Joseph Holt Ingraham (silversmith)

Joseph Holt Ingraham
BornFebruary 10, 1752
DiedOctober 30, 1841(1841-10-30) (aged 89)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationSilversmith

Joseph Holt Ingraham (February 10, 1752 – October 30, 1841)[1] was an American silversmith and businessman based in Portland, Maine. He was responsible for laying out Portland's State Street, now part of Maine State Route 77. His former home on State Street, built in 1801, is now known as the Joseph Holt Ingraham House and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. He also built the city's Ingraham Wharf.

He was the grandfather of writer Joseph Holt Ingraham.[2][3]

  1. ^ Hatch, Louis Clinton (1919). Maine: A History. American historical society.
  2. ^ "J. H. Ingraham" – Robert W. Weathersby (1980)
  3. ^ Lives of Mississippi Authors, 1817-1967. Univ. Press of Mississippi. 1981. ISBN 978-1-61703-418-3.