Benjamin Henry Latrobe, often called the “father of American architecture,” was a British-American architect who arrived in the U.S. in 1796. Known for introducing Greek Revival style, he designed landmarks such as the U.S. Capitol’s House and Senate chambers, the Baltimore Basilica, the Merchants' Exchange, and Decatur House. Influenced by European Neoclassicism, he later worked on New Orleans’ waterworks, where he died of yellow fever in 1820.
