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Peter J. Williamson
Dutch-American architect
Peter J. Williamson (April 20, 1823, Elst, Netherlands - February 15, 1907, Nashville, Tennessee) was a Dutch-American architect.
Biography
He emigrated to Green Bay, Wisconsin in 1849 at the age of 26. He was trained at a post-secondary educational institution in the Netherlands in an era prior to the true profession of "architect." He thought of himself as a professional architect from an early date, and he is listed as one in the 1860 U.S.
Census.
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In 1854, he bought 40 acres in the township of Segole, Wisconsin, which is now Freedom, Wisconsin, near the Oneida Reservation in the Fox River Valley. He built a farmhouse there, and was joined by his family members from Elst.
Prior to the Civil War, in Appleton, Wisconsin, he is thought to have helped with the remodeling design of Old Main Hall of Lawrence University, designed a local school and the County Jail in Appleton described as "an excellent piece of workmanship", and o