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2 unusual facts about Richard Upjohn


Hamilton Hoppin House

The oldest part of the house was designed by architect Richard Upjohn, as was Kingscote in Newport.

New Berlin Historic District

Among the notable buildings are the Central Hotel (ca. 1855), National Bank and Trust Building (ca. 1900), First Baptist Church (1840), St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (1848, designed by Richard Upjohn), Municipal Building, and New Berlin Central High School.


St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Burlington, New Jersey

It is one of the earliest attempts in the United States to "follow a specific English medieval church model for which measured drawings existed." This Gothic Revival-style church was designed by Richard Upjohn, who modeled it after St. John's Church in Shottesbrooke, England.


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