Capital losses : a cultural history of Washington's destroyed buildings
1979
975.3 G647 1979
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Title
Capital losses : a cultural history of Washington's destroyed buildings
Edition
1st ed.
Published
Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, c1979.
Description
xxiv, 517 p. : ill., maps (on lining paper) ; 29 cm.
Call Number
975.3 G647 1979
System Control No.
(OCoLC)04933290
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 467-468) and index.
Contents: pt. I. Residential. 1. Federal faces: Georgian and federal houses -- 2. classical interlude: Greek revival houses -- 3. Age of Romanticism: early Victorian houses -- 4. Gaslight and gilt: late Victorian houses -- 5. The city beautiful: Post-1890 houses -- 6. The domestic scale: rowhouses -- 7. The transient city: hotels and apartment houses -- pt. II. Nonresidential. 8. Steeped in glory: churches -- 9. For members only: clubs and organizations -- 10. Capital commerce: Commercial buildings -- 11. Uncle Sam's workrooms: early government buildings -- 12. The expanding bureaucracy: post-Civil War government buildings -- 13. Nine to five: office buildings -- 14. Grease paint and celluloid: theaters -- 15. For mind and body: schools and hospitals -- 16. A moving experience: transportation buildings -- 17. Hooks and ladders: fire stations -- 18. "Tempos" in war and peace: temporary government buildings -- Forgotten fragments: street furniture -- Appendix: Threatened Washington buildings.
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Contents: pt. I. Residential. 1. Federal faces: Georgian and federal houses -- 2. classical interlude: Greek revival houses -- 3. Age of Romanticism: early Victorian houses -- 4. Gaslight and gilt: late Victorian houses -- 5. The city beautiful: Post-1890 houses -- 6. The domestic scale: rowhouses -- 7. The transient city: hotels and apartment houses -- pt. II. Nonresidential. 8. Steeped in glory: churches -- 9. For members only: clubs and organizations -- 10. Capital commerce: Commercial buildings -- 11. Uncle Sam's workrooms: early government buildings -- 12. The expanding bureaucracy: post-Civil War government buildings -- 13. Nine to five: office buildings -- 14. Grease paint and celluloid: theaters -- 15. For mind and body: schools and hospitals -- 16. A moving experience: transportation buildings -- 17. Hooks and ladders: fire stations -- 18. "Tempos" in war and peace: temporary government buildings -- Forgotten fragments: street furniture -- Appendix: Threatened Washington buildings.
79.1.416
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