Gervase Wheeler

Gervase Wheeler
Bornc. 1815
England
DiedJanuary 1st, 1889
OccupationArchitect

Gervase Wheeler (1815–1889) was a British architect, writer, and illustrator who designed homes in the United States.

Wheeler is best known for publishing influential architectural pattern books Rural Homes (1851) and Homes for the People in Suburb and Country (1855).[1][2][3][4] These books include house plans as illustrations, while the prose focuses on architectural best practices and Wheeler's personal opinions about American culture and aesthetics. He promoted Italianate style[5] as well as Carpenter Gothic.[6]

Wheeler moved to the U.S. in 1846 or 1847 and stayed until the 1860s, after which he returned to London.[1]

  1. ^ a b GERVASE WHEELER: MID-NINETEENTH CENTURY BRITISH ARCHITECT IN AMERICA University of Pennsylvania thesis, 1988
  2. ^ "Gervase Wheeler". Wesleyan University Press. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  3. ^ Winters, William (1882). Memorials of the Pilgrim Fathers: John Eliot and His Friends, of Nazing and Waltham Abbey. Waltham Abbey, Essex [Eng.] p. 53.
  4. ^ Shaw, Robert (1871). Visits to High Tartary, Yârkand, and Kâshghar: Formerly Chinese Tartary. John Murray.
  5. ^ Poppeliers, John C.; Jr, S. Allen Chambers (6 October 2003). What Style Is It?: A Guide to American Architecture. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-471-25036-4.
  6. ^ Guter, Robert P. The Willows at Fosterfields Historic Structure Report, "Architectural History Report", 1983. Written by Robert P. Guter of Acroterion Historic Preservation Consultants, available in the archives of the Morris County Park Commission.