Joseph C. Wells

Joseph Collins Wells (1814–1860) was an English-born architect who practiced in New York City from 1839 to 1860. He was a founding member of the American Institute of Architects, and several of his works have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Two of his works, the Henry C. Bowen House and the Jonathan Sturges House, have been designated as U.S. National Historic Landmarks. He also designed First Presbyterian Church ("Old First"), a New York City Landmark in Greenwich Village.

Life and career Wells was born in England in 1814 and emigrated to the United States in 1839. His first known work in the United States is the Jonathan Sturges House in Connecticut. Others at that meeting included Richard Morris Hunt, Charles Babcock, Richard Upjohn, his son Richard Mitchell Upjohn and Leopold Eidlitz.

A number of his works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and two, the Henry C. Bowen House and the Jonathan Sturges House, are U.S. National Historic Landmarks.

Works Wells' works include: Former Century Association Building, 1857 renovation and extension by Wells, 111 East 15th St, Manhattan, New York City. First Presbyterian Church (1846), also known as "Old First," 48 Fifth Avenue, Greenwich Village, New York, New York, designated a New York City Landmark. Wells designed the original 1846 structure. Luzerne County Courthouse (1856, former), Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania E. B. Morgan House, 431 Main Street, Aurora, New York, part of the NRHP-listed Aurora Village–Wells College Historic District Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims (1849–1850), 75 Hicks Street, New York, New York (Wells, J. C.), NRHP-listed The Reef (built 1852–1853, burned 1942), also known as Sea-Cliffe and the Christopher Wolfe House, 562 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island Roseland Cottage, also known as Henry C. Bowen House, CT 169, Woodstock, Connecticut (Wells, Joseph Collins), NRHP-listed Jonathan Sturges House, 449 Mill Plain Road, Fairfield, Connecticut (Wells, Joseph Collins), NRHP-listed