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Thomas Houghton (architect)

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Around 1870, Thomas Houghton married Mary E. Keely, daughter of Patrick Keely; his sister Mary Houghton, married Keely's son William A. Keely. Thomas Houghton died at his house at 311 President Street on March 5, 1913, aged 72 years. He was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY.
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By the 1890s Keely and Houghton formed a partnership known as Keely and Houghton. Most of the buildings designed during that time are attributed to that firm. After Keely’s death in 1896, Houghton continued the practice under his own name.
108:'s architectural firm in the 1850s as an apprentice carpenter. At that time Houghton lived at 57 Nelson Street in Brooklyn. In 1853, he worked on the Church of St. Mary Star of the Sea on Court Street. During the 152:. He rose to the position of main draftsman and in this capacity was involved in the design of churches, schools, convents and rectories for many Roman Catholic clients throughout the 104:, Ireland in May 1841, and emigrated with his family to Brooklyn in 1853. He was educated in the public schools there. He taught at St. Pauls' parish school before joining 173: 390: 385: 380: 200: 36: 395: 336: 305: 157: 88:(1842 – December 6, 1913) was an Irish-born American architect who was for many years the chief draftsman for the firm of 189: 327: 296: 222: 119: 153: 375: 370: 244: 135: 127: 109: 66: 332: 301: 245:
Tatman, Sandra L., "Thomas F. Houghton (1842–1913)". Philadelphia Architects and Buildings
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Holy Family Chapel, Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth,
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St. Peter Church, Lowell, Massachusetts (with P. Keely)
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he served as a paymaster for the United States Navy.
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St. Leonard's Academy, South 4th St. Brooklyn (1884)
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Holy Rosary Church
East Harlem
New York City
Brooklyn, New York
Patrick Keely
Wexford
Patrick Keely
American Civil War



Patrick Keely
Eastern United States
Stuyvesant Heights
Our Lady of Victory Church (Brooklyn, New York)
Convent Station, New Jersey
Melrose, MA
Holy Rosary Church
New York City
Salem, MA
Somerville, MA
New Bedford, Massachusetts
Tatman, Sandra L., "Thomas F. Houghton (1842–1913)". Philadelphia Architects and Buildings
"Thomas F. Houghton", Novelty Theater
St. Mary Star of the Sea Walking Tour
White, Norval
AIA Guide to New York City
ISBN
978-0-8129-3107-5

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