Baltimore, charleston, South Carolina, and a dozen other places are going to vote federal funds to build wharfs and other facilities in alexandria. So that money is not available. Alexandria begins to decline. As a transatlantic commercial center. Fortunately its going to become a railroad center, et cetera. Those petitions to retrocede the town or actually all of the district on the virginia side of the river, those pegs started very early. They were never effective until George Washington park tried to give up protecting the dream of his grandfather for 100 square miles. When he signed in 1846, bingo, the legislation flew through congress. In his first, i think, speech to congress, address to congress, president clinton called on congress to take back those 37 square miles and reincorporate them into the district. Obviously it didnt happen. Yes . Not mention s word, slavery. Of course, washington was probably the largest american slave trading city prior to 1850. How much did slavery
Finance, and pam is going to talk about Benjamin Henry latrobes work at the capitol. And, of course, latrobe is also the architect of Decatur House and st. Johns across the square, and so hopefully youll learn a great deal about this architectural genius this afternoon and enjoy the house tonight at the reception. Thank you. Come on, pam. [ applause ] thank you very much, bill. Your friendship over the years has meant a great deal to me as well. I want to add my thanks to the many, many thanks to the people who have organized this wonderful symposium. I have learned so much and have enjoyed it so much and im sure that we all feel that way about what is almost over but still ongoing. Today im talking about Benjamin Henry latrobes capitol. I am an architectural historian, and i hope that i have watered down a little bit of my rhetoric enough so that i can understandable to you all. The burning of the capitol on august 24th, 1814, was a are pref rather than a disaster for Benjamin Henry l
About an hour. Thank you. Our next speaker will be pamela scott, and pam is an old friend. I have known her for many, many years, and she is, i think, the authority on the history of public buildings in washington, d. C. She has been an architectural historian here in washington specializing in the architectural landscape and planning histories of the city and i have learned a tremendous amount from her over the years. Some of her books include the temple of liberty, buildings of the district of columbia, designing the nations capitol capitol, and the fortress of finance, and pam is going to talk about Benjamin Henry latrobes work at the capitol. And, of course, latrobe is also the architect of Decatur House and st. Johns across the square, and so hopefully youll learn a great deal about this architectural genius this afternoon and enjoy the house tonight at the reception. Thank you. Come on, pam. [laughter] [applause] thank you very much, bill. Your friendship over the years has meant
Scott, and pam is an old friend. I have known her for many, many years, and she is, i think, the authority on the history of public buildings in washington, d. C. She has been an architectural historian here in washington specializing in the architectural landscape and planning histories of the city and i have learned a tremendous amount from her over the years. Some of her books include the temple of liberty, buildings of the district of columbia, designing the nations capit capitol, and the fortress of finance, and pam is going to talk about Benjamin Henry latrobes work at the capitol. And, of course, latrobe is also the architect of Decatur House and st. Johns across the square, and so hopefully youll learn a great deal about this architectural genius this afternoon and enjoy the house tonight at the reception. Thank you. Come on, pam. [ applause ] thank you very much, bill. Your friendship over the years has meant a great deal to me as well. I want to add my thanks to the many, man
Worthy of the expense they may occasion, the consideration of the character in which the records shall be written and of the style is the only one before us. It may, indeed, be said that as good laws may be made in a wigwam as in the capital and that all decoration is useless and all history mere idle amusement. The senate by the constitution of our country represents not the majority of the people like the house of representatives but the individual states as corporate bodies. If their chamber is to be decorated at all, the decoration should have the character consistent with the character of the body for which it was built. Their character as the assembly of the states is that which is most prominent. The practice of representing communities by female figures hayes existed since the dawn of hit. An unknown statute without attributes is every where received the portrait of an individual. This then remains the only question, it is a question respecting the talents of the architect and