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Strickland, William (1788–1854)| US architect and engineer. He launched the Greek Revival in America with a series of Philadelphia public buildings in the 1820s and 1830s, notably the Second Bank of the United States (1818–24); he completed public engineering projects including the Delaware Breakwater (1828–40); and he was designer and supervising architect of the Tennessee State Capitol, Nashville (1845–59). |
| He was born in Navesink, New Jersey. He apprenticed with Benjamin Latrobe who was also a skilled artist, engraver, and engineer. |
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