Designing the United States Capitol: A photo essay

by Liz Publika

The White House ("President's House") Washington, D.C. Site plan and principal story plan (1807)

Architect: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry (1764-1820)

United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Ground story - stairs, Supreme Court, vestibule (1806)

Architect: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry (1764-1820)

Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.). Interior with sculpture. Perspective. Rendering (between 1912-1917)

Architect: Bacon, Henry (1866-1924)

Architectural drawing for the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Floor plan (1873)

Architect: Paul J. Pelz

Architectural drawing for a fireproof repository for the Treasury Department, Washington, D.C. (1805)

Architect: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry (1764-1820)

Architectural drawing for the Washington Monument, Washington, D.C. (1837)

Architect: Force, Peter (1790-1868)

Note* All images are in the Public Domain.