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2 unusual facts about Benjamin Henry Latrobe


Dolley Madison

Dolley Madison worked with the architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe to furnish the White House, the first official residence built for the president of the United States.

Ferdinand Claiborne Latrobe

Latrobe was born in Baltimore, the son of John H.B. Latrobe and Virginia Charlotte Claiborne, and the grandson of the American architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe.


Smithsonian Institution Building

Renwick originally intended to detail the building with entirely American sculptural flora in the manner of Benjamin Henry Latrobe's work at the United States Capitol, but the final work used conventional pattern-book designs.


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