- Title
- Greek Revival building
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- Creator
- Ithiel Town (1784-1844) and Alexander Jackson Davis (1803-1892)
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- Description
- Cross section of a Greek revival building; on left, a portico with 3 fluted Doric columns leading to a small dome with Ionic columns, leads to large cylindrical room with a dome, leads to a small 1/2 dome with Doric columns, leads to rear entrance with fluted Doric columns; central room creates a tower at center of building; other 2 domes have small cap (a skylight) on roof; a lower level is underneath main level, with doors and a spiral staircase to central room; lower left: Town and Davis Arch'ts; lower right: Stirewalt Delineator; torn at upper right; lower left corner broken off but present. Cross section of a Greek revival building; on left, a portico with 3 fluted Doric columns leading to a small dome with Ionic columns, leads to large cylindrical room with a dome, leads to a small 1/2 dome with Doric columns, leads to rear entrance with fluted Doric columns; central room creates a tower at center of building; other 2 domes have small cap (a skylight) on roof; a lower level is underneath main level, with doors and a spiral staircase to central room; lower left: Town and Davis Arch'ts; lower right: Stirewalt Delineator; torn at upper right; lower left corner broken off but present. Davis worked first as a lithographer and then as an architect. In tandem with Ithiel Town beginning in 1829, he designed a remarkable number of buildings, public structures (hospitals, school buildings, churches, museums, state capitols) and private dwellings alike. Davis embarked on a solo career in 1843, continuing in practice alone for more than 30 years. At one point in his life, Davis claimed to have designed the most buildings of any living American architect. He is best known for Gothic revival designs.
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- Format
- ["drawing"]
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- Subjects
- ["Architectural drawings","Architecture--Designs and plans"]
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