Chester Hills

Architect

1798 – 1854

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Who was Chester Hills?

Chester Hills was author of "The Builder's Guide", an architectural pattern book published in 1846, which, like those of Minard Lafever, influenced architecture in the United States. It is a "practical treatise" on Greek and Roman style architecture.

Two buildings influenced are in Rye, New York: Lounsberry and the 1838 Peter Augustus Jay House within the Boston Post Road Historic District.,

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Born
1798
Died
1854

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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