{{Short description|American architect}} {{Use British English|date=April 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} '''George Hadfield''' (1763 – 6 February 1826<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.congressionalcemetery.org/PDF/Obits/H/Obits_Hadfield.pdf |title=Interments in the Congressional Cemetery |date=17 July 2001 |accessdate=14 January 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041218003418/http://www.congressionalcemetery.org/PDF/Obits/H/Obits_Hadfield.PDF |archivedate=18 December 2004 }}</ref>) was born in [[Livorno]], [[Grand Duchy of Tuscany]], of [[England|English]] parents, who were hotel keepers. He studied at the [[Royal Academy]], and worked with [[James Wyatt]] for six years before emigrating to the United States. He was the brother of painter, musician, and educator [[Maria Cosway]].
==Life and career== He was appointed superintendent of the [[United States Capitol]]'s construction on 15 October 1795,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/9506/capitol.html |title='Temple of Liberty' Building a Capitol for a New Nation |last=Scott |first=Pamela |date=20 March 1995 |publisher=The Library of Congress |accessdate=15 January 2008 }}</ref> and continued in that position until June 1798, resigning after an argument with [[William Thornton]].<ref>Tatman.</ref><ref>Bryan, pp 314–315, states that it was 28 May 1798, and that Hadfield said he had not been paid for plans for the state and war office buildings.</ref> He is credited with part of the design of the original Capitol building such as the north wing,<ref>Dunlap, page 336.</ref><ref>Bryan, pages 315–318. Bryan gives some of the background, noting that until Hadfield's discharge, all of the detailed working drawings were done by Hallett or Hadfield, and that Thornton started to produce detailed drawings after this point after failing to obtain them from Hallett.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/us.capitol/s3.html |title=The Temple of Justice and Faith: The Capitol's East and West Porticoes and Dome |publisher=The Library of Congress |accessdate=18 January 2008 }}<br />Two of the pictures here are said to be based on Hadfield's designs.</ref> but little of the related papers remain.
He is buried in [[Congressional Cemetery]] in Washington, D.C.
==List of works== * Original [[United States Department of the Treasury|Treasury Department]] building, drew plans in 1798, completed in 1800; partially destroyed by fire in 1801 and [[Burning of Washington|burned by British forces in 1814]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.treas.gov/education/fact-sheets/building/history.shtml|title=Fact Sheets: U. S. Treasury Building|publisher=United States Department of the Treasury|date=17 October 2007 |accessdate=15 January 2008|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080109032205/http://www.treas.gov/education/fact-sheets/building/history.shtml|archivedate=9 January 2008 |df=dmy}}</ref><ref>William W. Warner, ''At Peace with All Their Neighbors: Catholics and Catholicism in the Nation's Capital, 1787-1860'' (Georgetown University Press), pp. 126-27.</ref> * Navy Department, 1800<ref>Historical marker for the [[Old Executive Office Building]] which replaced this in 1871 says it was designed in 1797, and that [[James Hoban]] designed the War Department.</ref> * Washington Jail, 1801, later converted to a hospital, burned in 1861<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.culturaltourismdc.org/info-url3948/info-url_show.htm?doc_id=206742&attrib_id=7967 |title=Washington Jail Site, Location: Fourth and G streets, NW |publisher=Cultural Tourism, DC |accessdate=15 January 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070608054033/http://www.culturaltourismdc.org/info-url3948/info-url_show.htm?doc_id=206742&attrib_id=7967 |archivedate=8 June 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pdj0oAZplxoC&q=%22george+hadfield%22+greek+revival&pg=PA122 |title=L'Enfant's Legacy: Public Open Spaces in Washington, D.C. |last=Bednar |first=Michael J. |publisher=The Johns Hopkins University Press |pages=122 |year=2006 |isbn= 0-8018-8318-0 |accessdate=19 January 2008 }}<br />According to Bednar, the jail was built in 1802, a two-story brick building, which was used for the Washington Infirmary Hospital after 1853, until it burned in 1861.</ref> * [[Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C.|Marine Corps Commandant's House]], 1801–1805<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.culturaltourismdc.org/dch_tourism2608/dch_tourism_show.htm?doc_id=45917 |title=Marine Corps Commandant's House |publisher=Cultural Tourism, DC |accessdate=15 January 2008 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071009090414/http://www.culturaltourismdc.org/dch_tourism2608/dch_tourism_show.htm?doc_id=45917 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 9 October 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usmcmuseum.org/Museum_LoreCorps.asp |title=The National Museum of the Marine Corps and Heritage Center |year=2006 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091105190956/http://www.usmcmuseum.org/Museum_LoreCorps.asp |archivedate=5 November 2009 |df=dmy }}</ref> * [[Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial|Arlington House]] (Custis-Lee Mansion), 1818<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.nps.gov/archive/arho/tour/history/architecture.html |title = Arlington House Architecture & Construction |publisher = U. S. National Park Service |date = 24 March 2002 |accessdate = 14 January 2008 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080110230420/http://www.nps.gov/archive/arho/tour/history/architecture.html |archivedate = 10 January 2008 |df = dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Arlington/000-0001_Arlington_House_1966_Final_Nomination.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Arlington House |date=15 October 1966 |accessdate=16 January 2008 }}</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=HwxObsj2GOQC&dq=%22george+hadfield%22&pg=PA337 Moeller, page 337.]</ref> * [[District of Columbia City Hall]], 1820<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=wBsmPbw9ll0C&dq=%22george+hadfield%22+%22william+thornton%22&pg=PA45 Gutheim, page 45.]</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dccourts.gov/dccourts/about/judiciary.jsp |title=History of Judiciary Square |publisher=District of Columbia Courts |accessdate=18 January 2008 |archive-date=23 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091023012027/http://www.dccourts.gov/dccourts/about/judiciary.jsp |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/court-history.html |title = History of the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse |publisher = United States District Court for the District of Columbia |accessdate = 18 January 2008 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080212071527/http://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/court-history.html |archivedate = 12 February 2008 |df = dmy-all }}</ref> * [[Van Ness Mausoleum]]<ref>{{Cite journal |url=https://archive.org/details/historicgravesm00ridggoog |quote=van ness mausoleum. |title=Historic Graves of Maryland and the District of Columbia |last=Ridgely |first=Helen West |publisher=The Grafton press |year=1908 |page=[https://archive.org/details/historicgravesm00ridggoog/page/n300 248] |accessdate=16 January 2008 }}</ref>
===Possible works=== * [[Historic Huntley]]<ref>See historical marker.</ref>
===Other=== There are other works. However they are not easily identified, since they are not in the [[Greek Revival]] style. For example, Hadfield is credited with alterations to [[The Octagon House]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=HwxObsj2GOQC&dq=george+hadfield's+city+hall&pg=PA176 Moeller, pages 176–177.]</ref>
==Gallery== <gallery> Image:Statue of Abraham Lincoln (District of Columbia City Hall) - 3.jpg|District of Columbia City Hall Image:Van Ness Mausoleum - Washington, D.C..jpg|Van Ness Mausoleum Image:Arlington House front view.JPG|Front view of Arlington House Image:CMC Home from the parade deck.jpg|Commandant of the Marine Corps' house at 8th & I SE Image:U.S. Treasury building (1804) (Harper's engraving).png|Original U.S. Treasury building.
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==See also== * [[Étienne Sulpice Hallet]] * [[James Hoban]] * [[Benjamin Latrobe]]
==Notes== {{Reflist|2}}
==References== {{Refbegin}} *{{Cite journal |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_EkoOAAAAIAAJ |page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_EkoOAAAAIAAJ/page/n13 259] |quote=hadfield north wing capitol. |title = A History of the National Capital |first=Wilhelmus Bogart |last=Bryan |publisher=The Macmillan company |year=1914 |accessdate=17 January 2008 }} *{{Cite journal |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofrisepro01dunl |quote=van ness mausoleum. |title=History of the Rise and Progress of the Arts of Design in the United States |last=Dunlap |first=William |publisher=George P. Scott and Co., Printers |pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofrisepro01dunl/page/336 336] |year=1834 |accessdate=16 January 2008 }} *{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wBsmPbw9ll0C&q=%22george+hadfield%22+%22william+thornton%22&pg=PA45 |title=Worthy of the Nation: Washington, DC, from L'Enfant to the National Capital Planning Commission |last1=Gutheim |first1=Frederick Albert |last2=Lee |first2=Antoinette J |publisher=The Johns Hopkins University Press |year=2006 |isbn=0-8018-8328-8 |accessdate=18 January 2008 }} *{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/aiaguidetoarchit0000moel |url-access=registration |quote=george hadfield's city hall. |title=AIA Guide to the Architecture of Washington, D.C. |last=Moeller |first=Gerard Martin |publisher=JHU Press |pages=[https://archive.org/details/aiaguidetoarchit0000moel/page/176 176] |date=24 October 2006 |accessdate=16 January 2008 |isbn=978-0-8018-8468-9 }} *{{Philadelphia Architects and Buildings |author=Tatman, Sandra L. |ar=103571 |Hadfield, George (1763–1826)}} {{Refend}}
==External links== *[http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=4212 Historical Marker for Executive Office Building] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070715014422/http://photos.historical-markers.org/main.php?g2_itemId=4712 Historical Marker for Huntley] *{{HABS |survey=DC-41 |id=dc0379 |title=District of Columbia City Hall, 451 Indiana Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC |photos=15 |data=1 |cap=2}}
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