WITHERS, Frederick Clarke, architect, born in Shepton Mallet, Somersetshire, England, 4 February, 1828. He was educated in King Edward's school in Sherborne, Dorsetshire, and then devoted himself to the study of architecture. Mr. Withers early came to this country and established for himself a high reputation for his designs of churches. Among these are St. Luke's, Matteawan, New York; the 1st Presbyterian, Newburg, New York ; St. Thomas's, Hanover, New Hampshire ; the Church of the Advent, Louisville, Kentucky; St. Luke's. Altoona, Pennsylvania ; and Calvary, Summit, New Jersey Of other buildings, the Hudson river state hospital for the insane at Poughkeepsie, New York ; and the buildings of the Columbia institution for deaf and dumb at Washington, D. C., are from his plans. The Jefferson market court-house and prison in New York, designed in the Italian Gothic style, is the only public building where that style has been introduced, and ranks as one of the best pieces of architectural designing in that city. He also designed and had charge of the erection of the altar and reredos in Trinity church, New York city, in honor of William B. Astor. This memorial, carved in Caen stone, occupies nearly the entire width of the chancel, and is about twenty feet high. The altar, of white marble, is eleven feet long, and is divided into panels, in the central one of which is a Maltese cross in mosaic set with cameos, on which are cut the symbols of the evangelists. In beauty of design and delicacy of carving this reredos is among the best works of its character on the American continent. (See illustration.) During 1861-'2 Mr. Withers served as an officer in the New York volunteer engineers, and he has published "Church Architecture" (New York. 1873).