e House reflected. and use of so owing through t f. the library wo LATROBE AS A LIBRARY ARCHITECT Benjamin Henry Latrobe conceived the Library of Congress pr like that of the Senate, House and Supreme Court Chambers, to permanent importance. The constant frustration of funding cut construction difficulties necessitating the movement of the libr many locations, and the numerous congressional debates about ho library should be organized did not affect Latrobe's enthusias the project. He had constructed a small library for Dickinson C and several private homes. He had also included a library in hi posed plans for New York City Hall in 1802. His White Hou brary (c. 1807) was accomplished after his projected Capitol st The space Latrobe envisioned for the Library of Congress had monumental and intimate qualities. Figures 4 and 9 illustrate concepts. Figure 4 shows the overall plan and section of the li The main room had a gallery (actually built) and two stairwells give access to the gallery area. Columns, probably with a mag capital (figure 12), separated the book shelving sections while the point of the room would have been a huge apse with a fan wi There would have been nothing like it in America. S-231 is shown in section in figure 4. No articulation of the ro obvious. Later records and plans, however, have demonstrated the area would have served as a reading room. This room was abso necessary to afford congressional readers privacy and a place to the larger room was to have housed a standing library essential reference purposes. Latrobe was an expert detailer, as both his library and Senate ings demonstrate. His moldings swell and reverse in a style t classical and yet that contains a personal refinement. These fea were not yet fully understood by American craftsmen. He broug elegance of English architecture to what was the most important ing project in America. This architect also approached his work in a consistent manne decorative scheme for the library is similar to the detailing he vided for the Senate and Supreme Court Chambers. He obvious] derstood the potential for growth in the collection because of th of the main room. (33) Latrobe's practicality made him come to the realization that, a the plans were made, the rotting roof and existing structural prob had to be solved. His library space was thus sacrificed; the large r was divided after the fire of 1814 and its walls used to support roof. Once the south wing became defined architecturally, Latrobe developed plans for the central section. His new placement for library was to be in the western part of the central section, overlook what is now the Mall. The great library space was eventually c pleted by Charles Bulfinch, third Architect of the Capitol, accord to the new Architect's plans. on that, afte ural problems he large room 2 support the Latrobe then ment for the overlocking CATALOG OF THE BOOKS, MAPS, AND CHARTS OF Ethics; or the Moral System in General, Theology and Mythology-- Dictionaries, Grammars and Treatises on Education_ General and Local Politics, Political Economy____ Trade and Commerce.. Military and Naval Tactics- Agriculture, Rural Economy___. Natural History, Natural and Experimental Philosophy. Medicine, Surgery and Chemistry. Poetry and the Drama, Works of Fiction, Wit_. Arts and Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature.. Gazettes---. Maps, Charts and Plans.. SACRED HISTORY. FOLIO. The Holy Bible. Thompson and Small's edition. Philadelphia ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. FOLIO. Father Paul's History of the Council of Trent. Translated fro OCTAVO. Mosheim's Ecclesiastical History, Ancient and Modern, from the of Christ, to the beginning of the present century. Philade 1797. (35) CIVIL HISTORY, INCLUDING CHRONOLOGY, BIOGRAPH ANTIQUITIES, &c. A. FOLIO. Appian's History of the Punick, Syrian, Parthian, Mithridatick, Ill rian, Spanish and Hannibalick Wars, and the Civil Wars of t Romans. London, printed, 1679. QUARTO. Arbuthnot's Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights, and Measures, e plained in several dissertations. London, 1727. OCTAVO. Arrians' History of Alexander's Expedition, translated from th Greek, with notes, &c. By Mr. Rooke. London. 1729. Adolphus' Biographical Memoirs of the French Revolution. Londo 1799. Anquetil's Universal History, exhibiting the Rise, Decline an Revolutions of the different nations of the world, from the creatio to the present time; 2 sets, 9 vols. each. London, 1800. Annales de la Petite-Russie; ou Histoire des Cosaques-Saporogues e des Cosaques de L'Ukraine, ou de la Petite Russie, depuis leur ori gine juskuà no jours. Par Jean-Benoit Scherer. A Paris, 1788. A General History of Connecticut, from its first settlement unde George Fenwick, Esq. to its latest period of amity with Grea Britain. By a gentleman of the province. London, 1781. An Historical Review of the Constitution and Government of Penn sylvania, from its origin; 2 copies. London, 1759. An Account of Louisiana, being an abstract of documents, in the offices of the Departments of State and the Treasury; 3 copies. Asiatick Researches, or Transactions of the Society, instituted in Bengal, for inquiring into the history and antiquities, arts, &c. o Asia. London, 1801. A General Account of Miranda's Expedition; including the trial and execution of ten of his officers, &c. New York, 1808. The American Senator; or, a Report of the Debates, during the second session of the fourth Congress, &c. By Thomas Carpenter Philadelphia, 1796, 2 sets, 3 volumes each. The American Remembrancer; or, a Collection of Essays, Resolves, Speeches, &c. relative to the treaty with Great Britain. Philadelphia, 1795. GRAPHY, atick, Illyars of the sures, ex from the . London, line and e creation progues et leur ori 788. nt under th Great of Penn the offices ituted in ts, &c. of trial and ring the arpenter, Resolves, adelphia, DUODECIMO. Annales Romaines, on Abrégé Chronologique de L'Histoire Rom Abrégé Chronologique de L'Histoire Universelle, depuis les pre Ambassades de Monsieur De La Boderie en Angleterre sous le r An Account of the Interment of the Remains of 11,500 American men, Soliders and Citizens, who died on board the British pr ships at the Walabout, during the American Revolution. New Y 1808. B. Blair's Chronology and History of the World; from the creation t year of Christ 1790. Illustrated in 56 tables. London, 1790. Booth's Translation of the Historical Library of Diodorus the Sici containing the antiquities of Egypt, Asia, Africa, Greece, the lands of Europe, and a History of the Affairs of the Persians, cians, Macedonians, and other parts of the world. London, 1700 Bayle's Historical and Critical Dictionary; with the life of the aut by Des Maizeaux. London, 1734. Bibliotheque Orientale, ou Dictionnaire, Universal, contenant gen ment tout ce qui regarde la connoissance des peuples de l'Or Par D'Herbelot. A Maëstricht, 1760. Biographia Britannica, or the Lives of the most eminent Persons have flourished in Great Britain and Ireland, from the earliest to the present time. By A. Kippis and others. London, 1778. QUARTO. Belsham's History of Great Britain, from the revolution to the ses of parliament ending in 1793. London, 1798. OCTAVO. Bacon's (Lord) History of the Life of Henry the Seventh of Engl |