 1856 – June 3, 1948) was an American architect who practiced in Detroit, Detroit, Michigan, in the latter part of the 19th and early decades of the 20th centuries. Biography George Mason was born in Syracuse, New Yo ...

, both firms from

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; *

Edward J. Lennox Edward James Lennox (September 12, 1854 – April 15, 1933) was a Toronto-based architect who designed several of the city's most notable landmarks in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, including Old City Hall and Casa Loma. He d ...

and

John Wellborn Root John Wellborn Root (January 10, 1850 – January 15, 1891) was an American architect who was based in Chicago with Daniel Burnham. He was one of the founders of the Chicago School style. Two of his buildings have been designated a National ...

, Toronto-based architects who derived many of their designs from the Richardson Style; *

Harvey Ellis Harvey Ellis (October 17, 1852, Rochester, New York – January 2, 1904, Syracuse, New York) was an architect, perspective renderer, painter and furniture designer. He worked in Rochester, New York; Utica, New York; St. Paul, Minnesota; Minneapo ...

designed in this style in Minneapolis, Minnesota. *Fenimore C. Bate designed the

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Theodore Link Theodore C. Link, FAIA, (March 17, 1850 – November 12, 1923) was a German-born American architect and newspaper publisher. He designed buildings for the 1904 World's Fair, Louisiana State University, and the Mississippi State Capitol. Early ...

designed in this style in

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, Missouri and surrounding area. The style also influenced the Chicago school of architecture and architects

Louis Sullivan Louis Henry Sullivan (September 3, 1856 – April 14, 1924) was an American architect, and has been called a "father of skyscrapers" and "father of modernism". He was an influential architect of the Chicago School, a mentor to Frank Lloy ...

and

Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years. Wright played a key role in the architectural movements o ...

. Overseas, Folke Zettervall was influenced by the Richardson style when he designed several railway stations in Sweden during this period. In Finland,

Eliel Saarinen Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen (, ; August 20, 1873 – July 1, 1950) was a Finnish-American architect known for his work with art nouveau buildings in the early years of the 20th century. He was also the father of famed architect Eero Saarinen. Lif ...

was influenced by Richardson.

Dispersion

Toledo Club, Toledo (Lucas County, Ohio)

Research is underway to try to document the westward movement of the artisans and craftsmen, many of whom were immigrant

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and Irish, who built in the Richardsonian Romanesque tradition. The style began in the East, in and around Boston, where Richardson built the influential Trinity Church on

Copley Square Copley Square , named for painter John Singleton Copley, is a public square in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood, bounded by Boylston Street, Clarendon Street, St. James Avenue, and Dartmouth Street. Prior to 1883 it was known as Art Square due to i ...

. As the style was losing favor in the East, it was gaining popularity further west. Stone carvers and masons trained in the Richardsonian manner appear to have taken the style west, until it died out in the early decades of the 20th century. As an example, four small bank buildings were built in Richardsonian Romanesque style in

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, during 1904–1911.

Gallery

: ''For pictures of H. H. Richardson’s own designs and some of the details, see

.'' With the exception of the Richardson Olmsted Complex, none of the following structures were designed by Richardson. They illustrate the strength of his architectural personality on progressive North American architecture from 1885 to 1905. They are divided into categories denoting the various different uses of the buildings. File:Minneapolis City Hall-Hennepin County Courthouse.jpg,

Minneapolis City Hall Minneapolis City Hall and Hennepin County Courthouse (also known as the Municipal Building), designed by Long and Kees in 1888, is the main building used by the city government of Minneapolis, as well as by Hennepin County, in the U.S. state of M ...

, Franklin Bidwell Long and

Frederick G. Kees Long and Kees was an architecture firm based in Minneapolis, Minnesota active for a twelve-year period starting in 1885 and ending in 1897. Named for its two proprietors, Franklin B. Long (1842–1912) and Frederick Kees (1852-1927), the firm ...

, architects, finished 1906 File:CincinnatiCityHall.jpg,

Cincinnati City Hall Cincinnati City Hall is the seat of the municipal government of Cincinnati, Ohio. Completed in 1893, the Richardson Romanesque structure was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on December 11, 1972. The building was designed by Samue ...

Samuel Hannaford Samuel Hannaford (10 April 1835 – 7 January 1911) was an American architect based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Some of the best known landmarks in the city, such as Music Hall and City Hall, were of his design. The bulk of Hannaford's work was d ...

, architect, completed 1893 File:Allegheny County Courthouse in 2016.jpg,

Allegheny County Courthouse The Allegheny County Courthouse in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is part of a complex (along with the old Allegheny County Jail) designed by H. H. Richardson. The buildings are considered among the finest examples of the Romanesque Reviv ...

Pittsburgh Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Wester ...

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; (Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, Ma ...

, completed 1888 File:Ontario Legislative Assembly, Toronto, May 2006.jpg,

Ontario Legislative Building The Ontario Legislative Building (french: L'édifice de l'Assemblée législative de l'Ontario) is a structure in central Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It houses the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and the viceregal suite of the Lieutenant Governor ...

Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most pop ...

Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central C ...

, opened 1893 File:Salt lake city county bldg.jpg,

Salt Lake City and County Building The Salt Lake City and County Building, usually called the "City-County Building", is the seat of government for Salt Lake City, Utah. The historic landmark formerly housed offices for Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County government as well, h ...

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, Monheim, Bird, and Proudfoot architects, 1894 File:Brooklyn Post Office 0321071421a.jpg, Brooklyn General Post Office,

Cadman Plaza Cadman Plaza is a park located on the border of the Brooklyn Heights and Downtown Brooklyn neighborhoods in Brooklyn, New York City. Named for Reverend Doctor Samuel Parkes Cadman (1864–1936), a renowned minister in the Brooklyn Congregatio ...

. Mifflin E. Bell, 1885–91 File:Old Post Office Pavilion, Washington DC.jpg, Old Post Office Building in Washington, D.C. , designed by

Willoughby J. Edbrooke Willoughby James Edbrooke (1843–1896) was an American architect and a bureaucrat who remained faithful to a Richardsonian Romanesque style into the era of Beaux-Arts architecture in the United States, supported by commissions from conservative ...

, completed in 1899 File:Landmark Center.jpg, Old Federal Courts Building, St. Paul MN (now Landmark Center), (

, designed 1892, completed 1901) File:Milwaukee Federal Courthouse, Post Office, 1882-99.jpg,

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and U.S. Courthouse, Milwaukee, WI, designed by

and built 1892–99 File:BarbourCountyCourthouse.jpg, The Barbour County Courthouse in

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, completed 1905 File:City Hall Ft W IN 1.jpg,

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Fort Wayne, Indiana Fort Wayne is a city in and the county seat of Allen County, Indiana, United States. Located in northeastern Indiana, the city is west of the Ohio border and south of the Michigan border. The city's population was 263,886 as of the 2020 Censu ...

, completed in 1893 File:Dallas - Old Red Museum 01.jpg, Dallas County Courthouse, now Old Red Museum, designed & constructed by architect and contractor Max A. Orlopp Jr. in 1891 File:Mcculloch county courthouse 2010.jpg, McCulloch County Courthouse (Texas) in

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, built by Martin & Moodie, completed in 1900 File:Salem Superior Court.JPG, Salem Superior Court, Salem, Massachusetts. Constructed in 1864 as an Italianate design, it was remodeled in the Richardsonian Romanesque style by 1889 File:FederalBuildingRochesterNewYorkFrontView.JPG, Rochester City Hall, NY Harvey Ellis and Mifflin E. Bell, completed in 1889 File:Science Hall, University of Wisconsin Madison.JPG, Science Hall at the

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, designed by

Milwaukee Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at th ...

architect

Henry C. Koch Henry C. Koch (March 30, 1841 – May 19, 1910) was a German-American architect based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Biography Born in Hanover in the Kingdom of Hanover, Koch immigrated as a toddler with his family to the United States. His architect ...

and completed in 1887 File:CentralHighPostcard.jpg, Central High School (Springfield, Missouri),

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, built in 1894 File:Lincoln School RI IL.jpg, Lincoln School,

Rock Island, Illinois Rock Island is a city in and the county seat of Rock Island County, Illinois, United States. The original Rock Island, from which the city name is derived, is now called Arsenal Island. The population was 37,108 at the 2020 census. Located on ...

, built 1893 by E.S. Hammatt, landmarked in 1984 and demolished in 2012 File:Victoria College.jpg, Old Vic, the main building of Victoria College, Toronto, built in 1892 by W. G. Storm File:Altgeld Hall - UIUC - DSC09097.JPG,

Altgeld Hall Altgeld Hall, located at 1409 West Green Street in Urbana, Illinois on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) campus, was built in 1896–97 and was designed by Nathan Ricker and James M. White of the University's architecture depar ...

at the

University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the Unive ...

;

Nathan Ricker Nathan Clifford Ricker, D.Arch (June 24, 1843 – March 19, 1924) was a professor and architect known for his work at the University of Illinois. He was born on a farm near Acton, Maine June 24, 1843. In 1875, he was married to Mary Carter ...

and James McLaren White, architects, 1896-7 File:Pillsbury Hall.jpg, Pillsbury Hall, on the

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–

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campus; LeRoy Buffington, architect,

, designer, 1887 File:Rutlo 3772831372 Southwestern.jpg, The

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on the campus of

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, built in 1898 File:Italian Renaissance Princeton, NJ.JPG, Richardson Auditorium in

Alexander Hall Alexander Hall (January 11, 1894 – July 30, 1968) was an American film director, film editor and theatre actor. Biography Hall acted in the theatre from the age of four through 1914, when he began to work in silent movies. Following his milit ...

Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the n ...

;

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;

William A. Potter William Appleton Potter (December 10, 1842 – February 19, 1909) was an American architect who designed numerous buildings for Princeton University, as well as municipal offices and churches. He served as a Supervising Architect of the Treasury ...

, architect, 1894 File:Crouse College, Syracuse University.jpg,

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built on the campus of

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in 1881 File:OrtonHall.JPG, Orton Hall,

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, completed 1893 File:Durand Art Institute.jpg, Durand Art Institute,

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, Lake Forest, Illinois. Henry Ives Cobb architect, completed 1891 File:Williams Free Library front.jpg,

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, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. Opened 1891. Architect Walter Holbrook File:ActonMemorialLibrary2.jpg, Acton Memorial Library, Acton, Massachusetts,

Hartwell and Richardson Hartwell and Richardson was a Boston, Massachusetts architectural firm established in 1881, by Henry Walker Hartwell (1833–1919) and William Cummings Richardson (1854–1935). The firm contributed significantly to the current building stock and ...

, architects, completed 1891 File:Westminster Castle in Colorado.JPG, The Westminster Castle in

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as it appeared on 29 May 2008 File:Thompson Hall, UNH Sunset.jpg, Thompson Hall at The University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH File:LadiesLiteraryClubGrandRapidsMI.jpg,

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, Architect W.G. Robinson, Completed 1887 File:NewberryHall.jpg, Newberry Hall at the

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, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Architects

, Completed 1888 File:Union Depot, Pueblo, CO.jpg, Pueblo Union Depot in

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, James A. McGonigle of

Leavenworth, Kansas Leavenworth () is the county seat and largest city of Leavenworth County, Kansas, Leavenworth County, Kansas, United States and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the ...

and Sprague and Newall of

Chicago, Illinois (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = List of sovereign states, Count ...

, architects, 1889–90 File:High Service Pumping Station, Chestnut Hill, Sudbury Aqueduct.jpg, The High Service Building at Chestnut Hill Water Works,

Beacon Street Beacon Street is a major thoroughfare in Boston, Massachusetts and its western suburbs Brookline and Newton. It passes through many of Boston's central and western neighborhoods, including Beacon Hill, Back Bay, Fenway–Kenmore, the Boston Uni ...

, Boston, Massachusetts; Arthur H. Vinal, architect, 1887 File:CRRNJ Terminal, Liberty State Park, Jersey City NJ.jpg,

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, Jersey City, New Jersey, William H. Peddle of

Peabody & Stearns Peabody & Stearns was a premier architectural firm in the Eastern United States in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, the firm consisted of Robert Swain Peabody (1845–1917) and John Goddard Stearns ...

, architects, 1889 File:The Professional Building.jpg, The City Bank Building (now The Professional Building) in

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, in the Wheeling Historic District, completed in 1892, Edward Bates Franzheim, architect File:Picture of old Ann Arbor train station.jpeg, Former Ann Arbor, Michigan train station,

Spier & Rohns Spier, Rohns & Gehrke was a noted Detroit, Michigan architectural firm operated by Frederick H. Spier and William C. Rohns, best remembered for designs of churches and railroad stations. These were frequently executed in the Richardson Romanesque s ...

, architects, 1886 File:Starkweather Chapel.jpg, Starkweather Chapel,

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; George D. Mason, 1888 File:United Methodist Church, Washington, NJ - south view.jpg, First Methodist Episcopal Church,

Washington, New Jersey Washington is a borough in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States census, the borough's population was 6,461,Andover, MA,

, 1882 File:Rollins-Chapel-Dartmouth-College-College-Street-Hanover-New-Hampshire-05-2018 (cropped).jpg, Rollins Chapel,

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John Lyman Faxon John Lyman Faxon (1851-1918) was an American architect practicing in Boston, Massachusetts, during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Three of his buildings, the First Baptist Church of Newton (1888), the First Congregational C ...

, 1884-85 File:OakwoodChapel.jpg, Gardner Earl Memorial Chapel,

Fuller & Wheeler Albert W. Fuller (1854-1934) was an American architect practicing in Albany, New York. Life and career Fuller was born in the town of Clinton, New York. From 1873 to 1879 he trained as a draftsman in the office of Albany archit ...

, 1887–89 File:Shadyside Presbyterian Church.jpg, Shadyside Presbyterian Church,

Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge was a successful architecture firm based in Boston, Massachusetts, operating between 1886 and 1915, with extensive commissions in monumental civic, religious, and collegiate architecture in the spirit and style of Henr ...

, 1890 File:K.W. Smith Residence.jpg, K.W. Smith House Mason Maury, Architect, Louisville, Kentucky, 1886 File:Cupples house 1890.jpg,

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on the campus of

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, 1888–1890 File:Frank House (Kearney, Nebraska) from NE 1.JPG, George W. Frank House, Kearney, NE, designed by Frank, Bailey and Farmer, completed in 1889 File:Oland House, Halifax, Nova Scotia.jpg, Oland House, 1890,

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File:James J. Hill House.jpg, James J. Hill House, 240 Summit Avenue,

St. Paul, Minnesota Saint Paul (abbreviated St. Paul) is the capital of the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Ramsey County. Situated on high bluffs overlooking a bend in the Mississippi River, Saint Paul is a regional business hub and the center ...

; Mark Fitzpatrick, architects, completed 1891 File:JohnUriLloydHouse.jpg, John Uri Lloyd House near the campus of the University of Cincinnati was built for a Cincinnati pharmacist by James W. McLaughlin File:Buhl Mansion (14748028152).jpg, Buhl Mansion in

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, designed by

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, completed in 1891.

References

Notes Bibliography *Kelsey, Mavis P. and Donald H. Dyal, ''The Courthouses of Texas: A Guide'', Texas A&M University Press, College Station Texas 1993 *Kvaran, Einar Einarsson, ''Architectural Sculpture in America'' unpublished manuscript *Kvaran, Einar Einarsson, ''Starkweather Memorial Chapel, Highland Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Michigan'', Unpublished paper 1983 *Larson, Paul C., Editor, with Susan Brown, ''The Spirit of H. H. Richardson on the Midwest Prairies'', University Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis and Iowa State University Press, Ames 1988 *Ochsner, Jeffrey Karl, ''H. H. Richardson: Complete Architectural Works'', MIT Press, Cambridge MA 1984 *Ochsner, Jeffrey Karl, and Andersen, Dennis Alan, ''Distant Corner: Seattle Architects and the Legacy of H. H. Richardson'', University of Washington Press, Seattle WA 2003 *Van Rensselaer, Mariana Griswold, ''Henry Hobson Richardson and His Works'', Dover Publications, Inc. NY 1959 (Reprint of 1888 edition)

External links

Digital archive of American architecture:
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Richardsonian Romanesque described and illustrated by buildings in Buffalo, New York
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