Edward Tuckerman Potter

Edward Tuckerman Potter was an American architect best known for designing the 1871 Mark Twain House in Hartford, Connecticut. With his half-brother William Appleton Potter, he also designed Nott Memorial Hall at his alma mater, Union College, Schenectady, New York. Both the Mark Twain House and Nott Memorial Hall are National Historic Landmarks.

Early life

Potter was born in Schenectady, New York on September 25, 1831. He was the son of Bishop Alonzo Potter and, his first wife, Sarah Potter.
He graduated from Union College in 1853 and studied architecture under prominent architect Richard M. Upjohn.

Buildings designed by Potter that are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places include:

Nott Memorial Hall, Union College, Schenectady, New York, 1858-1879
Library at Armsmear, Hartford, Connecticut, 1861-1862
Additions to the Christ Episcopal Church, Reading, Pennsylvania, early 1860s
St. James Episcopal Church, NE corner of MacArthur and Broadway, Lewistown, Illinois, 1863-1865
Cathedral Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1864
St. Paul's Memorial Episcopalian Church and Rectory, 225 St. Paul Avenue, Staten Island, New York, 1866
Church of the [Good Shepherd and Parish House], 155 Wyllys Street, Hartford, Connecticut, 1867
St. John's Episcopal Church , 1160 Main Street, East Hartford, Connecticut, 1867
All Saints Memorial Church, 674 Westminster Street, Providence, Rhode Island, 1869–1872
Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut, 1871
Church of the [Holy Innocents |Church of the Holy Innocents] Willow Avenue and 6th Street, Hoboken, New Jersey, 1872
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 121 West 12th Street, Davenport, Iowa, 1873
St. John's [Protestant Episcopal Church |St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church], One Hudson Street, Yonkers, New York, 1874. Additions to the façade.
One or more buildings in Downtown [Main Street Historic District |Downtown Main Street Historic District], East Hartford, Connecticut. Roughly bounded by Main Street, Governor Street, Chapman Place, and Burnside Avenue.
Personal life

Among Potter's sibling and half-siblings were Howard Potter, a New York City banker; Robert Brown Potter, a General in the American Civil War; Democratic U.S. Representative Clarkson Nott Potter; Henry Codman Potter, the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York; Eliphalet Nott Potter, who served as President of Union College and Hobart College; and William Appleton Potter, also an architect who designed the Church of the Presidents in Elberon, New Jersey.
His paternal grandparents were Anna and Joseph Potter, a farmer. His uncle, Horatio Potter, served as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York. His maternal grandfather was Eliphalet Nott, the longest serving college president in the United States.
Potter was married to Julia Maria Blatchford, the daughter of U.S. Minister to the State of the Church Richard Milford Blatchford and Julian Ann Blatchford. Together, they lived much of their married life abroad in London and Paris and after his retirement, they spent most of their time in Newport, Rhode Island. Julia and Edward were the parents of:

Julian Potter, who married actress Alice Berenice Pixley, the sister of fellow actress Annie Pixley.
Ethelinda Potter
Edward Clarkson Potter, who married Emily Blanche Havemeyer, a daughter of Theodore Havemeyer.
Robert Francis Potter
Richard Milford Blatchford Potter
Louisa Millicent Potter, who married Earl Sheffield in 1902. She later married architect William Adams Delano in 1907.
Julia Selden Potter