THE TOMB OF WILLIAM STRICKLAND

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The E-Sylum: Volume 28, Number 5, , Article 14

THE TOMB OF WILLIAM STRICKLAND

Mike Costanzo submitted this interesting numismatic history tidbit. -Editor

Attached find photos of William Strickland's (1788-1854) final resting place. Strickland designed the second U.S. Mint and the Tennessee State House in Nashville and was credited with introducing Greek Revival to the U.S. He was a Nashville resident and when he died in 1854 his remains were entombed in the side of the state capitol building. The tomb is located in the north end of the building and can be visited from the outside. Not too far from Strickland are the graves of President and Mrs. James K. Polk, in a tomb on the capitol grounds, also designed by Strickland.

Tennessee State House

Mike adds:

"As Strickland's tomb is located in a public state building, near a sheltered outdoor entrance, the most visitors he gets anymore are probably people taking a smoke break."

Thank you - interesting. And while Strickland's second Philadelphia Mint building was demolished in 1902, its classic columns live on at the entrance of Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia. -Editor

To read an earlier E-Sylum article, see:
THE COLUMNS OF THE SECOND PHILADELPHIA MINT (https://www.coinbooks.org/v22/esylum_v22n02a21.html)

Wayne Homren, Editor

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