History of the United States Capitol : a chronicle of design, construction, and politics / prepared under the direction of the Architect of the Capitol by William C. Allen.

Main entry:

Allen, William C. (William Charles), 1950-

Title & Author:

History of the United States Capitol : a chronicle of design, construction, and politics / prepared under the direction of the Architect of the Capitol by William C. Allen.

Publication:

Washington, DC : U.S. GPO, 2001.

Description:

xviii, 498 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 32 cm

Series:

Senate document / 106th Congress, 2d session ; no. 106-29
[U.S. congressional serial set] ; serial no. 14620

Notes:
"Printed pursuant to H. Con. Res. 221."
Shipping list no.: 2002-0014-S (Congressional serial set; no. 14620).
Includes bibliographical references (pages 479-483) and index.
Grandeur on the Potomac -- Jefferson and Latrobe -- Destruction and restoration, 1814-1817 -- The Bulfinch years, 1818-1829 -- An unsettled time, 1830-1850 -- Thomas U. Walter and the Capitol extension -- Captain M.C. Meigs, engineer in charge -- Pride and strife -- Calm and calamity -- The Clark years, 1865-1902 -- Civic improvements -- Views of history.
Also available via Internet from the GPO Access web site. Address as of 2/5/02: http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/senate/capitol/index.html; current access is available via PURL.

Resources:
Adobe Acrobat Reader or other PDF reader required

ISBN:

0160508304
9780160508301

Subject:

United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.) History.
United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.) Histoire.
United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Political culture United States History.
Architecture and state Washington (D.C.) History.
Architecture Politique gouvernementale Washington (D.C.) Histoire.
Architecture and state
Buildings
Political culture
Capitool (Wash.)
Regeringsgebouwen.
Washington (D.C.) Buildings, structures, etc.
United States
Washington (D.C.)

Form/genre:

History
Reference works
Ouvrages de référence.

Added entries:

United States. Architect of the Capitol.
Senate document (United States. Congress. Senate) ; 106-29.
United States congressional serial set ; serial no. 14620.

Capitol

Holdings:

Location: Library main 225541
Call No.: NA44.T514.25 U5 2001
Status: Available

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