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Edwin May died in February of that year, and Adolph Scherer supervised the project for the entire construction period. The interior was modeled in the Italian Renaissance style. Wherever possible, materials native to Indiana were used.
He first took a position in the city as a draftsman to Edwin May, one of Indianapolis’ leading architects. May, who was commissioned to design the new state capitol, died in 1880 before the plan was completed. Scherrer finished the design for the State House, which was completed in 1888.
Architect of the current Indiana State House and numerous county courthouses, Edwin May was prominent among the first generation of architects working in Indiana. Born in Boston in 1823, he moved with his carpenter father first to Madison, Indiana, and then to Indianapolis in 1842 at the age of 18.
Edwin May (1823 - 1880) was an American architect based in Indianapolis, Indiana. He designed several county courthouses, the Indiana State House and other public hospital and school buildings, including the Horace Mann Public School No. 13. [1] He also received patents for his fireproofing designs.
Apr 8, 2024 · Edwin May (architecture) Adolf Scherer (architecture) address > United States of America country Indiana state Marion County county Indianapolis city 200 West ...
Olana, the 19th-century home of landscape artist Frederic Edwin Church in New York's Hudson River Valley, invited 21 architects and landscape architects to imagine a 21st-century version of Church's unbuilt summer house.…
Indiana State Capitol, Edwin May & Adolf Scherer 1878-1888 . Architects Edwin May and Adolf Scherer designed the Indiana State Capitol in an Italian Renaissance style completed in
