ID: 700008963 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008963	Record Type: Built Work
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United States Capitol (capitol buildings; primary architects: Benjamin Henry Latrobe, William Thornton...; 1793-1811; additions later; Washington (District of Columbia, United States, North and C...)

Note: Located as Capitol Hill, seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the U.S. federal government. In spring 1792, United States Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson proposed a design competition to solicit designs for the Capitol and the "President's House", and set a four-month deadline.

Titles:

United States Capitol (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

capitol buildings [300006019] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, public buildings (governmental buildings), <public buildings by function>, legislative buildings)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: 1793-1811; additions later

Creator Display:

primary architects: Benjamin Henry Latrobe, William Thornton [preferred]

architect Latrobe, Benjamin Henry (British architect and engineer, 1764-1820, active in the United States) [500004298]

architect Thornton, William, the elder (English architect and cabinetmaker, ca. 1670-1721) [500089289]

Locations:

Current: Washington [7013962] DC (national district), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Address Note: 38°53′23.29″N 77°00′32.81″W ; East Capitol St NE & First St SE, Washington, DC 20004

Display Materials: masonry

	masonry construction (technique or process) [300404383]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, assembling (additive and joining process), construction (assembling), <construction technique by form or materials>)

Dimensions: Height: 288 feet; footprint: 16.5 acres

Cultures:

American (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Neoclassical [300021477] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: institutional, public, commercial, and industrial buildings

Sources and Contributors:
United States Capitol	........ [VP]
	........ Longstreth, Mall in Washington (1991)
	........ Building Stones of Our Nation's Capital (1975)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Building Stones of Our Nation's Capital (1975)