The Centennial International Exhibition of 1876, the first official World’s Fair in the United States, was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia.
Perspective of the College Building published in The Building News, July 28th 1876. College Hall, one of the first structures erected on Gallaudet’s campus,
Originally built as the Third Judicial District Court House between the years 1874-1877 fto a design by architects Frederick Clarke Withers and Calvert Vaux.
Construction originally began in 1851, but the original architect was dismissed for fraud and dereliction of duty.
The Conservatory of Flowers is an elaborate Victorian greenhouse with a central dome rising nearly 60 feet high and arch-shaped wings extending from it for an overall length of 240 feet.
Undoubtedly influenced by the French clergy in Santa Fe, the Gothic Revival-style chapel was patterned after King Louis IX’s Sainte-Chapelle in Paris;
St. Patrick’s Cathedral is the largest decorated gothic Catholic Cathedral in North America. In 1850 Archbishop John Joseph Hughes announced his intention to erect a new cathedral to replace the Old St.
Front, Rear & Side Elevations including basement, ground 1st & 2nd floor plan, as published in The Building News,
An elaborate memorial to a member of the Flood & O’Brien families who were wealthy mine owners in California.
Demolished in 1914 so as to begin construction of a new one designed by Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, who had recently struck out on his own from Cram,
