Charles Bulfinch

Charles Bulfinch (August 8, 1763 – April 15, 1844) was an early American architect, and has been regarded by many as the first native-born American to practice architecture as a profession.

Bulfinch splits his career between his native Boston and Washington, D.C., where he serves as Commissioner of Public Building and builds the intermediate United States Capitol rotunda and dome.

His works are notable for their simplicity, balance, and good taste, and as the origin of a distinctive Federal style of classical domes, columns, and ornament that dominates early 19th-century American architecture.

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