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The Octagon House in Washington, D.C., built in 1799 and owned by the American Institute of Architects 1957 stamp commemorating the AIA's centennial. The American Institute of Architects (AIA) was founded in 1857 in New York City by a group of thirteen architects. [2]
The Jefferson Memorial, another Neoclassical temple, was completed in 1943 to honor Thomas Jefferson, and was placed on the southern side of the Tidal Basin, directly south of the White House. Washington's rise as a city of global importance through the mid- to late-1900s coincided with the popularity of Brutalism, an architectural style noted ...
The townhome is located on Embassy Row in the Sheridan-Kalorama Historic District of Washington, D.C. The architect Louis D. Meline built the house in 1902. [1] The architect Nathan C. Wyeth made changes in 1905 for Annie Jenness Miller. [2] The architect Waddy B. Wood redid the house in 1920 for E.H. Aslop. [3]
Octagon House – American Institute of Architects; National Park Service – Octagon House; Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. DC-25, "Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC", 175 photos, 12 measured drawings, 2 data pages, 12 photo caption pages
The Washington AIA chapter "praised Albert Harris for his plans for Washington’s public schools." [5] They also praised his willingness to utilize private architects, primarily for elementary schools, to augment the city staff during the construction boom in the 1920. [6] A week after his death, the Washington Board of Education said:
McCormick Apartments, also known as Andrew Mellon Building, Mellon Apartment, or 1785 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, is a landmark apartment building on Embassy Row in Washington, D.C., whose inhabitants once included Andrew W. Mellon. It is the home of the American Enterprise Institute.
Daniel Boone "Clarke" Waggaman was born on November 16, 1877, at his family's home of 1008 13th Street in Washington, D.C. [6] The Waggamans were a wealthy, established Maryland family.
The residence, built in 1910, was designed by the French-born American architect Jules Henri de Sibour for William Watson Lawrence (1859-1916), [4] a paint and white lead manufacturer. [3]