The Boston State House was designed by Charles Bulfinch, considered the first U.S.-born professional architect. In his designs for the Massachusetts State House and the Connecticut State House, now the Hartford City Hall, Bulfinch used a domed central block with heavy flanking wings. His other major designs included the central part of Massachusetts General Hospital. In 1818, Bulfinch became the architect of the Capitol in Washington, D.C., succeeding Benjamin Latrobe. He continued Latrobe's restoration of those areas of the Capitol burned during the War of 1812.