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Edward Brickell White

{{short description|American architect}}

{{for|the author of Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little known as E. B. White|Elwyn Brooks White}}

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|nationality = American

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|birth_place = South Carolina

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|death_place = New York

|alma_mater = United States Military Academy

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Robert William Roper House
Market Hall
St. Philip's Episcopal Church (steeple only)

St. Matthew's German Evangelical Lutheran Church (original sanctuary)

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Edward Brickell White (January 29, 1806 – May 10, 1882), also known as E. B. White, was an architect in the United States. He was known for his Gothic Revival architecture and his use of Roman and Greek designs.{{cite book | last = Edgar | first = Walter | title = South Carolina: A History | publisher = University of South Carolina Press | year = 1998 | location = Columbia, South Carolina | pages = 1020–1021 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=EFSbwGk2szgC | isbn =1-57003-255-6}}

Life

Edward Brickell White was born on January 29, 1806, on the Chapel Hill Plantation of St. John's Berkeley Parish, South Carolina. His father was the planter and artist, John Blake White, and his mother was Elizabeth Allston White.

In 1826, he graduated from the United States Military Academy, where he studied engineering. He served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army artillery. On April 8, 1832, he married Delia Adams in New London, Connecticut. Following his resignation in August 1836, he surveyed for several railroads. Later that year he moved to Charleston, South Carolina, to practice architecture, engineering, and surveying.

His first major work was the Greek Revival Market Hall,{{cite web | title = Market Hall and Sheds | work = National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form | publisher =National Park Service | year = 1973 | url = http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/charleston/S10817710055/index.htm| format = pdf | accessdate = 17 March 2009}} which is a National Historic Landmark (NHL) in Charleston.

He was the architect of many churches including the Gothic Revival Huguenot Church{{cite web | title = Huguenot Church | work = National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form | publisher =National Park Service | year = 1973 | url = http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/charleston/S10817710068/S10817710068.pdf | accessdate = 17 March 2009}} (NHL) in Charleston; the Gothic Revival Trinity Episcopal Church{{cite web | title = Trinity Episcopal Church| work = National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form | publisher =National Park Service | date = 24 February 1971 | url = http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/richland/S10817740012/S10817740012.pdf | accessdate = 17 March 2009}} in Columbia, which is on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP); the wooden Gothic Revival Church of the Cross{{cite web | title = Church of the Cross| work = National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form | publisher =National Park Service | year = 1974 | url = http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/beaufort/S10817707022/S10817707022.pdf | accessdate = 17 March 2009}} (NRHP) in Bluffton; and the steeple of St. Philip's Church{{cite web | title = St. Philip's Episcopal Church| work = National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form | publisher =National Park Service | year = 1973 | url = http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/charleston/S10817710072/S10817710072.pdf | accessdate = 17 March 2009}} (NHL) in Charleston. In 1842, he designed the sanctuary of St. Matthew's German Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Ansonborough section of the city. He was the architect for Grace Church Cathedral (Episcopal) at 98 Wentworth St., Charleston, SC, a Gothic Revival church built in 1847-1848. Likewise, he designed the Centenary Methodist Church at 60 Wentworth St., Charleston, SC in about 1842. In 1841, his design for St. Johannes Lutheran Church, 48 Hasell St., Charleston, SC was built.

The {{convert|21|ft|m|abbr=on|0}} granite Doric granite column for the Daniel Morgan Monument{{cite web | title = Daniel Morgan Monument| work = National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form | publisher =National Park Service | year = 1980 | url = http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/spartanburg/S10817742019/S10817742019.pdf | accessdate = 17 March 2009}} (NRHP) in Spartanburg, South Carolina, was one of his projects. He designed the Charleston High School, which is currently a private residence, and the Grace Episcopal Church that are contributing properties to the Charleston Historic District{{cite web | title = Charleston Historic District| work = National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form | publisher =National Park Service | year = 1970 | url = http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/charleston/S10817710004/S10817710004.pdf| accessdate = 17 March 2009}} (NRHP). He designed a portico with columns and wings for the main building and Gate Lodge of the College of Charleston{{cite web | title = College of Charleston Complex: Main Building, Library and Gate Lodge| work = National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form | publisher =National Park Service | year = 1971 | url = http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/charleston/S10817710044/S10817710044.pdf | accessdate = 17 March 2009}} (NHL). He designed an expansion of a building at South Carolina Military College.

He was the superintending architect for the new Custom House{{cite web | title = U.S. Customhouse | work = National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form | publisher =National Park Service | year = 1974 | url = http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/charleston/S10817710086/S10817710086.pdf | accessdate = 17 March 2009}} in Charleston, which was designed by Ammi Burnham Young. Construction was halted in 1859 when the US Congress did not appropriate funding to cover cost overruns. A less ambitious design was completed in 1879.

During the Civil War, he joined the Confederate Army, and served at James Island and North Carolina. He rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel, commanding the 3rd South Carolina Artillery.

After the war, E.B. White supervised repairs of St. Michael's Episcopal Church in Charleston. He designed a building for Charleston Gas & Light Co. Among the residences that he designed is the William Gatewood House at 21 Legare Street which was described as "recently built" is a real estate listing in February 1863.{{cite news|work=Charleston Courier|date=February 17, 1863|location=Charleston, South Carolina|page=3}}

In 1879, White moved to New York and died on May 10, 1882. He was interred in St. Michael's Episcopal Churchyard in Charleston.

Work

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External links

  • [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=white&GSby=1806&GSbyrel=in&GSdy=1882&GSdyrel=in&GSst=43&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=61409819&df=all& Col. Edward Brickell White (1806-1882) Find a Grave memorial]

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Category:1806 births

Category:1882 deaths

Category:American ecclesiastical architects

Category:Gothic Revival architects

Category:United States Military Academy alumni

Category:Confederate States Army officers

Category:People from Berkeley County, South Carolina

Category:19th-century American architects