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Asher Benjamin (1773–1845)

Author of The American Builder's Companion

10 Works 272 Members 1 Review 1 Favorited

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Includes the name: Benjamin Asher

Image credit: Detail of portrait of Asher Benjamin, ca.1830. It is attributed to Chester Harding.

Works by Asher Benjamin

The American Builder's Companion (1827) 148 copies, 1 review

The Architect, or Practical House Carpenter (1830) 58 copies

The Country Builder's Assistant: The First American Architectural Handbook (1989) 40 copies

Practice Of Architecture: The Builder's Guide (1994) 14 copies

A Reprint Of The Country Builder's Assistant, The American Builder's Companion, The Rudiments Of Architecture, The Practical House Carpenter, Practice Of Architecture (2015) 4 copies

The builder's guide, or, Complete system of architecture: Illustrated by sixty-six engravings, which exhibit the orders of architecture, and other elements ... particularly of… (1974) 3 copies

Asher Benjamin 2 copies

The Rudiments of Architecture: Being a Treatise on Practical Geometry, on Grecian and Roman Mouldings; Shewing the Best Method of Drawing Their on the Effect of Both (Classic… (2017) 1 copy

Elements of architecture, containing the Tuscan, Doric, Ionic and Corinthian orders, with all their details and embellishments ... With twenty-eight plates 1 copy

American Builder�s Companion 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Benjamin, Asher
Birthdate: 1773-06-15
Date of death: 1845-07-26
Gender: male
Occupations: architect
builder
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Hartland, Connecticut, USA
Places of residence: Windsor, Vermont, USA
Greenfield, Massachusetts, USA
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Place of death: Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Associated Place (for map): Massachusetts, USA

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The American Builder's Companion or a System of Architecture by Asher Benjamin

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May 27, 2024 (Edited)

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Works: 10
Members: 272
Popularity: #85,117
Rating: ½ 4.5

Reviews: 1
ISBNs: 20
Favorited: 1

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