The White House : an architectural history / by William Ryan and Desmond Guinness.

Main entry:

Ryan, William, 1914-

Title & Author:

The White House : an architectural history / by William Ryan and Desmond Guinness.

Publication:

Description:

x, 196 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Notes:
Editors: Jeremy Robinson and Joseph Williams.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-188) and index.
Competition for the president's house -- Competition designs for the president's house -- James Hoban's design for the president's house -- Ancestry of Hoban's design -- Building the president the president's house: 1792-1802 -- Jefferson to Jackson: 1803-1832 -- Early interior decoration: 1800-1830 -- Victorian period: 1832-1902 -- Twentieth-century renascence.
Also issued online.

ISBN:

0070543526
9780070543522

Subject:

White House (Washington, D.C.)
Buildings.
Edificios Publicos, Administrativos, etc. (Arquitetura)
Washington (D.C.) Buildings, structures, etc.
Washington (D.C.)

Added entries:

Guinness, Desmond, author.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 11923
Call No.: ID:87-B14326
Status: Available

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