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 sketches in a letter
- Artist
- Benjamin Henry Latrobe
- Date of Work
- June 4, 1817
- Medium
- Letter
- Credit
- Maryland Historical Society
Latrobe sketches in a letter
Small sketches of Saint John’s Church included in a letter from Benjamin Henry Latrobe to his son Henry, June 4, 1817.
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