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Collin Rodgers (born 1791 - died October 25, 1845) was an American master builder and neoclassical architect. He designed and built houses for antebellum planters in Troup County, Georgia. His first name is also spelled as ''Cullen'' or ''Cullin'', his surname as ''Rogers''.〔''Cullen Rogers'' - Cf. Clifford Lewis Smith (1935). ''(History of Troup County )''. Foote and Davies. pp. 53, 186, 190. The National Register of Historic Places spells his name as ''Collin Rodgers'' (see ''(The NRHP for Troup County, Georgia )'').〕 ==Works== Rodgers, a builder by trade, worked in partnership with his brother Henry. By the 1830 their company owned around fifty slaves employed as construction hands and craftsmen.〔''(Collin Rogers (1791-1845) )''. The New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2010-08-29.〕 Rodgers did not receive a formal training in architecture and learned is through construction work and studies of trade magazines. Rodgers, like his contemporaries Daniel Pratt and Isaiah Davenport, was influenced by the works and ideas of Asher Benjamin (''The American Builder's Companion'') and Edward Shaw.〔Frederick Doveton Nichols, Van Jones Martin, Frances Benjamin Johnston (1976). ''(The architecture of Georgia )''. Beehive Press. p. 41.〕 Six extant houses designed and built by Rodgers in the 1830s are listed on the : * McFarland-Render House (The Magnolias), La Grange (1830–1833) * Henderson-Orr House, Stallings Crossing, Coweta County (1832) * Nutwood, La Grange (1833) * Nathan Van Boddie House, La Grange (1836) * Edwards-Phillips House, La Grange (1835–1840) * Fannin-Truitt-Handley Place, La Grange (1835–1840) Rodgers' designs followed the standard Georgian floorplan with four rooms divided with a central hall.〔 He employed four-column porticos and diamond-shaped sidelights. According to the authors of ''The Architecture of Georgia'', his La Grange houses, built in the 1830s, look "old-fashioned" in the sense that they followed the pattern set by Daniel Pratt in Milledgeville in the 1820s.〔Frederick Doveton Nichols, Van Jones Martin, Frances Benjamin Johnston (1976). ''(The architecture of Georgia )''. Beehive Press. p. 52.〕 Rodgers served as the county judge in 1832–1833 and in 1837–1842. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Collin Rogers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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