Leopold Eidlitz (March 10, 1823,
Prague,
Bohemia — 1908, New York City) was a prominent New York architect best known for his work on the
New York State Capitol (Albany, New York, 1876–1881), as well as "
Iranistan" (1848),
P. T. Barnum's house in
Bridgeport, Connecticut; St. Peter's Church, on Westchester Avenue at St. Peter's Avenue in
the Bronx (1853); the
Brooklyn Academy of Music on Montague Street in Brooklyn (1861, destroyed by fire 1903); the former
Temple Emanu-El (New York, 1866–68, destroyed 1927); the
Broadway Tabernacle (1859, demolished about 1907); the completion of the
Tweed Courthouse (1876–81); and the Park Presbyterian Chapel on West 86th Street and Amsterdam Avenue.