A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 531
that they tookon any architectural ])retensions. The NewYork City Hall, occupied in 1700, and after-ward extended and embellished by LEnfent,as already explained, for a Federal Hall, stooduntil it was demolished to make room for thecustomhouse, now the subtreasury, in 1834.It consisted of two wings… … United States : V.\n Rensselaer House,Greenbush, N.Y. better known as Independence Hall, a genera-tion later in date (1731-1735), like the con-temporaneous Christ Church, had an amateurarchitect, Andrew Hamilton, well known as alawyer. It is a sober, discreet, and still re-spectable edifice,…
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