Thomas Ustick Walter

Thomas Ustick Walter
Architect of the Capitol
In office June 11, 1851 – May 26, 1865
President	Millard Fillmore Franklin Pierce James Buchanan Abraham Lincoln Andrew Johnson
Preceded by	Charles Bulfinch
Succeeded by	Edward Clark
Personal details
Born	(1804-09-04)September 4, 1804 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Died	October 30, 1887(1887-10-30) (aged 83) Washington, D.C., US
Profession	Civil Engineer

Thomas Ustick Walter (September 4, 1804 – October 30, 1887) was the dean of American architecture between the 1820 death of Benjamin Latrobe and the emergence of H. H. Richardson in the 1870s. He was the fourth Architect of the Capitol and responsible for adding the north (Senate) and south (House) wings and the central dome that is predominantly the current appearance of the U.S. Capitol building. Walter was one of the founders and second president of the American Institute of Architects. In 1839, he was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society.^[1]