Washington And Its Environs: An Illustrated Descriptive And Historical Hand-Book to the Capital of the United States of America
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front on F st. and 70 ft. deep, and was built of freestone from the Government quarries at Aquia Creek. It was designed by W. P. Elliott (Elliott & Town, engineers) and executed by Robert Mills. The E. Wing was authorized in 1849, and was commenced by Robert Mills, who was succeeded in 1851 by Edward Clark, assistant to the arch- itect of the Capitol, who completed the building in 1864. It consists of two wings, on the E. and W., and an intervening building on the JST., corresponding with the o...ld structure on the S., the whole forming on an interior quadrangle 265 ft.
by 135 ft. The E. Wing was occupied by the Secretary of the Interior in 1853. The new portions of the building are of Maryland marble on the exterior and granite on the quad- rangle. The first building is painted white to harmonize with the extension. The edifice rests on a sub-base of gran- ite, above which is a basement of the material of the super- structure, after which rises the order, pierced with two stories of windows, the whole surmounted by an acroteria to cor- respond with the earlier portion of the stiiicture, of appro- priate simplicity and dimensions.
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front on F st. and 70 ft. deep, and was built of freestone from the Government quarries at Aquia Creek. It was designed by W. P. Elliott (Elliott & Town, engineers) and executed by Robert Mills. The E. Wing was authorized in 1849, and was commenced by Robert Mills, who was succeeded in 1851 by Edward Clark, assistant to the arch- itect of the Capitol, who completed the building in 1864. It consists of two wings, on the E. and W., and an intervening building on the JST., corresponding with the o...ld structure on the S., the whole forming on an interior quadrangle 265 ft.
by 135 ft. The E. Wing was occupied by the Secretary of the Interior in 1853. The new portions of the building are of Maryland marble on the exterior and granite on the quad- rangle. The first building is painted white to harmonize with the extension. The edifice rests on a sub-base of gran- ite, above which is a basement of the material of the super- structure, after which rises the order, pierced with two stories of windows, the whole surmounted by an acroteria to cor- respond with the earlier portion of the stiiicture, of appro- priate simplicity and dimensions.
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