Architect

Benjamin Henry Latrobe

1764-1820 · American · 2 places

English-born architect who brought rigorous Neoclassical training to the young American republic. As Surveyor of Public Buildings, he redesigned the Capitol's interior after the British burning of 1814, introducing the corn-cob and…

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