Caleb Ormsbee | |
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| Born | October 15, 1752 |
| Died | December 31, 1807 (aged 55) |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Buildings | Nightingale-Brown House, Thomas P. Ives House |
Caleb Ormsbee (1752-1807) was an American master builder and architect of Providence, Rhode Island. Two of his buildings have been designated United States National Historic Landmarks.
Ormsbee was born October 15, 1752, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts to Daniel and Keziah (Cummings) Ormsbee. [1] His training is unknown, but he may have served his apprenticeship with Jonathan Hammond, [lower-alpha 1] a carpenter who was associated with Joseph Brown in designing and building the First Baptist Church in America in 1774. [2]
Ormsbee was self-trained in design. [3] He is known to have owned a copy of A Book of Architecture, published by James Gibbs in 1728, which he is believed to have purchased from the estate of Joseph Brown. [2] He also looked to contemporary American architecture, and based his design for the 1795 building of the First Congregational Church on the Hollis Street Church in Boston, designed by Charles Bulfinch and built in 1788. [3]
John Holden Greene was an apprentice of Ormsbee beginning in 1794, and remained in his employ until his death in 1807. [4]
In 1774 Ormsbee married Molly Walker, also a Rehoboth native. [1]
Ormsbee died December 31, 1807, in Providence. [5]
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