Main entry:

Scott, Pamela, 1944-

Title & Author:

Buildings of the District of Columbia / Pamela Scott, Antoinette J. Lee.

Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.

Description:

xvi, 463 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Series:

Buildings of the United States

Notes:
At head of title: Society of Architectural Historians.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-420) and index.
Looking at Washington, D.C. / Antoinette J. Lee -- Two centuries of architectural practice in Washington ; The Mall ; Monumental Capitol Hill ; White House and Lafayette Square / Pamela Scott -- Federal Triangle ; Downtown East ; Foggy Bottom ; Downtown West ; Southwest Quadrant / Antoinette J. Lee -- Capitol Hill neighborhood / Antoinette J. Lee, Pamela Scott -- Southeast of the Anacostia River ; North and Northeast ; 16th Street and Meridian Hill ; Dupont Circle ; Sheridan Circle and Kalorama -- Rock Creek Park and Northwest Washington / Pamela Scott -- Georgetown / Antoinette J. Lee.
Also issued online.

Summary:

Tracing the evolution of the district's architectural 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 Veterans 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 architectural styles.

Resources:
Publisher description

ISBN:

0195061462 (acid-free paper)
9780195061468 (acid-free paper)
0195093895 (pbk.)
9780195093896 (pbk.)

Subject:

Architecture Washington (D.C.)
Architecture
Buildings
Architektur
Inventar
Gebouwen.
Washington (D.C.) Buildings, structures, etc.
Washington (D.C.) Constructions.
Washington (D.C.)
District of Columbia

Form/genre:

Guidebook
Inventar.
travel guidebooks.
Guidebooks
Guides touristiques.

Added entries:

Lee, Antoinette J. (Antoinette Josephine)
Society of Architectural Historians.
Buildings of the United States.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room 87230
Call No.: ID NA735 REF; ID:93-B2058
Status: Available