In 1833 believing that arkansas would soon achieve statehood territorial governor john pope hired gideon shryock the architect of the kentucky state capitol to design a state capitol building perched high on a bank of the arkansas river.
Gideon shryock homes roofing.
The house was designed by the architect gideon shryock and built by colonel andrew muldrow in 1817 on a scenic spot overlooking grier s creek one mile from the kentucky river.
At the south front there is a large portico with four large columns.
Accessed memorial page for gideon shryock 15 nov 1802 19 jun 1880 find a grave memorial no.
Carpenter mathias shryock moved to kentucky from frederick county maryland in the late eighteenth century.
After a return trip to his home state in which he married elizabeth gaugh the couple made lexington their place of residence.
Son of mathias shryock who came to kentucky from maryland in 1800 he grew up in a family of builders carpenters and architects.
This structure still stands next to the house.
Gideon shryock of louisville and albert fink of louisville.
Time proved the wisdom of the governor s veto.
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Some builders used bona fide architects of the time such as gideon shryock.
Historical marker 945 in lexington notes the shryock family of architects whose kentucky buildings have become iconic reminders of the nineteenth century.
A native kentuckian shryock led commonwealth design out of the log cabin georgian colonial era into the age of greek revival with his impressive state capitol fr fo 33 1827 as well as later residential construction thomas d.
He was gideon shryock only twenty nine years old.
Descriptions and photographs of the original house originally called airy mount.
By this time congress had given pope authority over the matter.
Search for an architect and suitable plans for the new building started.
A stone building for his law office was added in 1819.
An account of the shryock family s experience with the 1833 cholera epidemic can be found in the gideon shryock papers archival collection held at here at khs.
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By january 1831 the trustees had found their man.
Gideon shryock his life and work.
Within two years pope sold the ten sections for 31 700 and in the same year crittenden sold his home for 6 700.
The design for old morrison was produced in 1830 by gideon shryock who was to become known as one of america s most talented architects in the greek revival style.
Then in his 27th year the young shryock had already become famous throughout kentucky for his capitol building at frankfort 1825 27.
This account was written down by gideon s niece elizabeth field daughter of cincinnatus shryock in a report entitled.
Shryock drew up plans for a large stone structure with a copper roof built in the greek revival.
