James B. Cook
James B. Cook was an English-trained architect who worked in Memphis, Tennessee in the 1800s. He was born in England and educated at King's College (other), King's College and College for Civil Engineers, Putney College. He served as a supervising architect on the construction of the The Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace for London's Great Exhibition of 1851. He immigrated to the U.S. in 1855. He designed submarines for the Confederate army in the American Civil War. A number of his works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. *Calvary Episcopal Church and Parish House, (1843), Gothic Revival architecture, Gothic Revival, 102 N. 2nd St. Memphis, TN, NRHP-listed *Church of Our Saviour (Iuka, Mississippi), Church of Our Savior, E. Eastport St. between Main and Fulton Sts. Iuka, MS, NRHP-listed *Grace Episcopal Church (Memphis, Tennessee), Grace Episcopal Church, 555 Vance Ave. Memphis, TN, NRHP-listed *Holy Innocents' Episcopal Church (Como, Mississi ...
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Calvary Episcopal Memphis HABS
Calvary ( la, Calvariae or ) or Golgotha ( grc-gre, Γολγοθᾶ, ''Golgothâ'') was a site immediately outside Jerusalem in Christianity, Jerusalem's walls where Jesus in Christianity, Jesus was said to have been crucifixion of Jesus, crucified according to the canonical Gospels. Since at least the early medieval period, it has been a destination for pilgrimage in Christianity, pilgrimage. The exact location of Calvary has been traditionally associated with a place now enclosed within one of the southern chapels of the Simultaneum, multidenominational Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a site Christian folklore, said to have been recognized by the Roman Empire, Roman empress Helena, mother of Constantine I, Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, during her visit to the Holy Land in 325. Other locations have been suggested: in the 19th century, Protestants, Protestant scholars proposed a different location near the Garden Tomb on Green Hill (now "Skull Hill") about north of the ...
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