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Isaiah Rogers, born August 17, 1800-April 13, 1869, was an architect in the United States. He was born to Isaac Rogers and Hannah Ford in Marshfield Massachusetts. In 1823 He married a woman by the name of Emily Wesley Tibet, and had eight children, only four of them survived. Two of his sons became architects studying behind their father. He was a student under Solomon Willard, and became known as the country’s foremost hotel architect, renowned in Boston for his Tremont House. The Tremont house was the first hotel built on Tremont and Season street in 1823, and was known for having the first of many items. This four-story, granite faced, piece of neoclassical architecture included indoor plumbing, indoor toilets, a reception area, locked rooms for guests, free soap, and even bellboys. There were eight toilets on the ground floor and bathrooms with baths made from copper and tin in the basement, each with heated water, heated with local gas. The water in the building was r...