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Buildings of the District of Columbia Pamela Scott, Antoinette J. Lee
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks UDC NA 735 .W3 S36 1993
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Scott, Pamela, 1944-
- Series:
- Buildings of the United States
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture--Washington (D.C.).
- Architecture.
- Washington (D.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
- Washington (D.C.).
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 463 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- At head of title: Society of Architectural Historians.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-420) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Scott, Pamela, 1944- Buildings of the District of Columbia.
- ISBN:
- 0195061462
- 9780195061468
- 0195093895
- 9780195093896
- OCLC:
- 27339358
- Online:
- Publisher description
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