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Myers, Christopher (fl. 1795)
ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER; SURVEYOR
ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER; SURVEYOR
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Christopher Myers was an architect, engineer and surveyor who is only known through an advertisement he placed in the Federal Gazette (Philadelphia) for November 20, 1795. Therein he claimed to have been "Regularly bred under his late father, Architect of the Board of Works in Ireland, and was clerk to Sir William Chambers [1723-1796], architect, for some years." He "respectfully takes this method to offer his services to the public, and such proprietors, or committees, who are carrying on Inland Navigations, that he runs levels to any extent, and makes section of the same in a manner entirely new; his plans for locks, acqueducts, bridges, tunnels, sluices, &c. are formed on the most approved principles; he designs plans and elevations for houses from the simple cot to the most superb town or country residence, his surveys are taken with accuracy and plotted from a plain lined map, to a descriptive drawing exhibiting grass, arable and woodlands; hills, mountains, and the course of rivers; the whole expressed in species of perspective called bird eye view. He also designs plan and compositions for producing decorative or picturesque effects in domains, pleasure grounds, and chases, sketching the ideas or gentlemen on the spot, so as to collect the aim of their intentions, and make them subservient to the rules of practice; he trusts to the liberality of the public and to gentlemen patrons of science, for a portion of their favor. He takes leave to say that punctuality and assiduous endeavor to please will ever mark his conduct in the pursuit of his profession--he has respectable testimonials of his abilities for the inspection of any gentlemen that may please to honor him with a call." His residence was given as 177 Sassafras Street.
Written by Roger W. Moss.
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