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John S. Norris (1804 – 1876) was an American architect.He was born and raised in New York City where he began his career as a mason. He advanced to being a builder and eventually listed himself in the telephone directory as an architect.He went to Wilmington North Carolina in 1839 where he first supervised construction and then received his first independent commission to design the Wilmington Custom House in 1843.