1792 – Design for Congress House, Washington DC
Proposal for a Congress House by James Diamond, 1792.
Proposal for a Congress House by James Diamond, 1792.
Hoban’s final Executive Mansion design. The earlier design of a three-story residence was modified at the request of then President George Washington for reasons of economy.
Constructed during the period 1855-1866, the dome was designed by the Philadelphia architect Thomas U.
Perspective of the College Building published in The Building News, July 28th 1876. College Hall, one of the first structures erected on Gallaudet’s campus,
Published in the American Architect and Building News, March 2 1889.
Proposal published in the American Architect and Building News.
Perspective view including plans published in The Building News, August 12th 1898 with the comment “Owing to Mr.
Constructed by the US Government, Pennsylvania Railroad, and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, the cost of the land and terminal exceeded 18 million in 1907.
According to the Smithsonian, “Some historians believe that he created radical designs in a last-ditch effort to discourage the Lincoln Memorial Commission from using the swampy location,