Ammi Burnham Young (June 19, 1798 – March 14, 1874) was a 19th-century American

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whose commissions transitioned from the

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to the

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styles. His design of the second Vermont State House brought him fame and success, which eventually led him to become the first

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of the U.S. Treasury Department. As federal architect, he was responsible for creating across the United States numerous

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s and

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s, many of which are today on the National Register. His traditional

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forms lent a sense of grandeur and permanence to the new country's institutions and communities. Young pioneered the use of

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in construction.

Early life and works

Born in

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...

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, Ammi B. Young was the son of Rebecca Burnham and Samuel Young, a builder-designer of churches, courthouses and academy buildings in the Lebanon area. He showed a talent for

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and

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, and at the age of 14, began work in his father's trade. In 1823, Young married his first wife, Mary Hough of Lebanon. Like many aspiring builder-designers of the day, he learned the

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s from pattern books by

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architect Asher Benjamin. Indeed, his design for the

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First Congregational Church, built in Lebanon in 1828, borrows significantly from ''Plate K'' of ''The American Builder's Companion''. Early commissions included dormitories at nearby

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, where his brother, Ira Young, was Professor of Natural Philosophy. But the novice architect also learned from working in the

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office of Alexander Parris, whose characteristic work in

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influenced Young's subsequent governmental commissions. In 1830, Young opened his own office in

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, a trade center growing fast since the 1823 opening of the

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which connected

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with the

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and

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. Here he designed the 1832 St. Paul's Church in the

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style. His first monumental work was the Second Vermont State House, a

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Greek Revival structure built between 1833 and 1838, which combined a Doric

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modeled on the Temple of

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, with a low saucer

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inspired by the

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. The building's granite blocks were hauled to Montpelier on the frozen

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from quarries at Barre. But a fire in 1857 destroyed much of the building, except for the portico and some of the walls. With considerable respect for Young's original design, the Vermont State House was rebuilt, although now with wings extended by a

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, and a

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crowning the roof – the plan of

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, trained in Young's office from 1847 until 1851. The result was considered by architect Stanford White the finest example of the Greek Revival style in the country. Entering the 1837 competition to design the Boston Custom House, Young submitted another cruciform scheme combining a Greek Doric portico with a Roman dome. Planned on a large scale at what was then the waterfront, the building reflected the strength and confidence of the young, growing nation. It won, defeating several other entries, including one by Asher Benjamin. Young was appointed supervisor of construction, which took from 1837 until 1847. In 1838, he established a Boston drafting room. The building's 32 columns were each carved from a single piece from Quincy granite. They measured 5 foot 4 inches in diameter, stood 32 feet high, and weighed 42 tons.

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s decried the Roman dome on a Greek form. Far less sympathetic to the building's Greek form, however, would be the soaring Custom House Tower which replaced the dome from 1913 to 1915. Boston's first

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, it was designed by Peabody & Stearns to add both office space and presence to a building obscured by later others.

Supervising Architect of the Treasury

Young entered the 1850 competition to design enlargements to the

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. Although considered a leading competitor, he lost to

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. As a sort of compensation, he was appointed in 1852 as the first Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury Department, a position created by

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, Secretary of the Treasury during the

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administration. From a studio in the Treasury, Young produced designs and specifications for federal buildings ordered by the government to facilitate its various functions throughout the nation. Mandated to be fire-proof, the custom houses, post offices, courthouses and hospitals he built featured masonry foundations, walls and vaulting, with

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interior structural and decorative elements, including columns, stairways and railings. Heavy iron shutters were mounted on the inside of windows. Floors and treads were

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, and roofs were galvanized metal. Column capitols,

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and

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s on the exterior, when not stone, were cast iron painted to look like stone—which drew criticism of

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by the federal architect. Cast iron components were manufactured to Young's specifications in

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state, then shipped to building sites. At the same time, ongoing modifications to the Treasury Building concerned Young, expected to create working drawings based on plans by Walter. For the South Wing, he invented a column capital which symbolized the department, substituting acanthus leaves of the

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with

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s and a fist holding a key. Young held the role until he retired on July 24, 1862, dismissed by

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of the Lincoln administration. Chase's friend from

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, Isaiah Rogers, succeeded him as Supervising Architect, although the

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curtailed the department's activities. Several of Young's buildings would play a part in the rebellion, particularly his custom house in

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, which served as the

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Treasury. When Richmond in April 1865 was evacuated by the Army of Northern Virginia, with orders to burn warehouses and factories, the Richmond Custom House survived the conflagration—a testament to its fire-proofing. Indeed, from its courtroom

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was indicted for

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in May 1866. Young was awarded honorary degrees (M.A.) from the

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(1839) and Dartmouth College (1841). He died in Washington, D. C. and is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C.

Buildings

* 1828 - First Congregational Church, Lebanon, New Hampshire ** Thornton Hall,

, Hanover, New Hampshire ** Wentworth Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire * 1832 - St. Paul's Church,

(burned 1971) * 1833-1838
Second Vermont State House
Montpelier, Vermont * 1836-1842 - Treasury Building, Washington, D.C. * 1837 - Moor's Charity School Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire (Remodeled 1871 as Chandler Hall, razed 1936) * Great Stone Dwelling Enfield, New Hapshire

Great Stone Dwelling Enfield, New Hapshire

1837-1841
The Great Stone Dwelling
Enfield Shaker Village, New Hampshire * 1837-1847 - Boston Custom House, Massachusetts * 1839-1840 - Reed Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire * 1841
Timothy Follett House
Burlington, Vermont * 1842

Burlington, Vermont * 1843 -

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* 1845 - Campbell-Carter House, Lebanon, New Hampshire * 1848 - Middlesex County Courthouse, Cambridge, Massachusetts * 1849 - City Hall,

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* 1850 - Courthouse,

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* 1852
Loring Hall
Hingham, Massachusetts * 1853-1889 - Territorial Capital Building, Santa Fe, New Mexico * 1854 - Shattuck Observatory, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire Buildings while Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury Department: * 1855 - Custom House, Wilmington, Delaware * 1856 - Appraisers' Store,

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** Custom House & Post Office,

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** Custom House & Post Office, Barnstable, Massachusetts ** Federal Courthouse,

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* 1857 - Cape Flattery Lighthouse, Tatoosh Island, Washington ** Custom House & Post Office,

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** Custom House & Post Office,

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** Custom House & Post Office,

** Custom House & Post Office, Providence, Rhode Island ** Custom House & Post Office,

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** Custom House & Post Office, Waldoboro, Maine ** Custom House & Post Office, Windsor, Vermont ** New Dungeness Lighthouse, Sequim, Washington * 1858 - Custom House, Charleston, South Carolina ** Custom House & Post Office,

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** Custom House & Post Office, Bath, Maine ** Custom House & Post Office, Ellsworth, Maine ** Custom House & Post Office, Galena, Illinois *
Custom House & Post Office
Georgetown, Washington, D.C. ** Custom House & Post Office,

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*
Custom House & Post Office
Norfolk, Virginia ** Custom House & Post Office, Oswego, New York ** Custom House & Post Office, Richmond, Virginia ** Marine Hospital, Chelsea, Massachusetts * 1859 - Courthouse & Post Office,

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(Now Rutland Free Library) ** Custom House & Post Office,

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** Custom House & Post Office, Petersburg, Virginia (Now

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) ** Custom House & Post Office, Wheeling, West Virginia ** Marine Hospital, Portland, Maine * 1860 - Courthouse & Post Office,

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** Custom House,

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** Custom House & Post Office, Chicago (Destroyed in

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) ** Custom House & Post Office,

New Haven, Connecticut New Haven is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound in New Haven County, Connecticut and is part of the New York City metropolitan area. With a population of 134,02 ...

** Custom House & Post Office,

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* 1861 - Custom House, Galveston, Texas

Gallery

Image:Daguerrotype of the second Vermont State House (ca. 1850).png, Second Vermont State House as it appeared before the 1857 fire File:U.S. Custom House, Boston, Massachusetts, Traverse Section of Winning Design - NARA - 305857.jpg, Boston Custom House showing transverse section plan Image:South Wing Treasury Capitol.jpg, Corinthian-based carved capital by Young for the U.S. Treasury Image:Custom House, Boston, MA.jpg,

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, Boston, Massachusetts, c. 1905 File:U.S. Custom House and Post Office, Mobile, AL.jpg, Custom House and Post Office, Mobile, Alabama, in 1901 Image:Custom House & Post Office, Waldoboro, ME.jpg, Custom House and Post Office, Waldoboro, Maine, c. 1908 File:United States Custom House.jpg, Custom House, Charleston, South Carolina Image:Custom House & Post Office, Galena, IL.jpg, Custom House and Post Office, Galena, Illinois, c. 1912 File:PostcardNorfolkVACustomHouseCirca1900.jpg, Custom House and Post Office, Norfolk, Virginia, in 1900 File:U.S. Customhouse and Post Office, 1221 31st Street NW.jpg, Post Office, Georgetown, Washington, D.C. File:Old custom House.JPG, Old Customshouse, Wilmington, Delaware File:U. S. Custom House, Barnstable, Massachusetts.jpg, U. S. Custom House, Barnstable, Massachusetts File:U. S. Custom House, Bath, Maine 1991.jpg, U. S. Custom House, Bath, Maine 1991 File:U. S. Custom House, Bristol, Rhode Island 1901.jpg, U. S. Custom House, Bristol, Rhode Island 1901 File:U. S. Custom House, Ellsworth, Maine 1901.jpg, U. S. Custom House, Ellsworth, Maine 1901 File:U. S. Custom House, Gloucester, Massachusetts.jpg, U. S. Custom House, Gloucester, Massachusetts File:U, S. Custom House, New Haven, CT 1901.jpg, U, S. Custom House, New Haven, Connecticut, 1901 File:U. S. Custom House, Newark, NJ, 1855 to 1896.jpg, U. S. Custom House, Broad at Academy Streets, Newark, New Jersey File:U. S. Customhouse and Post Office, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.jpg, U. S. Customhouse and Post Office, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Notes

References

* Daniel Bluestone, "Civic and Aesthetic Reserve: Ammi Burnham Young's 1850s Federal Customhouse Designs," ''Winterthur Portfolio'', Vol. 25, No. 2/3, Summer - Autumn 1990, pp. 131–156 * Lawrence Woodhouse, "Ammi Burnham Young," ''Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians'', Vol. XXV, No. 4, December 1966 {{DEFAULTSORT:Young, Ammi B. * 1798 births 1874 deaths 19th-century American architects Vermont culture People from Lebanon, New Hampshire Greek Revival architects Federalist architects Burials at Oak Hill Cemetery (Washington, D.C.) Architects from Vermont