Samuel McIntire, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Samuel McIntire

American architect

Date of Birth: 16-Jan-1757

Place of Birth: Salem, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 06-Feb-1811

Profession: architect, sculptor, wood carver

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Samuel McIntire

  • Samuel McIntire (January 16, 1757 – February 6, 1811) was an American architect and craftsman, best known for the Chestnut Street District, a classic example of Federal style architecture. Born in Salem, Massachusetts to housewright Joseph McIntire and Sarah (Ruck), he was a woodcarver by trade who grew into the practice of architecture.
  • He married Elizabeth Field on October 10, 1778, and had one son.
  • He built a simple home and workshop on Summer Street in 1786. Starting about 1780, McIntire was hired by Salem's pre-eminent merchant and America's first millionaire, Elias Hasket Derby, for whose extended family he built or remodeled a series of houses.
  • McIntire taught himself the Palladian style of architecture from books, and soon had a reputation among the city's elite for designing elegant homes.
  • In 1792, he entered a proposal in the competition for the United States Capitol. After 1797, McIntire worked in the style of Boston architect Charles Bulfinch, who had made fashionable here the[1] Metropolitan Museum of Art Samuel] McIntire Chair.
  • The vase-back chair, originally part of a large set, was made for the wealthy Salem merchant Elias Hasket Derby.
  • The chair's overall design is based on plate 2 of George Hepplewhite's Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide (London, 1788), but it has been enriched considerably by the addition of relief carving to parts of the back and the front legs.
  • The carved grape clusters in the lunette at the base of the splat and suspended from bowknots at the top of each leg are a motif traditionally associated with the work of Salem's renowned architect and carver Samuel McIntire, who also was responsible for designing Elias Hasket Derby's spectacular Neoclassical mansion in Salem, completed in 1794.
  • neoclassical manner of Scottish architect Robert Adam.
  • Unlike Bulfinch, however, whose designs were featured across the East Coast, McIntire built almost exclusively in New England.
  • His wooden or brick houses were typically 3 stories tall, each with 4 rooms around a central hall.
  • In 1799, he went into business with his brothers, Joseph and Angier McIntire, who erected the structures, while at the workshop he oversaw various ornamentations, including the swags, rosettes, garlands and sheaves of wheat which dominate their interior wooden surfaces.
  • McIntire's Salem works include the Peirce-Nichols, the Peabody-Silsbee, the Gardner-White-Pingree, and the Elias Haskett Derby residences.
  • His public buildings, all in Salem, are Assembly Hall, Hamilton Hall, Washington Hall and the courthouse (the latter 2 demolished). He was a skilled artisan, especially in furniture, and his skill extended to sculpting.
  • Among his works are busts of Voltaire and John Winthrop, the first governor of Massachusetts.
  • Both are now owned by the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Massachusetts.McIntire's grave is in the Burying Point Cemetery, Salem, where his epitaph reads: In Memory of Mr.
  • Samuel McIntire who died Feb.
  • 6, 1811, Æt.
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  • He was distinguished for Genius in Architecture, Sculpture, and Musick: Modest and sweet Manners rendered him pleasing: Industry, and Integrity respectable: He professed the Religion of Jesus in his entrance on manly life; and proved its excellence by virtuous Principle and unblemished conduct.

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