1970
GUSN-169785
In 1847, four years after designing the State Capitol in Montpelier, Vt., Ammi Burnham Young won a competition for the Customhouse in Boston. Lawrence Wodehouse takes a look at how Young used the Greek Revival style in his work with the Customhouse and his designs for the expansion of the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.
Article ID 166
SC001
Old-Time New England
SC001.1970.060.219.001
In 1847, four years after designing the State Capitol in Montpelier, Vt., Ammi Burnham Young won a competition for the Customhouse in Boston. Lawrence Wodehouse takes a look at how Young used the Greek Revival style in his work with the Customhouse and his designs for the expansion of the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.
Volume 60, Number 219 (Winter, 1970)
Lawrence Wodehouse (Author)
(1970). Old Time New England. Boston, Mass.: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities.
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Boston, Mass.
Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities
Old Time New England
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