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    Benjamin Henry Boneval Latrobe (May 1, 1764 – September 3, 1820) was an Anglo-American neoclassical architect who immigrated to the United States. He was...
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    Benjamin Henry Latrobe II was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on December 19, 1806,: 243  Latrobe was the youngest son of Benjamin Henry Latrobe,...
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  • of C. I. Latrobe Benjamin Henry Latrobe (1764–1820), architect of the United States Capitol, brother of C. I. Latrobe Benjamin Henry Latrobe II (1806–1878)...
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  • Works by Benjamin Henry Latrobe, a British-born architect, were influenced by Greek Revival styles and those of British architect John Soane. Latrobe emigrated...
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    British architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe.[citation needed] Charles La Trobe was born in London, the son of Christian Ignatius Latrobe, a leader of the...
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    Thomas Jefferson moved into the house in 1801, he and architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe added low colonnades on each wing to conceal what then were stables...
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  • John Hazelhurst Boneval Latrobe (1803–1891). He was the son of noted engineer and architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe II. Latrobe became a patent lawyer and...
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    Latrobe, who was a civil engineer for the B&O Railroad. (His father, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, was the architect who rebuilt the United States Capitol in Washington...
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    National Statuary Hall (category Benjamin Henry Latrobe buildings and structures)
    hastily erected in 1801. The first permanent Hall, designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe, was completed in 1807; however, it was destroyed when invading...
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    Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (category Benjamin Henry Latrobe church buildings)
    of Benjamin Henry Latrobe, the "Father of American Architecture". The Basilica was constructed between 1806 and 1863 to a design of Benjamin Henry Latrobe...
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    United States Capitol (category Benjamin Henry Latrobe buildings and structures)
    Thornton was later modified by the British-American architects Benjamin Henry Latrobe Sr., and then Charles Bulfinch. The current cast-iron dome and the...
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    Mary Elizabeth (née Hazelhurst) and Benjamin Henry Latrobe. His father was a noted engineer and architect. John Latrobe secured an appointment to the U.S...
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    Capitol Benjamin Henry Latrobe, whose works include St. John's Episcopal Church, the Baltimore Basilica, and the United States Capitol. The Latrobe Gate...
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    Michael W. and Patrick A. Snadon. The Domestic Architecture of Benjamin Henry Latrobe. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006. ISBN 0-8018-8104-8...
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    Van Ness Mansion (category Benjamin Henry Latrobe buildings and structures)
    completed for John Peter Van Ness and Marcia Van Ness in 1816 by Benjamin Henry Latrobe on 17th Street, Washington, D.C. They entertained the Madisons,...
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    Decatur House (category Benjamin Henry Latrobe buildings and structures)
    remaining houses in the country designed by neoclassical architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe. Completed in 1818 for naval hero Stephen Decatur and his wife,...
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  • his work in and around New Orleans, Louisiana. He was the son of Benjamin Henry Latrobe by his first wife. He was educated at St. Mary's College in Baltimore...
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    the rotten borough of Queenborough – to a design attributed to Benjamin Henry Latrobe. The more famous neoclassical architects Robert Adam and his brother...
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    Ashdown House, East Sussex (category Benjamin Henry Latrobe buildings and structures)
    second independent work of Benjamin Henry Latrobe, his last work in Britain before emigrating to the United States. Latrobe's domes at Ashdown have been...
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    Hoban and Mills were Freemasons. Mills also studied and worked with Benjamin Henry Latrobe of Philadelphia. He designed numerous buildings in Philadelphia...
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    Hammerwood Park (category Benjamin Henry Latrobe buildings and structures)
    architectural style, it was built in 1792 as the first independent work of Benjamin Henry Latrobe. Described by Nikolaus Pevsner as a 'demonstration of primeval force'...
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    musician and poet. Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Jr. (1806–1878), civil engineer and Green Mount's landscape architect. Ferdinand Claiborne Latrobe (1833–1911), Mayor...
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    Grand Staircase (White House) (category Benjamin Henry Latrobe buildings and structures)
    Grand Staircase at the west end of the Cross Hall was altered by Benjamin Henry Latrobe in 1803 during the administration of Thomas Jefferson. Hoban envisioned...
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    Congressional Cemetery (category Benjamin Henry Latrobe buildings and structures)
    for many legislators buried elsewhere. The cenotaphs, designed by Benjamin Latrobe, each have a large square block with recessed panels set on a wider...
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    Nassau Hall (category Benjamin Henry Latrobe buildings and structures)
    building was subsequently remodeled by notable American architects Benjamin Latrobe, after the 1802 fire, and John Notman, after the 1855 fire. In the...
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    West Sitting Hall (category Benjamin Henry Latrobe buildings and structures)
    designed, as Thomas Jefferson engaged Benjamin Henry Latrobe in 1803 to reverse the orientation of the stair. Latrobe's alteration placed a double run on...
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    Pope Villa (category Benjamin Henry Latrobe buildings and structures)
    by Benjamin Henry Latrobe in 1811 for Senator John Pope. It is one of only three extant Latrobe residences in the United States. As one of Latrobe's most...
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    portraits: Rembrandt Peale's George Washington, Charles Willson Peale's Benjamin Henry Latrobe, and Thomas Sully's Andrew Jackson. President Bill Clinton chose...
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    Warwickshire, by Joseph Bonomi. In Philadelphia, the architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe designed a set of klismos chairs for an interior in the most advanced...
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    months later (1818), Monroe appointed Bulfinch the successor to Benjamin Henry Latrobe (1764–1820) as Architect of the Capitol in Washington, DC (the Capitol...
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