| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 336 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-325) and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword / William Seale -- Prelude -- No blueprint for the new nation, 1789-1851 -- Bureau of Construction and the Corps of Engineers, 1852-1865 -- Alfred B. Mullett, 1866-1874 -- Supervising Architect's Office in the Gilded Age, 1875-1894 -- Tarsney Act, its passage and postponement in implementation, 1893-1896 -- Proponents of "Academic Classicism," 1895-1925 -- Public buildings program in eras of affluence and depression, 1926-1939 -- Epilogue: 1940. |
| Summary |
This text traces the evolution and accomplishments of the office, that from 1852 until 1939 held a virtual monopoly over federal building design. Among its more memorable buildings are New York City's neo-Renaissance customhouse, and the ancient adobe Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United States. Department of the Treasury. Office of Supervising Architect.
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United States. Department of the Treasury. Office of Supervising Architect. |
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Public buildings -- United States -- Designs and plans.
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Public buildings. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Architectural drawings.
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Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Public facilities. |
| Genre/Form |
Architectural drawings.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lee, Antoinette J. (Antoinette Josephine). Architects to the nation. New York : Oxford University Press, 2000 (DLC) 99013565 |
| ISBN |
0195128222 (acid-free paper) |
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9780195128222 (acid-free paper) |
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1429401354 (electronic book) |
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9781429401357 (electronic book) |
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019535186X |
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9780195351866 |
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128053043X |
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9781280530432 |
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