Thomas Alexander Tefft

Thomas Alexander Tefft
Thomas Alexander Tefft
Born(1826-08-02)August 2, 1826
Richmond, Rhode Island
DiedDecember 12, 1859(1859-12-12) (aged 33)
Florence, Italy
NationalityAmerican
Alma materBrown University
OccupationArchitect
BuildingsCannelton Cotton Mill
Narragansett Baptist Church
Providence Union Railroad Depot (1847–1896)
Tefft's design for Freight House No. 1, of the Providence and Worcester Railroad, Providence. 1847, demolished.
Tefft's Cotton Mill in Cannelton, IN, completed in 1851. The mill is shown here before its restoration.
Providence Union Station, 1847–1896. Note the similarity in style to the Cannelton Cotton Mill

Thomas Alexander Tefft (August 2, 1826 – December 12, 1859) was an American architect, from Providence, Rhode Island. Tefft, one of the nation's first professionally trained architects, is considered a master of Rundbogenstil and a leading American proponent of its use.[1] Prior to his untimely death, Tefft "offered the most advanced designs of [his] day in America"[2]

  1. ^ Bradley, Former Teacher in the Historic Preservation Program Betsy Hunter; Bradley, Betsy H. (1999). The Works: The Industrial Architecture of the United States. Oxford University Press. p. 235. ISBN 978-0-19-509000-0.
  2. ^ Curran, Kathleen (1988). "The German Rundbogenstil and Reflections on the American Round-Arched Style". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 47 (4): 351–373. doi:10.2307/990381. ISSN 0037-9808. JSTOR 990381.