Nicholas J. Clayton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nicholas J. Clayton

American architect

Date of Birth: 01-Nov-1840

Place of Birth: Ireland

Date of Death: 09-Dec-1916

Profession: architect

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Nicholas Joseph Clayton (November 1, 1840 in Cloyne, County Cork – December 9, 1916) was a prominent Victorian era architect in Galveston, Texas.
Clayton constructed many grand religious and public buildings in Galveston including the First Presbyterian Church (Galveston, Texas).
He is also credited as the architect of Sacred Heart Catholic Church (Tampa, Florida) and of the Main Building of St.
Edward's University in Austin, Texas.
He also designed an addition to St.
Mary Cathedral in Galveston.
"His work represents a lifetime, worked out day by day under the most ordinary and circumstantial conditions, dedicated to the cause of architecture as the public art."