James W. Naughton Explained

James W. Naughton
Nationality:	American
Birth Date:	1840
Birth Place:	Ireland
Death Place:	Brooklyn, New York
Significant Buildings:	Girls High School
Significant Projects:	Superintendent of Buildings for the Board of Education of the City of Brooklyn

James W. Naughton (1840 - 1898) was an American architect, serving as the Superintendent of Buildings for the Board of Education of the City of Brooklyn.

Biography

He was born in Ireland and immigrated to the United States in 1848, at age eight. He worked as an apprentice in the office of J & A Douglas in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He entered the University of Wisconsin to study architecture in 1859. He returned to Brooklyn, New York in 1861 and continued his studies at the Cooper Union. He served as Superintendent of Buildings for the City of Brooklyn from 1874 to 1876. In 1879, he was appointed Superintendent of Buildings for the Board of Education of the City of Brooklyn, a position he held until his death in 1898. During this period he designed all the school buildings in the city of Brooklyn.^[1]

Selected works

• Girls High School (1886), Brooklyn, New York
• Boys High School (1891), Brooklyn, New York
• Public School 108 (1895), Brooklyn, New York
• Public School 9 Annex (1895), Brooklyn, New York

External links

• James W. Naughton, at New York Architecture Images
• Brownstoner Blog: Walkabout with Montrose: Master of Schools, JW Naughton

Notes and References

1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration:Public School 108. March 1981. 2011-02-20 . James T. Dillon and Anne B. Covell. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. See also: Web site: Accompanying two photos.