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| Benjamin, Asher (b.1773 - d.1845) |
| Architect/Publisher, Greenfield/Boston, MA |
| Published several builders guide in the early 19th century, including The Country Builder (1797), The American Builder's Companion (1806), The Rudiments of Architecture (1814), The Practical House Carpenter (1830), The Practice of Architecture (1833), and The Builder's Guide (1838). His books played a large role in bringing about the transition from the Federal style to the Greek Revival style in the frontier states of the mid-19th century, where carpenters used his designs to create details such as frontispieces and mantles. See "The Role of Asher Benjamin's Works in Natchez, Mississippi" by Martha Sue Barnes (M.A. thesis) and "Asher Benjamin: The Influence of his Handbooks on Mississippi Buildings" by Mary Wallace Crocker, JSAH 38: no 3 (Oct 1979): 266-270. |
| Date | Inventory# | Name of Property | Role | Description of Work | Location |
| D | c. 1807 | 001-NAT-5505-NR | "Mistletoe" | Designer | American Builder's Companion--interior motifs/frontispiece | Natchez vic., Adams Co. |
| D | c. 1835 | 001-NAT-1781-NR-NRD | "Ravenna" | Designer | Practical House Carpenter--interior doors, modified fret | Natchez, Adams Co. |
| D | c. 1835 | 001-NAT-0659-NR-NRD | Van Court Townhouse, 510 Washington Street | Designer | Practical House Carpenter--frontispiece, modified fret | Natchez, Adams Co. |
| D | c.1835 | 001-NAT-4001-NHL | "Arlington" | Designer | American Builder's Companion (1827)--frontispiece, cornice | Natchez, Adams Co. |
| D | c. 1835 | 001-WSH-0008 | "Ingleside" (Thomas Affleck House; Rawlings House), | Designer | Practical House Carpenter--back hall door casing | Washington, Adams Co. |
| D | c. 1836 | 001-NAT-0611-NR-NRD-ML | Neibert-Fisk House ("Choctaw"), 310 Wall Street, North | Designer | Practical House Carpenter--interior doors, modified fret | Natchez, Adams Co. |
| D | 1836 | 001-NAT-0183-NRD | "Cherokee" | Designer | The Practice of Architecture--frontispiece, interior motifs | Natchez, Adams Co. |
| D | c. 1836 | 001-NAT-1364-NR-NRD | "The Burn" | Designer | Practical House Carpenter--front door casing | Natchez, Adams Co. |
| D | 1837-40 | 001-NAT-4006-NR | "D'Evereux" | Designer | Practice of Architecture--interior moldings | Natchez, Adams Co. |
| D | c. 1844 | 095-ABN-0531 | Whitfield House ("Cedar Grove"), 905 Meridian Street, South | Designer | Practical House Carpenter--façade, corner pilasters | Aberdeen, Monroe Co. |
| D | c.1845 | 001-NAT-5001 | "Belmont" ("Claremont") | Designer | Practice of Architecture--frontispiece | Natchez vic., Adams Co. |
| D | c. 1847 | 095-ABN-0613-NR-NRD-ML | "Sunset Hill" (Reuben Davis House), 803 Commerce Street, West | Designer | Practical House Carpenter--mantle | Aberdeen, Monroe Co. |
| D | c. 1850 | 095-ABN-0253-NR-NRD | "Holliday Haven" (John Holliday House), 609 (601) Meridian Street, South | Designer | American Builder's Companion/Practical House Carpenter | Aberdeen, Monroe Co. |
| D | c. 1850 | 115-PON-0137 | Patterson House, NE corner of Highways 6 and 9, 104 Oxford Street, East | Designer | Practical House Carpenter--door casing, façade pilasters | Pontotoc, Pontotoc Co. |
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