Edward Clark (architect)
Edward Clark was an American architect who served as Architect of the Capitol from 1865 to 1902.
Clark was born in August 1822 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to James and Mary Clark. His grandfather, Michael Clark, was of English stock from Lancashire, England but born in Dublin, Ireland. Michael Clark emigrated to the United States at the end of the American Revolutionary War to avoid antiCatholic persecution in England. Edward Clarks father, James, was one of Michaels three sons, and was not only a noted architect in Philadelphia but a wellknown teacher of architectural drawing. Edward Clarks mother, Mary, was the daughter of John Cottman, a captain in the Pennsylvania Regiment during the American Revolution.
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