| Gideon Miner Davison - 1833 - 452 halaman
...built of white free stone, has two wings, and is a very magnificent edifice. The exterior exhibits a rusticated basement, of the height of the first...elevation of pilasters and columns — the columns 30 feet in height, form a noble advancing portico on the east, 160 feet in extent — the centre of... | |
| 1833 - 444 halaman
...Wings to top of Balustrade, 70 feet. Height to top of Centre Dome, - 170 do. The exterior exhibits a rusticated basement, of the height of the first...elevation of pilasters and columns —the columns 30 feet in height, form a noble advancing Portico, on the East, 160 feet in extent—the centre of... | |
| Gideon Miner Davison - 1834 - 472 halaman
...wings, and is a very magnificent edifice. The exterior exhibits a rusticated basement, of the hci ;bt of the first story ; the two other stories are comprised...elevation of pilasters and columns — the columns 30 feet in height, form a noble advancing portico on the east, 160 feet in extent — the centre of... | |
| William Elliot - 1837 - 350 halaman
...of Georgetown, &c., and of the windings of the Potomac as far as Alexandria. The exterior exhibits a rusticated basement, of the height of the first...elevation of pilasters and columns — the columns thirty feet in height, form a noble advancing portico, on the east, one hundred and sixty feet in extent... | |
| William Evans Burton, Edgar Allan Poe - 1839 - 368 halaman
...of Georgetown, etc. and of the windings of the Potomac as far as Alexandria. The exterior exhibits a rusticated basement, of the height of the first story; the two others stories are comprised in a Corinthian elevation of pilasters and columns — the columns thirty... | |
| Richard Swainson Fisher - 1852 - 140 halaman
...was finished, as it now stands, under the superintendence of Mr. C. Bulfinch. The exterior exhibits a rusticated basement of the height of the first story,...in a Corinthian elevation of pilasters and columns ; these columns, which are thirty feet in height, form an advancing portico, on the east, one hundred... | |
| Richard Swainson Fisher - 1852 - 136 halaman
...was finished, as it now stands, under the superintendence of Mr. C. Bulfmch. The exterior exhibits a rusticated basement of the height of the first story, the two oilier stories are comprised in a Corinthian elevation of pilasters and columns; these columns, which... | |
| 1856 - 158 halaman
...the building was finished chiefly under the superintendence of Mr. C. Bulfinch. The exterior exhibits a rusticated basement of the height of the first story,...in a Corinthian elevation of pilasters and columns ; these columns which are thirty feet in height form an advancing portico on the -east, one hundred... | |
| David Thomas - 1868 - 222 halaman
...great elevation it is the most commanding object of vision in the whole district. The exterior exhibits a rusticated basement of the height of the first story,...Corinthian elevation of pilasters and columns. The columns, thirty feet in height, form an advancing portico on the east, one hundred and sixty leet in extent.... | |
| Robert Bruce Warden - 1874 - 870 halaman
...former lying some six or seven miles down the river, and the latter three miles distant to the west. "The exterior of this edifice presents a rusticated...front of one hundred and sixty feet in extent, the center of which is crowned by a tympanum, embellished with a group of statuary, the composition of... | |
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