According to a 1971 letter from John Harbeson to Robert Ennis:
Joseph Randall, Master Carpenter, was the builder of the Walnut Street Theater from the plans of the architect John Haviland. A Quaker, he was elected a member of the Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia in 1824, died in 1856, and is buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery.

Joseph Randall was also John Harbeson's great-grandfather.

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Biography from the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings, a project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Written by Tom Stokes.]]> Caleb Maule was a master builder and lumber merchant elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1817. He lived at 93 Callowhill street in 1814 but moved to various other locations throughout the rest of his life.( See his file at the archive.carpentershall.org for a complete listing). Maule was responsible, or partially responsible for the 1827 construction of a stone tavern, stable and other outbuildings in Roxbury. He also supplied the lumber for the 11th Presbyterian Church (1831) and the First Presbyterian Church of the Northern Liberties (1837). Maule served on the Carpenters' Company Managing Committee from 1836-38.


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Biography from the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings, a project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Written by Tom Stokes.]]> Ogden served his apprenticeship with the carpenter John Callaghan (99 North 4th Street). His inclusion in this project is determined by three surviving drawings at the AIA Foundation in Washington, DC. On one Ogden has written, "these buildings Designed & Erected by John M. Ogden in the year 1812 for John McCalla at the South West corner of 4th & Cherry St Phila Being the first Buildings Erected by J.M. Ogden In Business on His Own account He being 21 years old on 1s mo. 19, 1812." The Philadelphia directory for 1813 confirms that storekeeper McCalla was in business at 66 North 4th Street.
Another drawing shows the residence of Edmund Physick at 207 N. Third Street and is inscribed, "This House occupied by Doct Phillip Physicks Father and after His Death by George W. Morgan." Since Physick died in 1804 and Morgan occupied the house in 1806, this drawing must have been made after the building was already several years old. Another note -- "Built by J Calahan" -- suggests that the drawing may have been an apprentice's exercise.
Ogden was elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1816 and continued his membership without interruption until his death in 1882.

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Biography from the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings, a project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Written by Tom Stokes. ]]> Alexander Ramsey was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1813. He resided at 175 Cherry Street and died in 1822. He left a family of little means, and the Carpenters' Company aided them financially throughout the 1820s and 1830s paying a widow's allowances and schooling fees as well as providing clothing and firewood for the family. The Company also paid for Ramsey's coffin and his burial.


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Biography from the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings, a project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Written by Tom Stokes]]> Richard Ware was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1810. He also opened a shop as an ironmonger. He resided at 67 Locust street. Unfortunately for Ware, his business ventures took a turn for the worse and he ended up in debtors' prison. In 1819, he left Philadelphia and went south to Charlottesville Virginia. Here, he quickly became involved in the construction of Jefferson's University of Virginia. Ware supervised the construction of three of the ten Pavilions, II, IV and VI, flanking the Rotunda and forming the Lawn, the University's oldest and most famous area. He was also responsible for thirteen student rooms and served as the head carpenter for Hotel F. Following his success, Ware once again moved, this time apparently to New York in 1823, and eventually found his way back to Philadelphia by 1830. 

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