The Dolley Madison House on Lafayette Square
The Dolley Madison House, a yellow structure on the corner of H Street and Madison Place in “The President’s Neig...
Latrobe sketch of St. John's Church
- Artist
- Benjamin Henry Latrobe
- Date of Work
- 1816
- Medium
- sketch
- Credit
- Saint John's Church
Latrobe sketch of St. John's Church
This 1816 sketch by the architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe shows the secular neoclassicism of the original design, while the 1853 photograph shows how the building was remodeled to be more traditionally church-like.
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