Edward Tuckerman Potter

, Union College, completed 1879 , Hartford, Connecticut (1871) Potter was born in Schenectady, New York on September 25, 1831. He was the son of Bishop Alonzo Potter and, his first wife, Sarah (née Nott) Potter. He graduated from Union College in 1853 and studied architecture under prominent architect Richard M. Upjohn. == Career ==

Buildings designed by Potter that are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places include: • Nott Memorial Hall, Union College, Schenectady, New York, 1858–1879 • Library at Armsmear, Hartford, Connecticut, 1861–1862 • Additions to the Christ Episcopal Church, Reading, Pennsylvania, early 1860s • St. James Episcopal Church, NE corner of MacArthur and Broadway, Lewistown, Illinois, 1863–1865 • Cathedral Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1864 • St. Paul's Memorial Episcopalian Church and Rectory, 225 St. Paul Avenue, Staten Island, New York, 1866 • Church of the Good Shepherd and Parish House, 155 Wyllys Street, Hartford, Connecticut, 1867 • St. John's Episcopal Church (East Hartford, Connecticut), 1160 Main Street, East Hartford, Connecticut, 1867 • All Saints Memorial Church, 674 Westminster Street, Providence, Rhode Island, 1869–1872 • Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut, 1871 • Church of the Holy Innocents Willow Avenue and 6th Street, Hoboken, New Jersey, 1872 • Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 121 West 12th Street, Davenport, Iowa, 1873 • St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church, One Hudson Street, Yonkers, New York, 1874; rebuilding of the façade. • One or more buildings in Downtown Main Street Historic District, East Hartford, Connecticut. Roughly bounded by Main Street, Governor Street, Chapman Place, and Burnside Avenue. ==Gallery==

File:NottMemorialInterior.jpg|Nott Memorial interior, Schenectady, New York (1858–1879) File:Image St. James.jpg|St. James Episcopal Church, Lewistown, Illinois (1863–1865) File:Nativity Episcopal Cathedral, Fountain Hill HD 01.JPG|Cathedral Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (1864) File:Church of the Good Shepherd Hartford CT.JPG|Church of the Good Shepherd, Hartford, Connecticut (1867) File:St Johns Episcopal Church East Hartford CT.JPG|St. John's Episcopal Church, East Hartford, Connecticut (1867) File:All Saints Providence.jpg|All Saints Memorial Church, Providence, Rhode Island (1869–1872) File:Church of the Holy Innocents (Hoboken, New Jersey).jpg|Church of the Holy Innocents, Hoboken, New Jersey (1872) File:2015 Trinity Cathedral - Davenport 01.JPG|Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Davenport, Iowa (1873) File:Trinity Cathedral Davenport interior.JPG|Trinity Cathedral interior, Davenport, Iowa (1873) File:St. John's Episcopal bells in Getty Square jeh.jpg|St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church, Yonkers, New York (1874) ==Personal life==

Among Potter's sibling and half-siblings were Howard Potter, a New York City banker; Robert Brown Potter, a General in the American Civil War; Democratic U.S. Representative Clarkson Nott Potter; Henry Codman Potter, the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York; Eliphalet Nott Potter, who served as President of Union College and Hobart College; and William Appleton Potter, also an architect who designed the Church of the Presidents in Elberon, New Jersey. His paternal grandparents were Anna and Joseph Potter, a farmer. His uncle, Horatio Potter, served as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York. His maternal grandfather was Eliphalet Nott, the longest serving college president in the United States. Together, they lived much of their married life abroad in London and Paris and after his retirement, they spent most of their time in Newport, Rhode Island. who married actress Alice Berenice Pixley, the sister of fellow actress Annie Pixley. • Ethelinda Potter (1860–1949) • Edward Clarkson Potter (1862–1950), who married Emily Blanche Havemeyer (b. 1865), a daughter of Theodore Havemeyer. She later married architect William Adams Delano (1874–1960) in 1907. • Julia Selden Potter (b. 1875) Potter died at his home, 67 West 52nd Street in New York, New York on December 21, 1904. ==References==