Jackson Coale Gott was born September 10, 1829 in Lake Roland, Baltimore County. He studied carpentry as a child and later studied architecture in the offices of several prominent local architects, while apprenticing with an unnamed carpenter and master builder while studying under private tutors. After his apprenticeship, he worked in the building industry for several years and in 1863, Gott opened his architectural office, according to the Baltimore City Directory. Gott was later elected an Associate of the AIA in 1871 and a Fellow in 1889, with some of his most important works being the Johnson Building on North Howard Street in Baltimore; Masonic Temple, and the Peninsula Hospital at Salisbury; Western Memorial College at Westminster, and
