Potomac marble : history of the search for the ideal stone /

Potomac marble : history of the search for the ideal stone /

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Author / Creator:	Kreingold, Paul, author.
Imprint:	Charleston, SC : History Press, 2023. ©2023
Description:	170 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Lost
Subject:	United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.) -- Design and construction. United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.) Marble -- Potomac River Valley. Public buildings -- Repair and reconstruction -- Washington (D.C.) Marble. Public buildings -- Repair and reconstruction. United States -- Potomac River Valley. Washington (D.C.)
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13012500

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ISBN:	9781467153171 1467153176
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-165) and index.
Summary:	"The destruction of Washington in 1814 by the invading British challenged President James Monroe and architect Benjamin Latrobe with the task of rebuilding the government edifices that had been destroyed. As symbols of the aspirations of the republic, these buildings had to be more than functional--they had to be beautiful. The building material they discovered and used to beautify the new Capitol was Potomac marble, which exists in abundance on both sides of the Potomac River, from Leesburg in Loudoun County, Virginia, to Montgomery and Frederick Counties in Maryland. Local historian Paul Kreingold details Latrobe's and Monroe's search for the ideal stone and their fight to use it to rebuild the chambers of the House and Senate."--

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