Reinhard, John

Reinhard, John

John Reinhard was a master builder who became a member of the Friendship Carpenters' Company on the eve of the Revolution and of The Carpenters' Company after the two organizations of master carpenters united in 1786. He was an "encourager" of the 1775 Philadelphia edition of Abraham Swan The British Architect, the first architectural book published in America. Reinhard took an apprentice named Nicholas Izenminger for a period of nearly four years to teach him house carpentry. According to the City Directory, a house carpenter, John Reinholt*, lived on Christian street near Third street in 1797. In 1799, John Reinhart, house carpenter, lived on Christian street between third and fourth. It is likely these two Johns are the same person.

Biography from Philadelphia Architects and Builders, a project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Written by Roger W. Moss and Thomas Stokes.

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Reinhard

John

1/1/1816

See "Rianhard" file

1/16/1786

Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects page 652. A master builder who became a member of the Friendship Carpenters' Company on the eve of the Revolution and of The Carpenters' Company when the two organizations of master carpenters merged in 1786. He was an "encourager" of the 1775 Philadelphia edition of Abraham Swan's "The British Architect," the first book on architecture published in America. See Selected Bibliography in Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects. ---------------- Prime Directory: Listed as carpenter April 7, 1790 in Pennsylvania Journal. --------------- Ancestry.com February 6, 1773, Nicholas Izenminger taken as apprentice for period of three years, 11 months and 10 days. "Apprentice, taught the trade of a house carpenter, have four quarters night schooling."

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