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Edmund Woolley (c. 1695 – 1771) was an English-born American architect and master carpenter, best known for building Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. ==Biography== Woolley was born in England around 1695, and emigrated to the American colonies as a child, around 1705. It is not known with whom he apprenticed or where he learned his trade. He was one of the first members of The Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia.〔(Biography of Edmund Woolley at Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project )〕 ===Independence Hall, 1732–1748 and 1750–1753=== He began construction of the Pennsylvania State House (better known today as Independence Hall) in 1732. Traditionally, credit for the building's design has been given to Andrew Hamilton, but modern scholarship argues that he contributed little to the project.〔(Biography of Andrew Hamilton at Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project )〕 A surviving 1735 receipt lists a £5 payment to Woolley for "drawing drafts," "fronts" (elevations) and "Plans of the first and Second floors of the State House."〔 The building took 16 years for Woolley and his workers, who included Ebenezer Tomlinson and Thomas Nevell, to complete.〔 The interior woodwork was carved by Samuel Harding and Bryan Wilkinson.〔Beatrice Garvan, "The State House (Independence Hall)," ''Philadelphia: Three Centuries of American Art'' (Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1976), p. 42.〕 The second floor featured meeting rooms and a banquet hall the width of the building. The original stairway proved inadequate for so large a building. In 1750, Woolley laid the foundations for a brick tower to house a grand staircase and support a wooden steeple.〔Garvan, p. 42.〕 The tower's exterior was completed in 1753, but Hardings's interior woodwork was not completed until 1756.〔Constance M. Greiff, ''Independence: The Creation of a National Park'' (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1987), p. 132.〕 The bell ordered for the tower in 1751, is now known as the Liberty Bell. 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「Edmund Woolley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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