Henry Vaughan (architect)

Henry Vaughan (* 1845 or 1846 in Cheshire, † June 30, 1917 in Boston ) was an architect.

Henry Vaughan was born in England and grew up in Scotland. He worked occasionally with George Frederick Bodley and emigrated in 1881 from Boston. He came to one of the ships of William T. Glidden to America and lived first in the family of this vessel owner and railroad king. For this family, he designed the house Gladisfen.

Glidden, founded two years after Vaughan's arrival in the USA the municipality Newcastle St Andrew's Church, which Vaughan had planned. The church is clearly influenced by St. Peter's in Melverley, Shropshire, which is from the year 1406.

Vaughan made ​​primarily by his religious and school buildings in neo-gothic style on the East Coast a name. He designed several buildings for the Bowdoin College and was planning the National Cathedral in Washington DC commissioned, but died of lung cancer before he could complete this work. Vaughan was buried in the National Cathedral.

One of his main client was Edward Francis Searles. He was planning about the All Saints Episcopal Church ( now St. Andrew's ) in Methuen (Massachusetts ) by Vaughan. The foundation stone was laid in 1904. 1904 was Searle Vaughan build in Methuen the Searles High School. 1905 Vaughan built in Searles order the Central School in Methuen, 1908 the station. In 1909, the Serlo Organ Hall was inaugurated.

A private estate Edward Francis Searles ', the planned Vaughan, under the name Stanton Harcourt or also known simply Searles Castle.