Editing Thomas Ustick Walter (section)

{{Short description|American architect (1804-1887)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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|name                = Thomas Ustick Walter
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|image               = Thomas U. Walter - Brady-Handy.jpg
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|office              = [[Architect of the Capitol]]
|term_start          = June 11, 1851
|term_end            = May 26, 1865
|president           = [[Millard Fillmore]]<br>[[Franklin Pierce]]<br>[[James Buchanan]]<br>[[Abraham Lincoln]]<br>[[Andrew Johnson]]
|predecessor         = [[Charles Bulfinch]]
|successor           = [[Edward Clark (architect)|Edward Clark]]

|birth_date            = {{Birth date|1804|09|04}}
|birth_place           = [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
|death_date            = {{Death date and age|1887|10|30|1804|09|04}}
|death_place         = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S.
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|nationality         = [[Americans|American]]
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|profession          = Architect, Civil Engineer
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'''Thomas Ustick Walter''' (September 4, 1804 &ndash; October 30, 1887) was an American [[architect]]. He worked on more than 400 projects, including [[Moyamensing Prison]] and [[Girard College]] in Philadelphia. He served as the fourth [[Architect of the Capitol]], and led the addition of the north and south wings and [[United States Capitol dome|the central dome]]. He retired in 1865, but financial difficulties forced him back to work in the 1870s, including a job as Chief Assistant to the Architect of [[Philadelphia City Hall]]. 

A founder of the [[American Institute of Architects]], he served as its president from 1876 to 1887.