Philp's Washington described. A complete view of the American Capital, and the District of Columbia; with many notices, historical, topographical, and scientific, of the seat of government (1861)
New York, Rudd & Carleton; Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott & co.; [etc., etc.] · leaf 142
130 WASHINGTON DESCRIBED. … APEX OF THE DOME. ing all the most beautiful forms and proportions of classic architecture. The exterior presents a noble peristyle, 124 feet in diameter, of fluted columns 27 feet in height, resting upon an octagonal base or stylobate, which it¬ self is 93 feet above the basement floor. The top of
Washington (D.C.) -- Description and travel
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