Destruction and Restoration, 1814–1817

By Government Printing Office

Book Id: WPLBN0000076448
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 2.1 MB
Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Destruction and Restoration, 1814–1817
Author:	Government Printing Office
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Legislation., Economic & political studies
Collections:	Government Library Collection, Government Printing Office
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Publisher:	Government Printing Office


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Government Reference Publication

Excerpt
Excerpt: After two decades of construction, in 1814 the Capitol consisted of the north and south wings joined by a two-story wooden gangway spanning the area intended for the rotunda. Half of the north wing had been rebuilt with masonry vaults while the other half retained its decaying floors and sagging ceilings. The south wing boasted what was probably the most beautiful room in America, the hall of the House of Representatives. Progress was slow, but it was being built for the ages, a permanent ornament for the republic’s future. Yet, in the span of a few minutes, the course of the Capitol’s construction- and the nation’s honor-suffered a humiliating blow when British torches and gunpowder reduced twenty-one years of hard work to a pathetic pair of smoldering ruins.

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