William J. Beardsley (1872 – March 29, 1934) was a Poughkeepsie, New York-based architect.

Biography

He was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, the son of one of Poughkeepsie's leading sash and blind manufacturers. He studied architecture in New York City for two years and opened his practice at Poughkeepsie in 1893. He designed public and private buildings throughout New York State in a variety of popular late-19th and early-20th century architectural styles including the Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, and Shingle Style. In addition to private dwellings, he designed courthouses in ten counties, tuberculosis hospitals for

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Counties, a welfare home for Erie County, and the Attica State Prison. In 1909, he won an architectural competition for his design for the proposed prison in

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for a relocated Sing Sing Prison, but the project was never carried through. ''Note:'' This includes William J. Beardsley - International Architecture Database
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Selected works

* Contributing buildings in the

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, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. * 1895: Thorne Memorial School, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. * 1902: Charles Morschauser House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. * 1902-1903: Dutchess County Courthouse, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. * 1903: Genesee County Sheriff's Office and Jail, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. * 1905:

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, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. * 1905:

Union Baptist Church (Baltimore, Maryland) The Union Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church building located at 1219 Druid Hill Avenue in central Baltimore, Maryland. The granite church was designed by New York architect William J. Beardsley and built in 1905 under the leadership o ...

, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. * 1908:

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, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. * 1924-1928 (renovations): Old Nassau County Courthouse (New York), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. * 1930: Parish House of the St. Peter's Episcopal Church Complex (Auburn, New York), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

References

1872 births 1934 deaths Architects from New York (state) People from Poughkeepsie, New York 20th-century American architects {{US-architect-stub