Nicholas J. Clayton

Nicholas Joseph Clayton (November 1, 1840 in Cloyne, County Cork – December 9, 1916) was a prominent Victorian era architect in Galveston, Texas. Clayton constructed many grand religious and public buildings in Galveston including the First Presbyterian Church (Galveston, Texas). He is also credited as the architect of Sacred Heart Catholic Church (Tampa, Florida) and of the Main Building of St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas. He also designed an addition to St. Mary Cathedral in Galveston.[1] [2] [3] [4][5][6] [7] [8][9] [10]

Nicholas J. Clayton
Saint Marys Cathedral, Austin, TX
The Beach Hotel, Galveston
Bishop's Palace, postcard

Works
  • St. Mary's Church - Gothic Revival (1873)
  • Ball High School (Galveston)
  • St. Mary's Infirmary, Galveston (1874–76, demolished)
  • Dallas Orphan Asylum
  • St. Patrick's Church, Galveston (1874–77, reconstruction 1901–02)
  • Mr. and Mrs. George Seeligson residence (1875)
  • W. L. Moody Building
  • Mr. and Mrs. Lemuel Burr House (1876)
  • Mr. and Mrs. Isidore Lovenberg House (1877)
  • Bolton Estate Building (1877)
  • Wallis, Landes and Company (1877)
  • George Schneider and Company (1877)
  • Eaton Memorial Chapel, Trinity Episcopal Church, Galveston (1878–79)
  • Stafford Bank and Opera House
  • Ursuline Academy, Dallas (1882) -demolished[11]
  • Beach Hotel (Galveston) (1882)
  • H.M. Trueheart & Co. Building (1882)
  • Greenleve, Block & Co. Building (1882)
  • *Galveston News Building (1884)
  • Sonnentheil House (1886)
  • Gresham's Castle - Victorian (1887-1892)
  • Trueheart-Adriance Building
  • Temple B'Nai Israel (1887)
  • Incarnate Word Academy, Houston (1888–89 and 1899, demolished; 1905, extant);
  • St. Matthews Catholic Church (Monroe, La.)
  • St. Edward's University (Main bldg. and Holy Cross dormitory), Austin (1888)
  • Rudolph Kruger Home (1888)
  • St. Patrick's Catholic Church (Galveston)
  • Sacred Heart Church, Palestine, Texas (1890)
  • Ursuline Convent (Dallas)
  • John Sealy Hospital
  • Ashbel Smith Building - Romanesque Revival (1891)
  • Bishop's House, Galveston
  • J. C. League Home (1892)
  • Ursuline Academy, Galveston (1891–95, demolished);
  • St. Joseph's Infirmary, Houston (1892–94, 1895, demolished).
  • Grace Episcopal Church, Galveston (1894)
  • Sealy Hutchings Building (1895)
  • St. Francis Xavier Cathedral (Alexandria, Louisiana) - Gothic Revival (1895)
  • Hutchings-Sealy Building (Galveston) (1896)
  • St. Patrick's Church, Denison (1896–98);
  • Sacred Heart Cathedral, Dallas - Gothic Revival (1896)
  • Sacred Heart Catholic Church (Tampa, Florida) - Romanesque Revival (1905)
  • St. Matthew's Catholic Church, Monroe, Louisiana (1905)
  • the dome of the second Sacred Heart Church, Galveston (1912)

References
  1. Handbook of Texas Online, Robert A. Nesbitt and Stephen Fox, "Clayton, Nicholas Joseph,"
  2. Speck, Larry. "Old Red, University of Texas Medical School Galveston", Landmarks of Texas Architecture, (1986), University of Texas Press
  3. "History", Saint Mary Cathedral
  4. Castillo, Juan. "St. Mary Cathedral gets a face-lift", American-Statesman, February 2, 2013
  5. Wooten, Heather Green. Old Red: Pioneering Medical Education in Texas, Texas A&M University Press, 2013, ISBN 9780876112946
  6. "Nicholas Joseph Clayton", Alexander Architectural Archive, University of Texas, Austin
  7. "GHF and the City of Galveston Celebrate Nicholas Clayton’s 175th Birthday on November 1", Galveston Historical Foundation
  8. Speck, Larry. "The Bishop's Palace", Landmarks of Texas Architecture, (1986), University of Texas Press
  9. Card, Terry. "The Bishop’s Palace: Galveston’s Most Significant Building", Island Guide
  10. Canright, Marsha. "Island celebrates renowned architect", Coast Monthly, October 24, 2015
  11. "Bosse, Paula. "Nicholas J. Clayton’s Neo-Gothic Ursuline Academy", Flaskback: Dallas

Further reading
  • Barrie Scardino and Drexel Turner (2000). Clayton's Galveston : the architecture of Nicholas J. Clayton and his contemporaries. College Station: Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 0-89096-881-0.
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