Jackson C. Gott (1829–1909) was an American

architect An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

. Gott was born in Baltimore County, practiced in and around Baltimore all his life, and was named a

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in 1889.

Work

Buildings designed by him which survive and are listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

include: * Johnson Building, 26-30 S. Howard St., Baltimore, 1880 * Rombro Building, 22–24 S. Howard St., Baltimore, 1881 * Governor John Walter Smith House, 104 S. Church St., Snow Hill, Maryland, 1890 * main building of the

Hendler Creamery Hendler Creamery is a historic industrial complex in Jonestown, Baltimore, Maryland. Since it spans an entire block it has addresses at 1100 E. Baltimore St. and 1107 E. Fayette St. "The Hendler Creamery is historically significant for its contrib ...

, 1100 E Baltimore St & 1107 E Fayette St., Baltimore, 1892 * Renaissance Building, formerly the Masonic Temple, 101-107 W. Broad Street,

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, constructed 1888-1893 * Southern District Police Station, 28 E. Ostend St., Baltimore, 1896 * One or more buildings in

Union Bridge Historic District Union Bridge Historic District is a national historic district at Union Bridge, Carroll County, Maryland, United States. The district consists of this small piedmont village, which serves the area as a market center for the surrounding agricu ...

, Roughly bounded by Bellevue, E. Locust, Buttersburg Alley, Church, Whyte, W. Locust and the Western Maryland RR tracks, Union Bridge, MD * One or more buildings in Federal Hill South Historic District, Roughly bounded by Cross St., Olive St., Marshall St., Ostend St., Fort Ave. and Covington St., Baltimore Gott's work not on the National Register includes: * the

Charles Theatre The Charles Theatre, often referred to as simply The Charles, is the oldest movie theatre in Baltimore. The theatre is a Beaux-Arts building designed as a streetcar barn in 1892 by Jackson C. Gott, located in what is now the Station North ar ...

, Baltimore, 1892 * the Maryland Penitentiary, now the

Metropolitan Transition Center The Maryland Metropolitan Transition Center (MTC), formerly known as the historic "Maryland Penitentiary", is a maximum pre-trial security Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services prison located in Baltimore facing Greenmou ...

, Baltimore, 1894 * central section of the Worcester County Courthouse, Snow Hill, Maryland

References

1829 births 1909 deaths 19th-century American architects Fellows of the American Institute of Architects {{US-architect-stub