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- amusement.” When architect Robert Mills proposed a building for the National Institute in Washington, DC, in 1841, he presented a Gothic revival museum with62 KB (9,081 words) - 13:02, April 1, 2021
- Columbian Institute, December 1818, describing the Columbian Institute, Washington, DC (quoted in O’Malley 1989: 123) “[ Columbian Institute lottery for]63 KB (8,784 words) - 14:42, March 8, 2021
- Robert Mills, Elevation of the South Front and Plan of the First Floor, National Institute, February 1841. Robert Mills, Sketch of the Washington Nat’l. Monumt31 KB (4,335 words) - 20:13, August 18, 2021
- specimen of correct taste and workmanship.” Columbian Institute, 1823, describing the Columbian Institute, Washington, DC (quoted in O’Malley 1989: 127) “The32 KB (4,191 words) - 10:41, April 6, 2021
- Columbian Institute, December 1818, describing the Columbian Institute, Washington, DC (quoted in O’Malley 1989: 123) “[Columbian Institute lottery for]51 KB (7,192 words) - 18:15, August 10, 2021
- Columbian Institute, December 1818, describing the Columbian Institute, Washington, DC (quoted in O'Malley 1989: 123) “[Columbian Institute lottery for]122 KB (17,951 words) - 18:15, August 10, 2021
- [[[jet]]] at the fountain considerably.” Columbian Institute, 1823, in a report describing the Columbian Institute, Washington, DC (quoted in O’Malley 1989: 127)60 KB (8,442 words) - 13:41, April 12, 2021
- the west. Both as a national icon and a civic space, the Mall is a key landmark of the nation’s capital. The origins of the National Mall can be traced34 KB (4,340 words) - 18:12, August 25, 2021
- Henry Latrobe, “Constitution of the Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences,” National Register [Washington, DC] 1 (1816): 405, view38 KB (4,911 words) - 18:08, September 16, 2021
- forest trees on the top of [an] eminence.” Columbian Institute, 1823, describing the Columbian Institute, Washington, DC (quoted in O’Malley 1989: 127) “Four146 KB (20,921 words) - 14:54, August 13, 2021
- Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences,” published by Benjamin Henry Latrobe, secretary of the Columbian Institute, in The National Register34 KB (4,708 words) - 21:36, August 16, 2021
- scattered plantations in New-England have retained in great measure the national characteristics of their country. Those, by whom these plantations were67 KB (9,385 words) - 19:03, February 3, 2021
- Capitol Grounds would connect to the national Botanic Garden, located on the site of the former Columbian Institute, and then, continuing westward, to “Fountain60 KB (7,882 words) - 20:03, September 8, 2021
- describing a design for Elias Hasket Derby Farm, Peabody, MA (Peabody Essex Institute, Phillips Library, Derby Papers) “If there is any Prospect that is agreeable57 KB (7,849 words) - 15:06, August 13, 2021
- (Philadelphia:1869, 10). "A history of the Institute of Pennsylvania Hospital," Penn Medicine Kirkbride's Hospital (National Park Service) “Moral treatment” grew33 KB (4,371 words) - 21:34, August 25, 2021
- Garden be properly laid out, and cultivated as a National Garden; to effect which important national objects, a sum not exceeding 30,000 dollars will be42 KB (5,954 words) - 14:27, March 10, 2021
- also the several squares which are intended for the Judiciary Courts, the National Bank, the grand Church, the play house, markets and exchange, offering67 KB (9,305 words) - 17:36, April 8, 2021
- mall was used for more “civilized” activities, such as promenading. The national Mall in Washington, DC, was the preferred site for “gainful recreation”;20 KB (2,767 words) - 10:38, April 6, 2021
- Second, the associative values of refinement and domesticity, and even national progress, were read into the forms. In 1828, Frances Milton Trollope, the57 KB (7,617 words) - 13:34, April 1, 2021
- Collection (Museum Purchase through a gift of Philip Alexius de Laszlo), National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Rufus Porter, Landscape mural from Howe30 KB (3,989 words) - 13:38, April 12, 2021