Thomas Nevell
American
Architect - AsNotedIn
Architect - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1762/00/00 | Mount Pleasant is built in the countryside near the city for John Macpherson and his wife Margaret. Macpherson was a privateer, or a pirate, who had had "an arm twice shot off" according to John Adams. | Architect, Carpenter | Mount Pleasant | Philadelphia, PA | |||
| 1770/02/05 | Construction of the Carpenters' Hall begins. Design by Robert Smith, a member of the Carpenters' Company. | Benefactor, Carpenter | Carpenters' Hall | Philadelphia, PA | |||
| 1771/10/31 | Thomas Nevell advertises a Night School for Architects in The Pennsylvania Gazette. - I propose to teach the drawing of five orders of classical architecture and designs... to form a true and complete architect... at my own house, 338 S 4th St. | Home, Work | Society Hill | ||||
| 1775/00/00 | The Continental army and navy award Thomas Nevell contracts for gun carriages. At Fort Mifflin on the Delaware river, Nevell mounts both carriages and six 18-pound cannon after a previous contractor's work proved deficient. | Builder | Fort Mifflin | Philadelphia, PA |
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