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Garrigues, William (d. 1831)
MASTER BUILDER
MASTER BUILDER
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Died: 1831 William Garrigues was a prosperous master builder. A founder of the Friendship Carpenters' Company in 1769, he negotiated the ill-fated efforts to unite the two companies of master carpenters on the eve of the Revolution. He was an "encourager" of the Philadelphia edition of Abraham Swan's The British Architect (R. Bell for J. Norman, 1775), the first book on architecture published in America. When the Friendship Company and The Carpenters' Company merged in 1786, Garrigues continued to be active in company affairs; he held the positions of Secretary, 1794-96 and 1799, and Vice President 1800, 1802-1805, 1814-1815. When the Library Company erected its hall on Fifth Street (designed by William Thornton) in 1789-1790, Garrigues received three shares in the library on account of work contributed. In 1794 he was hired by the Insurance Company of North America as a surveyor of houses and buildings.
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