Denver Denver County
Denver Jefferson County
Born in Denver, don't know which county.
He was a prominent Cincinnati architect
From Biographical Encyclopedia of Ohio (1876; a contemporary source, in full): "Wilson, James K., Architect, is a native of Cincinnati, where he was born on the 11th of April, 1828. Early exhibiting a decided talent for drawing, his father (then a merchant of Philadelphia) was induced to remove him from Dr. Crawford's school and to place him with Mr. Charles H. Mountain, then a prominent architect of the Quaker City. With Mr. Mountain, and subsequently with Mr. Martin E. Thompson, of New York, and with Mr. James Renwick, also of New York, he continued till 1847, when a year's residence in Europe completed his professional studies.
"Returning from Europe in the spring of 1848 he immediately sought out his native city, at once established himself in an excellent practice, and in 1852 was married to Virginia Keys, of Cincinnati. In 1858 he again visited Europe, and from that until the present time has been actively and steadily engaged. Undoubtedly, were the professions called upon to select some one as most worthy representative of architecture in the West, that one would be Mr. Wilson, for to him more than to all others belongs the credit of having introduced and maintained that noble character of building for which Cincinnati is celebrated and of which it is justly proud.
"The buildings erected by Mr. Wilson are too numerous to be here mentioned in detail; we give only the following: The Ohio Life & Trust Company Bank, the Hamilton county [sic] Court House, the Cincinnati Post Office, the Jewish Temple, the villa of George K. Shoenberger [sic], the Dexter Chapel and entrance to Spring Grove Cemetery, etc., etc."
Denver Jefferson County
Born in Denver, don't know which county.
He was a prominent Cincinnati architect
From Biographical Encyclopedia of Ohio (1876; a contemporary source, in full): "Wilson, James K., Architect, is a native of Cincinnati, where he was born on the 11th of April, 1828. Early exhibiting a decided talent for drawing, his father (then a merchant of Philadelphia) was induced to remove him from Dr. Crawford's school and to place him with Mr. Charles H. Mountain, then a prominent architect of the Quaker City. With Mr. Mountain, and subsequently with Mr. Martin E. Thompson, of New York, and with Mr. James Renwick, also of New York, he continued till 1847, when a year's residence in Europe completed his professional studies.
"Returning from Europe in the spring of 1848 he immediately sought out his native city, at once established himself in an excellent practice, and in 1852 was married to Virginia Keys, of Cincinnati. In 1858 he again visited Europe, and from that until the present time has been actively and steadily engaged. Undoubtedly, were the professions called upon to select some one as most worthy representative of architecture in the West, that one would be Mr. Wilson, for to him more than to all others belongs the credit of having introduced and maintained that noble character of building for which Cincinnati is celebrated and of which it is justly proud.
"The buildings erected by Mr. Wilson are too numerous to be here mentioned in detail; we give only the following: The Ohio Life & Trust Company Bank, the Hamilton county [sic] Court House, the Cincinnati Post Office, the Jewish Temple, the villa of George K. Shoenberger [sic], the Dexter Chapel and entrance to Spring Grove Cemetery, etc., etc."
Denver Denver County
Denver Jefferson County
Born in Denver, don't know which county.
He was a prominent Cincinnati architect
From Biographical Encyclopedia of Ohio (1876; a contemporary source, in full): "Wilson, James K., Architect, is a native of Cincinnati, where he was born on the 11th of April, 1828. Early exhibiting a decided talent for drawing, his father (then a merchant of Philadelphia) was induced to remove him from Dr. Crawford's school and to place him with Mr. Charles H. Mountain, then a prominent architect of the Quaker City. With Mr. Mountain, and subsequently with Mr. Martin E. Thompson, of New York, and with Mr. James Renwick, also of New York, he continued till 1847, when a year's residence in Europe completed his professional studies.
"Returning from Europe in the spring of 1848 he immediately sought out his native city, at once established himself in an excellent practice, and in 1852 was married to Virginia Keys, of Cincinnati. In 1858 he again visited Europe, and from that until the present time has been actively and steadily engaged. Undoubtedly, were the professions called upon to select some one as most worthy representative of architecture in the West, that one would be Mr. Wilson, for to him more than to all others belongs the credit of having introduced and maintained that noble character of building for which Cincinnati is celebrated and of which it is justly proud.
"The buildings erected by Mr. Wilson are too numerous to be here mentioned in detail; we give only the following: The Ohio Life & Trust Company Bank, the Hamilton county [sic] Court House, the Cincinnati Post Office, the Jewish Temple, the villa of George K. Shoenberger [sic], the Dexter Chapel and entrance to Spring Grove Cemetery, etc., etc."
Denver Jefferson County
Born in Denver, don't know which county.
He was a prominent Cincinnati architect
From Biographical Encyclopedia of Ohio (1876; a contemporary source, in full): "Wilson, James K., Architect, is a native of Cincinnati, where he was born on the 11th of April, 1828. Early exhibiting a decided talent for drawing, his father (then a merchant of Philadelphia) was induced to remove him from Dr. Crawford's school and to place him with Mr. Charles H. Mountain, then a prominent architect of the Quaker City. With Mr. Mountain, and subsequently with Mr. Martin E. Thompson, of New York, and with Mr. James Renwick, also of New York, he continued till 1847, when a year's residence in Europe completed his professional studies.
"Returning from Europe in the spring of 1848 he immediately sought out his native city, at once established himself in an excellent practice, and in 1852 was married to Virginia Keys, of Cincinnati. In 1858 he again visited Europe, and from that until the present time has been actively and steadily engaged. Undoubtedly, were the professions called upon to select some one as most worthy representative of architecture in the West, that one would be Mr. Wilson, for to him more than to all others belongs the credit of having introduced and maintained that noble character of building for which Cincinnati is celebrated and of which it is justly proud.
"The buildings erected by Mr. Wilson are too numerous to be here mentioned in detail; we give only the following: The Ohio Life & Trust Company Bank, the Hamilton county [sic] Court House, the Cincinnati Post Office, the Jewish Temple, the villa of George K. Shoenberger [sic], the Dexter Chapel and entrance to Spring Grove Cemetery, etc., etc."
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