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Hoban died in Washington, D.C., on December 8, 1831. He was originally buried at Holmead's Burying Ground, but was disinterred and reburied at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Washington, D.C. His son James Hoban Jr., said to closely resemble his father, served as U.S. attorney of the District of Columbia from 1845 to 1846. Work
James Hoban Jr. (1808 – January 19, 1846) was an American lawyer who served as United States Attorney for the District of Columbia in the 1840s. Early life. James Hoban Jr. was born to James Hoban. His father was an Irish-American architect who designed the White House. Hoban was noted as looking very similar to his father. [1] [2] Career.
11. März 2021 · James Hoban: Designer and Builder of the White House ($49.95), published by the nonprofit White House Historical Association, studies the man and his craft by spotlighting his largest feat, the...
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James Hoban (* ca. 1762 in Desart bei Callan, Irland; † 8. Dezember 1831 in Washington, D.C., Vereinigte Staaten) war ein irischer Architekt, der durch den Entwurf des Weißen Hauses in Washington berühmt wurde. Hoban wurde in Desart in der irischen Grafschaft Kilkenny geboren. Er studierte Architektur an der Royal Dublin Society ...
James Hoban: Architect of the White House. James Hoban's life is a memorable Irish-American success story. In his boyhood he learned the craft of carpenter and wheelwright, and became an architect by profession and a builder by trade. Hoban came to America with high ambitions, and designed and erected many buildings; but what keeps his name ...
24. Jan. 2022 · Architecture Culture. James Hoban: The Irishman who designed The White House. Words Dolores O’Donoghue. How the son of an Irish tenant farmer rose from journeyman carpenter to become the architect of the world’s most famous house.
The best known of them was James Hoban Jr., a powerful orator and respected Washington lawyer who completed his career as the District Attorney for the District of Columbia. Family tradition held that an 1844 daguerreotype showed that James Jr., was the "spitting image" of his father.
