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In 1837, at the age of fourteen, Cropsey won a diploma at the New York City Mechanics' Institute Fair for a model house he built. That same year he was apprenticed to the architect Joseph Trench for a period of five years.
In 1837, at the age of fourteen, Cropsey won a diploma at the New York City Mechanics' Institute Fair for a model house he built. That same year he was apprenticed to the architect Joseph Trench for a period of five years.