Enlargement of the Capitol of the United States (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Enlargement of the Capitol of the United States Sir: Having responded to the invitation to the Architects of this country last fall, by the Committee of the Senate on the public buildings, by presenting a plan for the enlargement of the Capitol, and having been so fortunate as to have been awarded a premium by that committee for my design; and having, also, in common with other architects, been invited, on several occasions, to explain those plans to the President, in the presence of the members of the Cabinet and those Architects, but not having had an opportunity to explain them so fully as to be understood, duty to my adopted country, duty to the President, the Senate, the Committee, and lastly to myself, requires of me that I should, in as concise a manner as practicable, state the general heads of my plans, and the views which appear just upon the subject. As I do not presume that the President has had sufficient evidence of my qualifications as an architect, I beg leave, respectfully, to tender testimonials of architectural skill and experience in the erection of public buildings, from the Mayor, the Board of Aldermen, the Board of Assistant Aldermen, the Board of Governors of New York, and from Judge Edmonds, of the Supreme Court of that State, with many other testimonials from public bodies and distinguished individuals, and with these preliminaries to proceed, with your permission, to submit a statement upon the subject. 1. I have proposed from the beginning, (in December last,) to enlarge the Capitol by wings of ample dimensions to the north and south of the present building, and separated on each side by an interval - joining each wing to the centre building by a connecting lobby forming an ample passage on each floor of the building, which is fully exemplified in my plans. This feature was a distinguishing characteristic between my design and every other plan submitted under the advertisement. It was my original conception, which no argument could remove, and it has afforded much satisfaction that the President has so far honored me as to adopt it. I would here beg leave to remark, that there is no necessity for allowing the interval more than 20 feet, as it would destroy the appearance by having a wider interval, and would give the idea of separate buildings, which is to be avoided, the object, as I understand it, being to establish one grand massive structure, tho roughly classic in proportions, and architectural in appearance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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