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Elijah E. Myers (December 29, 1832 – March 5, 1909) was a leading architect of government buildings in the latter half of the 19th century, and the only architect to design the capitol buildings of three U.S. states, the Michigan State Capitol, the Texas State Capitol, and the Colorado State Capitol. [1]
The successful completion of Michigan's statehouse established Myers as the premiere capitol-builder of the post-Civil War period, and secured his career as one of the nation's most prolific architects of public buildings.
Apr 1, 1995 · Myers, Elijah E. (1832–1909). Elijah E. Myers, architect, was born on December 22, 1832, in Philadelphia. He studied for the bar but left school to become a carpenter and joiner; he may have studied architecture at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.
On March 6, 1909, The New York Times ran an obituary for Elijah E. Myers, who had died the day before. “Myers,” the author wrote, was “known as an architect and the designer of a number of State Capitols and public buildings.”
Although Elijah Myers designed residences and churches, he is best known for the volume of his public work in an era when architects were selected by competition for city halls, courthouses, and state capitols.
Architect Elijah E. Myers designed the Goddess of Liberty as the crowning element of the Texas Capitol. The Statue of Freedom on the National Capitol, the Statue of Liberty and the Pallas Athena from ancient Greece all likely served as inspiration for Myer's design.
Elijah E. Myers: The Michigan State Capitol was the first of three designed by architect Elijah E. Myers in the 1870s and 1880s. The successful completion of Michigan's statehouse established Myers as the premiere capitol-builder of the post-Civil War period, and secured his career as one of the nation's most prolific architects of public ...
