Gervase Wheeler

He promoted Italianate style as well as Carpenter Gothic. Wheeler moved to the U.S. in 1846 or 1847 and stayed until the 1860s, after which he returned to London.

• Name — Gervase Wheeler • Born — c. 1815 • Birthplace — England • Died — January 1st, 1889 • Occupation — Architect

Wheeler's father, who was also named Gervase, worked as a manufacturer of gold, silver and gilded jewelry from 1832 to 1844. London directories indicate he worked at 28 Bartlett's Buildings in Holborn, then just outside London. In 1855, he stated that "the desire to build, to have a home of one's own is implanted in the breast of every American, and I fancy statistics would show that the number of those who own homesteads in this country far exceeds England."

• Henry Boody House, Brunswick, Maine (1848–49) • Olmstead House, East Hartford, Connecticut (1849, the design of which inspired The Willows, Morristown, New Jersey) • Edward Bartlett House, Rockwood Hall, Mount Pleasant, New York (1849) • Joshua Newton Perkins House, Norwich, Connecticut (1850–51) • Insurance Company of North America Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1850) • First Presbyterian Church, Owego, New York (1854) • Patrick Barry House, Rochester, New York (1856–58) • Chapel at Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts (1856–59) • Illustration — Henry Boody House • Illustration — Olmstead House • Illustration — Rockwood Hall • Illustration — Patrick Barry House