02507nam 2200553 a 450 991045132160332120200520144314.01-280-53043-X0-19-535186-X1-4294-0135-4(CKB)1000000000407055(EBL)271010(OCoLC)133162230(SSID)ssj0000105291(PQKBManifestationID)11128850(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000105291(PQKBWorkID)10101390(PQKB)10743414(MiAaPQ)EBC271010(Au-PeEL)EBL271010(CaPaEBR)ebr10142482(CaONFJC)MIL53043(EXLCZ)99100000000040705519990113d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrArchitects to the nation[electronic resource] the rise and decline of the Supervising Architect's Office /Antoinette J. Lee ; with foreword by William SealeNew York Oxford University Press20001 online resource (355 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-512822-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-325) and index.Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contents; 1 Prelude; 2 No Blueprint for the New Nation, 1789-1851; 3 The Bureau of Construction and the Corps of Engineers, 1852-1865; 4 Alfred B. Mullett, 1866-1874; 5 The Supervising Architect's Office in the Gilded Age, 1875-1894; 6 The Tarsney Act, Its Passage and Postponement in Implementation, 1893-1896; 7 Proponents of ""Academic Classicism," 1895-1925; 8 The Public Buildings Program in Eras of Affluence and Depression, 1926-1939; Epilogue: 1940-Present; Notes; IndexThis 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.Public buildingsUnited StatesDesigns and plansElectronic books.Public buildings725/.1/0973Lee Antoinette J(Antoinette Josephine)925562MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451321603321Architects to the nation2078193UNINA