James W. Naughton (1840–1898) was an American architect, serving as the Superintendent of Buildings for the Board of Education of the City of Brooklyn. He was born in Ireland and immigrated to the United States in 1848, at age eight. He worked as an apprentice in the office of J & A Douglas in

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. He entered the

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to study architecture in 1859. He returned to

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in 1861 and continued his studies at the Cooper Union. He served as Superintendent of Buildings for the City of Brooklyn from 1874 to 1876. In 1879, he was appointed Superintendent of Buildings for the Board of Education of the City of Brooklyn, a position he held until his death in 1898. During this period he designed all the school buildings in the city of Brooklyn. ''See also:''

Selected works

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(1886),

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(1891), Brooklyn, New York *

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(1895), Brooklyn, New York * Public School 9 Annex (1895), Brooklyn, New York

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External links

James W. Naughton, at New York Architecture ImagesBrownstoner Blog: Walkabout with Montrose: Master of Schools, JW Naughton
{{DEFAULTSORT:Naughton, James W. Cooper Union alumni Architects from New York (state) 1840 births 1898 deaths 19th-century American architects Irish emigrants to the United States (before 1923)