Badger, Daniel D.
Badger, Daniel D.
(1806–84) iron fabricator; born in Portsmouth, N.H. He pioneered the use of cast-iron building fronts; his New York foundry (established 1846) produced architectural ironwork for New York and Chicago buildings.The Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography, by John S. Bowman. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995. Reproduced with permission.