Architecture: 1790s-1840s
1790sThe Presidents House was a major feature of Pierre Charles L'Enfant's 1791 plan for the city of Washington. He envisioned a...
Ground floor plan of St. John's Church
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- Patrick Snadon and Thomas Williams
Ground floor plan of St. John's Church
Ground floor plan of Saint John’s Church as Latrobe designed it, reconstructed from Latrobe’s surviving drawings.
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