Collin Rogers (May 7, 1791 – October 25, 1845) was an American master builder and
neoclassical architect. He designed and built houses for
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planters in
Troup and Coweta Counties in Georgia. His first name is also spelled as ''Cullen'' or ''Cullin'', his surname as ''Rogers''.
Works
Rogers, a builder by trade, worked in partnership with his brother Henry. By 1830 Henry owned around thirty slaves employed as construction hands and craftsmen.
Collin Rogers (1791-1845)
'. The New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2010-08-29. Rogers did not receive a formal training in architecture. Rogers, like his contemporary
Daniel Pratt, was influenced by the works and ideas of
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(''The American Builder's Companion'') and
Edward Shaw.
Six extant houses designed and built by Rogers in the 1830s are listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in Georgia:
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McFarland-Render House (The Magnolias),
La Grange (1830–1833),moved to Coweta County and restored
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Henderson-Orr House, Stallings Crossing,
Coweta County
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(1828 home-enlarged by Rogers in 1832)
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Nutwood, La Grange (1833)
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Nathan Van Boddie House
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, La Grange (1836)
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Edwards-Phillips House, La Grange (1835–1840) (Now demolished)
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Fannin-Truitt-Handley Place, La Grange (1835–1840) (Now demolished)
Rogers designs followed the standard Georgian floor plan with four rooms divided with a central hall.
[ He employed four-column ]portico
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s and diamond-shaped sidelight
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s. According to the authors of ''The Architecture of Georgia'', his La Grange houses, built in the 1830s, look "old-fashioned" in the sense that they followed the pattern set by Daniel Pratt in Milledgeville in the 1820s.[Frederick Doveton Nichols, Van Jones Martin, Frances Benjamin Johnston (1976). ]
The architecture of Georgia
'. Beehive Press. p. 52.
His trademark was a 6 pointed star in the center of the volute of the Ionic columns of his works.
Rogers also served as the county judge of inferior court (county commissioner) in 1832–1833 and in 1837–1842.
See also
* Antebellum architecture
Antebellum architecture (meaning "prewar", from the Latin '' ante'', "before", and '' bellum'', "war") is the neoclassical architectural style characteristic of the 19th-century Southern United States, especially the Deep South, from after the b ...
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Architects from Georgia (U.S. state)
People from Troup County, Georgia
1791 births
1845 deaths