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Columns and Pilasters - U.S. Capitol, Old Supreme Court Chamber, Intersection of North, South, and East Capitol Streets and Capitol Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
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Alvi, Noerah F., creator
Title
Columns and Pilasters - U.S. Capitol, Old Supreme Court Chamber, Intersection of North, South, and East Capitol Streets and Capitol Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Depicted place District of Columbia; District of Columbia; Washington
Date 2007
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HABS DC-38-B (sheet 7 of 10)
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: Designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe and is located on the ground floor of the original north wing of the U.S. Capitol. The space occupied what had been the lower part of the two-story Senate Chamber when Latrobe's work at the Capitol began in 1803, only the north wing had been constructed, and many of its interior features were already in poor condition. In a repair and reconstruction effort Latrobe introduced new vaults and domes supported on new columns and piers along existing walls...
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1062
  • Survey number: HABS DC-38-B
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Related names:

Latrobe, Henry, deisgner
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/dc1045.sheet.00007a
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Object location38° 53′ 42″ N, 77° 02′ 12.01″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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