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LEADER: 01748nam a22003378a 4500
001 2008047574
003 DLC
005 20081104160554.0
008 081029s2009 ohu b 001 0deng
010 $a 2008047574
020 $a9780821418628 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a9780821418635 (pbk. : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
043 $an-us-dc
050 00 $aNA737.T47$bB76 2009
082 00 $a720.92$222
100 1 $aBrown, Gordon S.,$d1936-
245 10 $aIncidental architect :$bWilliam Thornton and the cultural life of early Washington, D.C., 1794-1828 /$cGordon S. Brown.
246 30 $aWilliam Thornton and the cultural life of early Washington, D.C., 1794-1828
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aAthens [Ohio] :$bPublished for the U.S. Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press,$c2009.
263 $a0904
300 $ap. cm.
490 0 $aPerspectives on the art and architectural history of the United States Capitol
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aList of illustrations -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1. An incidental architect -- 2. "A little genius at everything" -- 3. The government comes to town -- 4. A community germinates -- 5. Cultural amenities emerge -- 6. The Dolley Madison effect -- 7. Phoenix -- 8. "This seat of science, the muses, and of pleasure" -- 9. "A very singular character" -- Appendix. Biographical sketches of early Washington cultural leaders -- Bibliographic note.
600 10 $aThornton, William,$d1759-1828.
651 0 $aWashington (D.C.)$xIntellectual life$y18th century.
651 0 $aWashington (D.C.)$xIntellectual life$y19th century.
650 0 $aArchitects$zUnited States$vBiography.
700 1 $aThornton, William,$d1759-1828.