| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 336 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Foreword / William Seale -- Prelude -- No blueprint for the new nation, 1789-1851 -- The Bureau of Construction and the Corps of Engineers, 1852-1865 -- Alfred B. Mullett, 1866-1874 -- The Supervising Architect's Office in the Gilded Age, 1875-1894 -- The Tarsney Act, its passage and postponement in implementation, 1893-1896 -- Proponents of "Academic Classicism," 1895-1925 -- The 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-325) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
United States. Department of the Treasury. Office of Supervising Architect.
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| SUBJECT |
United States. Department of the Treasury. Office of Supervising Architect fast |
| Subject |
Public buildings -- United States -- Designs and plans
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ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Public, Commercial & Industrial.
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Public buildings
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Overheidsgebouwen.
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Architectenbureaus.
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Instellingen.
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Architectural drawings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
99013565 |
| ISBN |
0195128222 |
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9780195128222 |
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1429401354 |
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9781429401357 |
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019535186X |
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9780195351866 |
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128053043X |
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9781280530432 |
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9786610530434 |
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6610530432 |
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