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Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. While the majority of scholarship on early Washington focuses on its political and physical development, in Incidental Architect Gordon S. Brown describes the intellectual and social scene of the 1790s and early 1800s through the lives of a prominent couple whose cultural aspirations served as both model and mirror for the citys own.When William and Anna Maria Thornton arrived in Washington, D.C., in 1794, the new nations capital was little more than a raw village. The Edinburgheducated Thornton and his accomplished wife brought with them the values of the Scottish Enlightenment, an enthusiasm for the arts, and a polished urbanity that was lacking in the little city emerging from the swamps along the Potomac. Thorntons talents were manifold: He is perhaps best known as the original architect of the Capitol building, but he also served as a city commissioner and as director of the Patent Office, where his own experimentation in steam navigation embroiled him in a long-running dispute with inventor Robert Fulton.In spite of their general preoccupation with politics and real estate development, Washingtons citizens gradually created a network of cultural institutionstheaters, libraries and booksellers, music venues, churches, schools, and even colleges and intellectual associationsthat began to satisfy their aspirations.Incidental Architect is a fascinating account of how the citys cultural and social institutions were shaped by its earliest citizens. While the majority of scholarship on early Washington focuses on its political and physical development, in Incidental Architect Gordon S. Brown describes the intellectual and social scene of the 1790s and early 1800s through the lives of a prominent couple whose cultural aspirations served as both model and mirror for the citys own.When Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.