About Theodore Scowden
Lived 1815 – 1881 (aged 66). Theodore Scowden was an American engineer and architect.
Theodore Ransom Scowden (June 8, 1815, Pennsylvania – December 31, 1881, Cleveland, Ohio) was an engineer and architect. He designed the Louisville Water Tower
He was the son of Theodore Scowden II and Sarah Ransom Hazard of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and was educated at Augusta College in Kentucky.
His designs for the Louisville Water Works may have been based on Philadelphia's Fairmount Water Works (1812). The design is described as being an example of Palladian architecture. The buildings were renovated for conversion into the Louisville WaterWorks Museum.
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Who was Theodore Scowden?
American engineer and architect
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Theodore Scowden was born on 8 June 1815.
When did Theodore Scowden die?
Theodore Scowden died on 31 December 1881.
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Theodore Scowden was an engineer and architect.
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Theodore Scowden was American.
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