Philip Hooker

He designed Hyde Hall, the facade of the Hamilton College Chapel, The Albany Academy, Albany City Hall, and the original New York State Capitol building. He is believed to have designed the Gen. John G. Weaver House at Utica, New York. It was listed on theNational Register of Historic Places in 1989.

An existing National Register of Historic Places building that he designed, with John H. Lothrop, is:

• Hamilton College Chapel on the Hamilton College campus.

Two other National Register of Historic Places that are also National Historic Landmarks which he designed are:

• Hyde Hall, at Otsego Lake
• Roscoe Conkling House, in Utica, New York

Other notable buildings include:

• New York State Arsenal (1799; razed)
• St. Peter's Episcopal Church (1802; razed 1859)
• New York State Bank (1803; portions of front elevation survive)
• Bank of Albany (1809; razed)
• Mechanics and Farmers Bank (1811; portions reused in receiving vault, Glenmont)
• Aiken House, Rensselaer, New York (1816)
• St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church (1829; razed)
• Albany City Hall (1832, destroyed by fire in 1880)

He also designed many private residences for wealthy Albanians including the Van Rensselaers, Cornings, Pruyns, Lansings, William James and others. One mansion attributed to him and built for Samuel Hill, is now the Fort Orange Club at 110 Washington Avenue.