Edward Brickell White
Edward Brickell White, also known as EB White ( born January 29, 1806 St. John, South Carolina, † May 10, 1882 in New York ) was an American architect who primarily by its neo-gothic architecture and the use of Roman and classical Greek style designs became known.
Life
Edward Brickell White was born in South Carolina on January 29, 1806 on the plantation Chapel Hill in St. John's Berkeley Parish. His father was the plantation owner and artist John Blake White, his mother's name was Elizabeth Allston White.
White attended the United States Military Academy, where he studied engineering and in 1826 reached its conclusion. On April 8, 1832, he married in New London Delia Adams. After his service in the United States Army White returned in 1836 back into civilian life. He worked as a surveyor in the construction of several railway lines and moved to Charleston in 1836 to work as an architect, engineer and surveyor.
White's first major work was the neoclassical Market Hall, in Charleston, which is now classified as a National Historic Landmark (NHL). The Robert William Roper House in Charleston - also a National Historic Landmark - is attributed to him.
White was the architect of many great churches. These include the neo-Gothic Huguenot Church (NHL ) and the Trinity Episcopal Church ( NRHP) in Columbia, the wooden-built Church of the Cross ( NRHP) in Bluffton and the steeple of St. Philip 's Episcopal Church ( NHL) in Charleston.
The 21-foot (6.4 m) high Doric column of Daniel Morgan monument of granite ( NRHP) in Spartanburg was one of his projects. White designed the Charleston High School and the Grace Episcopal Church - both are contributing properties of the Charleston Historic District ( NHRP ). He designed the portico with columns and the wings of the College of Charleston (NHL) and the extension of a building at the South Carolina Military College.
White led the construction supervision during the construction of the new Custom House in Charleston, which was designed by Ammi Burnham Young. The construction was stopped in 1859 when the cost blew the estimated frame and the Congress of the United States released no additional funds. A less ambitious design was realized in 1879.
During the American Civil War, White served in the Confederate Army in James Iceland and North Carolina and reached the rank of lieutenant colonel.
After the war it was difficult to find new projects in Charleston. White oversaw the repairs of St. Michael 's Episcopal Church in Charleston and designed a building for the Charleston Gas & Light Co. 1879 White moved to New York and died on 10 May 1882. He was in the churchyard of St. Michael 's Episcopal in Charleston buried.