Examining the architecture of the nation's capital, Pamela Scott and Antoinette J. Lee divide the city into fourteen sections, from the Mall to the area southeast of the Anacostia River. The book includes entries on all major public and government buildings, monuments and memorials, residential buildings and neighborhoods, parks and recreational areas, and commercial and industrial centers. Within this city-wide survey, the volume also traces the various changes in Washington's architectural character from the Revolutionary War to the post-World War II era.

Buildings of the District of Columbia (Buildings of the United States)

Reference

Scott, Pamela

Lee, Antoinette J.

Words, Language & Grammar

Oxford University Press

Series copy: America's architectural heritage is incredibly rich--from Alaska's log cabins and Iowa's silos, to Michigan's automobile plants and the District of Columbia's monuments. Now, in Buildings of the United States, a monumental project commissioned by the Society of Architecural Historians, we have the first state-by-state survey American architecture reflecting the geographic, climatic, and ethnic diversity of the country. It records the works of national and international masters of American architecture, as well as works by unknown hands. From pre-Columbian ruins to modern skyscrapers, from churches, courthouses, and theatres, to factories, barns, and gas stations, the volumes balance coverage of urban, suburban, and rural architecture. The authors of the volumes are architectural historians with a distinct and thorough knowledge of the states about which they have written. Each volume is profusely illustrated with photographs and line drawings, many of which were commissioned for the work. Destined to become a national treasure, Buildings of the United States is the authoritative reference on our architectural heritage and will become delight to the general reader and traveler as well as an indispensable source book for scholars and students of architectural history, preservation, and urban planning. The public architecture of Washington D.C. is well-known throughout the world. The Capitol, the White House, and other major monuments are familiar to millions of people who have never visited the city. Less familiar are many notable public and private buildings located in the central city and scattered throughout Washington's residential neighborhoods, ranging from the eighteenth-century port city of Georgetown to the mid-twentieth-century urban renewal area known as the Southwest Quadrant. Tracing the evolution of the district's architectrual character from the Revolutionary War to the present, Pamela Scott and Antoinette J. Lee survey major public and government buildings, monuments and memorials, residential buildings and neighborhoods, parks and recreational areas, and commercial and industrial centers. From the Vietnam Memorial, the Smithsonian Institution, and the United States Patent Office to Howard and Georgetown universities, nineteenth-century row houses, and elegant Beaux-Arts mansions, this volume captures the full array of Washington's architecural styles. Containing over 360 magnificent photographs, drawings, and maps, Buildings of the District of Columbia is a compelling source of information for the general reader, and a splendid guidebook for the traveler.

Travel

United States

In Temple of Liberty, Pamela Scott presents an in-depth exploration of the United States Capitol, begun in 1793 but not completed until 1916, with the placement of sculpture in the House wing's pediment. This beautifully illustrated book is a companion to the "Temple of Liberty" exhibition held at the Madison Gallery of the Library of Congress - an exhibition of original prints, drawings, and documents that depict a young nation building its first and most significant architectural symbol. Together, the book and exhibition offer a new understanding of the role of this important building in the history of American architecture and the evolution of our government.

Temple of Liberty: Building the Capitol for a New Nation

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

Throughout its history, the consciousness of Washington D.C.'s national and international importance has guided the layout of its public spaces and the design of its public buildings. For George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, the Founding Figures most responsible for overseeing the initial design and direction of the Capitol, America's principle legislative building should be a unique architectural expression of the country's new political system. However, creating a structure of such significance presented numerous pragmatic and political difficulties, as well as changing symbolic intensions, as Revolutionary-era iconography gave way to that expressive of national expansion. In Temple of Liberty, Pamela Scott presents an in-depth exploration of the first United States Capitol begun in 1793 but not completed until 1916 with the placement of sculpture in the House wing's pediment. This fascinating work is an accompaniment to the "Temple of Liberty" exhibition scheduled to be held at the Madison Gallery of the Library of Congress in the Spring of 1995--an exhibition of original prints, drawings, and documents that depict a young nation building its first and most significant architectural symbol. Together, the book and exhibition will offer a new understanding of the role of this important building in the history of American architecture and evolution of our government. Explaining the origins and meaning of several symbols proposed during the late eighteenth century, such as the snake and eagle, and allegorical figures of Hercules, Minerva, and Mercury, Scott shows how they were used to create a composite American iconography derived from European and American elements to portray such concepts as national unity, liberty, and plenty. She focuses on the Capitol's protracted design competition process which featured both open and invitational competitions that began in early 1792 and continued through mid-1793. In turn, she reviews the entries of the various contestants (as well as their interaction with Washington and Jefferson, the competition judges), including the amateur architect and physician William Thornton, whose submission was eventually chosen as the winning plan for the Capitol, and Stephen Sulpice Hallet, a professional architect who took second place and was hired to build Thornton's design. Scott discusses the actual construction of the Capitol, from the development of its facade and grounds, based on a modified version of Thornton's original plan, through the building's completion nearly four decades later. She goes on to detail the growth of the magnificent interior spaces, from the Senate and House wings, to the center building that contained the crypt, rotunda, and Library of Congress. We see how two of America's foremost architects, Benjamin Henry Latrobe and Charles Bulfinch, emerged as the primary form givers, despite the fact that their definitions of how to express American national identity through architecture, differed considerably. Throughout, she focuses on the effort to create uniquely American architectural elements, from a fiesty American bald eagle instead of the classical Roman eagle, to columns featuring tobacco and corn motifs. Finally, Scott illustrates how the Capitol was extended in the 1850s and 1860s into the structure that exists today which dwarfs the original building--two new wings and a much higher dome--and the efforts made to continue the symbolic themes of the first Capitol in the architectural, painted, and sculpted programs of the project. From the first Capitol's chaste Neoclassicism to its vibrant Victorian additions, the intention was that it express in its architecture and decoration our national political, social, and cultural ideals. Entertaining and informative, Temple of Liberty explores these concerns and the manner in which they were achieved, showing how quickly and widely the Capitol became a premier symbol in America's popular consciousness.

Temple of Liberty: Building the (United States) Capitol for a New Nation

Arts & Photography

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

NVQ Level 3 Administration

Bourne, Linda

Business & Money

Pearson Professional Education

Excerpt from the Foreword: The United States Treasury Building is perhaps the most recognized government office building in the country. Every American and people around the world who have ever handled the U.S. ten-dollar bill have see the Treasure Building on the reverse of the currency since 1929. Pamela Scott's Fortress of Finance provides us a detailed account of the development of the Treasury Department's workplace in Washington from the beginning of the capital city in 1800 with the creation of the department's first facility, the Treasury Office, to the completion of the current Treasury Building. Each was the largest executive office building in Washington when it was built and housed the largest civilian agency of those times. The Treasury Office and Treasury Building were products of architects who have earned great fame either before or after their work for the Treasury. These men - George Hadfield, James Hoban, Robert Mills, Thomas U. Walter, Ammi B. Young, Isaiah Rogers, and Alfred B. Mullett - were among the most influential, respected, and talented architects of their time and had the greatest impact on the development of the federal buildings in Washington, as well as of government field office facilities throughout the nation. Ms. Scott's research, spanning more than eight years, has enabled her to reveal to us the trials and tribulations of each of these creative architects who were challenged with debates about building design, construction methods, material selection and delivery, employee and contractor work hours and project scheduling.

Fortress of Finance: The United States Treasury Building

Treasury Historical Association

A Nice Place to Live

Mason, Philip

Biographies & Memoirs

Michael Russell Publishing Ltd

According to the Bible, when Jesus walked on water, His disciple Peter wanted to join him. Peter did walk on water until he took account of the wind stirring up an angry sea; he sank because he could not put the upsetting sounds of thunder and lightning out of his fears. Cancer is like the storm that caused Peter to sink. The bad news overwhelms us, and though so many strides have been made toward the treatment of cancer, we focus on the bad news. It's almost impossible unless we learn to rely on what we do not hear and cannot always see, the workings of God in our lives. This little book was a gift from God to me during the forty days of Easter of 2012. I had a divine idea to write every day for forty days as my Lenten resolution. On Good Friday, it was finished. What emerged was God's gift to a sinking woman. It's not over until God says it's over, despite the prognosis.

One Foot in Heaven: A Journey of Faith through Cancer

Religion & Spirituality

Worship & Devotion

InspiringVoices

Untold Stories of the Underground Railroad - Volume I: Empowering and inspiring stories about the Underground Railroad, black history biographies, ... readers, middle grade students, and families

Children's Books

Scott, JoiAnguli

History

Color of History

After three brief business trips to Hanoi in 1993, Pam Scott became enamoured with the city - Vietnam's intriguing capital. In 1994 she made a permanent move to Hanoi and has never looked back. What Pam discovered was a more interesting, challenging and wonderful way of life; an intriguing blend of East and West - mixed together in a uniquely Vietnamese way, like a Vietnamese spring roll filled with various fruits and vegetables and meat. Pam felt safe, unrestricted and saw no coldness towards the West by Hanoians - only warmth, friendship, curiosity and openness.

Hanoi Stories

Asia

New Holland Pub Pty Ltd

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