Metadata
Title
Gibson, James
Description
James Gibson was a master builder and an "encourager" of the Philadelphia edition of Abraham Swan's The British Architect (R. Bell for J. Norman, 1775), the first book on architecture published in America. Throughout the Revolution he served, as did many of the building trades craftsmen, in Baldwin's Artillery Artificer Regiment, rising from 1st Lieutenant to Captain between 1777 and 1781. He was elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1782 but appears to have left Philadelphia for Baltimore shortly thereafter; he became a member of the Carpenter's Society of Baltimore in 1790 and returned his copy of The Carpenters Company price book from that city in 1807.
Written by Roger W. Moss, from the Philadelphia Architects and Builders website.
Written by Roger W. Moss, from the Philadelphia Architects and Builders website.
Member Number
106*
Last Name
Gibson
First Name
James
Deceased Date
1/1/1809
Date Elected
1/1/1782
Business Address
Old Town, Baltimore, MD (R)
Reference
Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects page 303. A master and an "encourager" of the Philadelphia edition of Abraham Swan's "The British Architect" (R. Bell for J. Norman, 1775), the first book on architecture published in America. Throughout the Revolution he served, as did many of the building trades craftsmen, in Baldwin's Artificer Regiment, rising from 1st Lieutenant to Captain between 1777 and 1781. He was elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1782 but appears to have left Philadelphia for Baltimore shortly thereafter; he became a member of the Carpenter's Society of Baltimore in 1790 and returned his copy of The Carpenters' Company price book from that city in 1807. See Selected Bibliography in "Biographical Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects. See Library Company of Philadelphia catalog, listed here. -------------------- PA Gazette 5/12/1773 - #15923 On May 1, sale of lot and partially completed foundation for house 21 feet from corner of 8th and Market Sts. -------------------- PA Gazette 2/7/1778 - #24387 Listed as Lieutenant under Colonel Benjamin Flower, calling for enlistment of various craftsmen as "artificers." -------------------- Managing Committee Minutes-1782-3-1, 2 James Gibson proposed; James Gibson elected.
File Number
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Grantor Records Notes
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