Collection The President's Neighborhood
Since the White House was first occupied by President John Adams in 1800, influential people and organizations—or those who hoped to...
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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