 Indeed, his design for the Federal style First Congregational Church, built in Lebanon in 1828, borrows significantly from "Plate K" of "The American Builder's Companion".Early commissions included dormitories at nearby Dartmouth College, where his brother, Ira Young, was Professor of Natural Philosophy.But the novice architect also learned from working in the Boston office of Alexander Parris, whose characteristic work in granite influenced Young's subsequent governmental commissions.