page_title: John Henry Devereux
section_title: Early life and family
hierarchical_section_title: John Henry Devereux / Early life and family
caption_attribution_description: English: J H Devereux Jr, ca 1902: South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Exposition Pass Book Photographs taken for the 1901-02 World's Fair that took place in Charleston.
context_page_description: John Henry Devereux, also called John Delorey before 1860, was an American architect and builder best known for his designs in Charleston, South Carolina. According to the National Park Service, he was the "most prolific architect of the post-Civil War era" in the Charleston area. His works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. His Charleston Post Office and Courthouse has been designated as a U.S. National Historic Landmark.
  In his career, Devereux also designed a theatre, a synagogue, a Masonic hall, and Catholic, African Methodist Episcopal church, and Lutheran churches. One of the latter was the tallest building in South Carolina for over a hundred years. He blended and mixed architectural influences and styles.
context_section_description: Devereux was born on 26 July 1840 into a Catholic family in County Wexford, Ireland. His parents were Nicholas and Dorothy Delorey (as they were recorded in the United States.) In 1843, when he was three years old, his family immigrated to the United States. They settled in Charleston, South Carolina. He had an older brother James and a younger brother Nicholas, Jr. born after his family was in Charleston. In the 1860 census, all three sons were still living at home: James, 22, Devereux, 20, and Nicholas, Jr., 16.
  In 1863 Devereux married Agatha Eulalie Brandt, an immigrant from France. The 1870 Census shows Dorothy Devereux (John's mother), age 70, living with the young couple in Charleston. The household included their son John H. D. Devereux, 5, and daughter Eulalie, 3 years old. She was born in 1867, the same year that Devereux's wife died.
  In the 1880 census, Devereux was listed as widowed. His widowed mother Dorothy "Dolly" continued to live in his household. He was listed as a "Builder".
  The 1900 Census of Moultrieville, Charleston, South Carolina, shows him as divorced, which may have been an error. The 1880 and 1910 Censuses recorded him as widowed. Devereux's death certificate also said that he was a widower.
caption: J. H. D. Devereux, ca 1902 
   son of John Henry Devereux
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