# Mathias Shryock > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mathias_Shryock > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mathias_Shryock.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathias_Shryock > Source revision: 1353244652 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American architect}} {{Use American English|date=May 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2026}} {{More citations needed|date=May 2024}} '''Mathias''' or '''Matthias Shryock''' (born near [Frederick, Maryland](/source/Frederick%2C_Maryland), 1774 – died in [Lexington, Kentucky](/source/Lexington%2C_Kentucky), 1833) was an early American [architect](/source/architect) and building contractor. ==Life and career== Shryock was born in [Maryland](/source/Maryland), where he married in 1798, but moved to [Kentucky](/source/Kentucky), eventually settling in Lexington. He built his family's home on the site of what is now [Transylvania University](/source/Transylvania_University). In 1814, Shryock designed the first Episcopal church in Lexington, as well as many homes.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}} Around the years 1818 to 1820, he built what is now known as the [Mary Todd Lincoln House](/source/Mary_Todd_Lincoln_House), which was purchased by her father, [Robert S. Todd](/source/Robert_Smith_Todd), in 1832.{{Cite news |date=March 16, 1970 |title=Statewide Fund Drive Announced To Buy Mary Todd Lincoln House |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lexington-herald-leader-statewide-fund-d/147359344/ |access-date=2024-05-14 |work=Lexington Herald-Leader |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}} == Personal life and death == He was the father of two other American architects: [Gideon](/source/Gideon_Shryock) (1802 – 1880) and [Cincinnatus](/source/Cincinnatus_Shryock) (1816 – 1888), both of whom were born in Lexington and achieved fame in their own right, particularly within Kentucky. According to one Kentucky Department of Highways plaque, the "[b]est known surname in Kentucky architecture is Shryock." In all, Mathias Shryock fathered a total of ten children. Shryock died of [cholera](/source/cholera) and is buried in [Lexington, Kentucky](/source/Lexington%2C_Kentucky). ==See Also== *[List of American architects](/source/List_of_American_architects) ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{Find a Grave|5215047}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Shryock, Mathias}} Category:1774 births Category:1833 deaths Category:Architects from Lexington, Kentucky Category:Architects from Maryland Category:Deaths from cholera in the United States Category:Infectious disease deaths in Kentucky Category:19th-century American architects Category:People from Frederick County, Maryland {{US-architect-18C-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Mathias Shryock](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathias_Shryock) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathias_Shryock?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.