. A new family encyclopedia, or, Compendium of universal knowledge : comprehending a plain and practical view of those subjects most interesting to persons, in the ordinary professions of life : illustrated by numerous engravings . uctures in the United States, and per-haps, of its size, in the world. It is of a square form, two stories inheight, besides a basement story. It has a wing at each end, projectingfrom the front, and in the centre the roof is elevated, to form an atticstory. The whole length of the building is 216 feet, breadth 105,height 51. Including the attic story it is 65 feet
. A new family encyclopedia, or, Compendium of universal knowledge : comprehending a plain and practical view of those subjects most interesting to persons, in the ordinary professions of life : illustrated by numerous engravings . uctures in the United States, and per-haps, of its size, in the world. It is of a square form, two stories inheight, besides a basement story. It has a wing at each end, projectingfrom the front, and in the centre the roof is elevated, to form an atticstory. The whole length of the building is 216 feet, breadth 105,height 51. Including the attic story it is 65 feet in height. The frontand both ends, above the basement story, are built of native white mar-ble, from Stockbridge, Mass.; the rest of the building is constructed ofbrown free stone. The roof is covered with copper. Rising from themiddle of the roof is a cupola, on which is placed a colossal figure ofjustice, holding in her right hand, which rests on her forehead, aba-lance, and in her left, a sword pointing to the ground. The first story,including the portico, is of the Ionic, the second of the Corinthian, theattic of the Fancy, and the cupola of the Composite orders. 20* 234 r x^.ivliu x ARCHITECTURE, CAPITOL AT This spacious edifice is finely situated on an eminence, and commandsnot only a view of the city, but a considerable extent of the adjacentcountry—the heights of Georgetown. &c, and 1he windings of the Po-tomac, as far as Alexandria. The following are the dimensions of thebuilding: Length of Front, , 352 feet 4 inches. Depth of wings, 121 do. 6 do. East projection and steps, 65 do. West do. do. 83 do. covering i£ acre, & 1820 do. Height of Wings, to top of Balustrade, 70 do. Height to top of Centre dome, 170 do. It is composed of white freestone, and the entire cost, of it is estima-ted at three millions of dollars. It is surrounded by an elegant ironrailing, enclosing twenty acres of ground, planted with various kindsof trees and shrubs. The north wing
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