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	Benjamin H. Latrobe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Benjamin Henry Latrobe, the architect of the 1802 restoration of Nassau Hall and the twin buildings, Stanhope and Philosophical Hall, was one of the founders of the profession of architecture in America.
		The son of an Irish father and an American mother, Latrobe was born on 1 May 1764, near Leeds England, and was educated in Germany.
		Latrobe had become familiar with the Princeton area during his honeymoon in the New Jersey area with his second wife, in 1800.
	etc.princeton.edu /Campus/text_latrobe.html (522 words)

	Free Essays on Benjamin H. Latrobe
		Benjamin H. Latrobe was born in 1764 in Fulneck, England.
		Latrobe proposed to tap the Schuylkill River as it flowed through the city and raise the water by steam power to a central storage tank, where it could be distributed through out the city by gravity.
		Latrobe completed the job and it is all attributed to his stubborn persistence in the face or shortages, labor, and materials.
	www.123student.com /4991.htm (1577 words)

	Benjamin Henry Latrobe: A Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Benjamin Henry Latrobe (1764-1820) was born near Leeds in Yorkshire, England.
		Latrobe found that while the philosophical and political context of the new republic suited him perfectly, the architectural situation was parochial.
		As surveyor, Latrobe was responsible for the continuing design and oversight of construction of all government buildings, including the White House and the U.S. Capitol, which gave him long-sought validation of his professional capabilities as an architect and engineer.
	www.latrobesamerica.org /latrobe/biography.htm (685 words)

	AllRefer.com - Benjamin Henry Latrobe (Architecture, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Latrobe received his training both in architecture and in engineering in England and Germany and then practiced successfully in London.
		Latrobe's son Henry had been sent to New Orleans to construct the city's waterworks after his father's design, but he died of yellow fever in 1817.
		Latrobe's other sons were John H. Latrobe and Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 1806–78, an engineer, b.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/L/LatrobeB.html (434 words)

	Benjamin Henry Latrobe
		Latrobe planned a vestibule in which are six columns, each of which is composed of Indian cornstalks bound together, the joints forming a spiral effect, while the capitals are modeled from the ears of the corn.
		Latrobe was also engaged as engineer in constructing the original plan of the Chesapeake and Delaware canal, residing alternately in New Castle and Wilmington until 1808, when he removed to Washington with his family.
		Latrobe is the author of various papers that he has read before the Maryland historical society, which have been published by that body, and he delivered an address on "The Capitol and Washington at the Beginning of the Present Century," in Washington, 16 November, 1881 (Baltimore, 1881).
	www.famousamericans.net /benjaminhenrylatrobe (2791 words)

	Benjamin Henry Latrobe (1764-1820)
		Benjamin Latrobe was born in Fulneck, England on May 1, 1764.
		Latrobe is credited with professionalizing architecture in America, and his building designs influenced the United States until the Civil War.
		In 1817, Latrobe received the news that his eldest son, Henry, had died of yellow fever in New Orleans where he was engaged in several civil engineering tasks.
	chronicles.dickinson.edu /encyclo/l/ed_latrobeBH.htm (502 words)

	Benjamin Henry Latrobe Biography / Biography of Benjamin Henry Latrobe Biography Biography
		Benjamin Henry Latrobe was born in England of Moravian parents.
		Latrobe arrived in Norfolk, Va., in 1796 and was soon recognized by Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and other prominent people as the ablest architect on the American scene.
		But Latrobe also showed himself aware of and competent in the new 19th-century concept of architecture as the art of creating images of ideological conviction by means of historic styles eclectically borrowed for historical association.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-benjamin-henry-latrobe/index.html (750 words)

	The White House Historical Association > White House FAQs, Facts & Trivia
		Born May 1, 1764 in Fulneck, near Leeds in Yorkshire, Benjamin Henry Latrobe was the son of Anna Antes Latrobe, a talented musician born in Pennsylvania to wealthy landowners, and the Reverend Benjamin Latrobe, a leader of the Moravian church and a gifted preacher.
		Latrobe eagerly accepted but viewed the city he would serve as a ‘desolate and wretched place,’ with half finished houses ‘tumbling to ruins, which the madness of speculation” erected.
		Latrobe also designed drastic alterations to the interior of the house, never undertaken, and the now iconic north and south porticos, built in the1820s after the White House was reconstructed.
	www.whitehousehistory.org /06/subs/06_d01.html (868 words)

	Benjamin H. Latrobe, Master Architect and Freemason
		Latrobe awarded a $30,000 contract to Nicholas Roosevelt (his friend and future son-in-law) to make and erect two steam-driven pumps, capable of delivering three million gallons per day to a height of 50 feet, and to maintain the pumps for five years.
		Alas, Latrobe's cost estimate, $150,000, made in haste before the design was finished, escalated to $500,000; the time for completion of the work, 6 months, ran on to 18 months; the system delivered only 7,500 gallon per day; and the cost of operating the system was exorbitant.
		Latrobe was a pioneer in urban planning and public hygiene whose work won respect by subsequent generations of civil engineers.
	www.srmason-sj.org /council/journal/aug01/ellenberger.html (1564 words)

	Benjamin Latrobe
		Benjamin Henry Latrobe was born in 1764 in Yorkshire, England.
		Latrobe also built the first United States Naval Dry-docks in Maryland in 1802, and was afterwards appointed to a newly-made position as the Surveyor of Building for the United States Government.
		Latrobe is often credited with being the first true architect of the Greek Revival style in America.
	www.holycross.edu /departments/classics/wziobro/ClassicalAmerica/BLatrobeHP.html (494 words)

	Descendants of Latrobe
		Benjamin Latrobe had been a good friend of Admiral Sir Charles Middleton, First Lord of the Admiralty, and Benjamin Latrobe when in his last illness spent five months at the Middleton estate, Teston Hall and died in the Teston vicarage.
		Anna Louisa Eleanora Latrobe was born in 1761 and died on 24 Jul 1824.
		Théodore Latrobe was born on 26 Aug 1819 in Paris, France, was christened on 10 Oct 1819 in Temple Of The Oratory, Paris, France and died in 1895 in Montauban, France
	www.latrobefamily.com /legacy/D10.htm (1721 words)

	Today in History: May 1
		On May 1, 1764, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, considered one of the foremost proponents of the Greek Revival style in American architecture, was born in Yorkshire, England.
		Latrobe included a new Library of Congress in his redesign of the Capitol, and the Library was moved to this larger space in 1824.
		Latrobe was also responsible for the completion of the White House.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/today/may01.html (859 words)

	Latrobe, Benjamin
		Latrobe, Benjamin Henry (1764-1820) Architect: Born in Yorkshire, England, on May 1, 1764, Latrobe was sent to Saxony to be educated.
		Latrobe designed the Roman Catholic cathedral in Baltimore, and surveyed the public buildings of the District of Columbia.
		Latrobe was involved in erecting a system to supply New Orleans with water when he died, on September 3, 1820.
	www.multied.com /bio/nn/Latrobe.html (382 words)

	Benjamin Henry Latrobe
		Latrobe constructed the Capitol's south wing (shown in blue) as well as rebuilding the interior of the north wing.
		From 1803, Latrobe redesigned the interior arrangement and style of the south wing.
		In a dispute over authority at the Capitol, Latrobe resigned, leaving some of the greatest interiors in the history of neoclassicism in America, including the Hall of the House (now National Statuary Hall), the Old Senate Chamber, and the Old Supreme Court Chamber.
	www.aoc.gov /aoc/architects/latrobe.cfm (238 words)

	The Bulletin - Winter 1996-97, Volume 81, No. 3 - Features
		Latrobe had recently designed the Medical Hall at the University of Pennsylvania and was living in Washington, D.C. Godefroy, a French-trained architect then living in exile in Baltimore, was married to Eliza Crawford, the daughter of Dr. John Crawford, one of the medical school's founders.
		Latrobe and Godefroy were colleagues and friends, and Godefroy had apparently sought Latrobe's advice on several projects.
		Latrobe told Godefroy, "As to the design of the medical college, I rejoice sincerely that they have again applied to you." No records have been uncovered to indicate when college officials may have first approached Godefroy nor what discussions had transpired.
	www.umm.edu /bulletin/winter96/portrait.html (3860 words)

	Curator's Column (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Latrobe’s recipe book, provides several clues not only to the Latrobe family’s daily fare but also to their social circle, which included family, friends and professional acquaintances.
		Although Mary Latrobe noted that the result was “Excellent,” her “spiced round of Beef,” aged uncovered for two weeks before roasting, would make many of today’s dinner guests nervous.
		The examples of Gallatin and Nixon reveal that the social relationships of Mary Latrobe often overlapped with the professional relationships of her husband.
	www.decaturhouse.org /museum/curator5.htm (843 words)

	Adena - Benjamin LaTrobe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Adena architect Latrobe was born in England, where he learned architecture in the firm of a noted English master.
		The significance of Adena is enhanced by the rarity of Latrobe residences.
		The Ohio Historical Society is part of Latrobe's America, an alliance of cultural institutions dedicated to preserving the work and vision of Benjamin Henry Latrobe.
	www.ohiokids.org /adenahouse/latrobe.shtml (367 words)

	Latrobe PA
		Benjamin Latrobe was the son of Benjamin H. Latrobe, the architect of The United States Capitol, and the uncle of Mayor Latrobe of
		Benjamin Latrobe never visited the town named after him, and if he was alive and visited Latrobe today I'm sure he would be pleased that such a wonderful place bore his name.
		Latrobe is also home to Saint Vincent's College a highly rated school.
	billvons.com /latrobe (381 words)

	Smith, Latrobe & Co. pamphlet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Other members of this company included Benjamin Latrobe, whose greatest achievement was overseeing the extension of the BandO across the Allegheny Mountains, an undertaking considered impossible.
		Benjamin’s son, Charles Latrobe, was also a member of the company.
		Latrobe, Pennsylvania was named for Benjamin Latrobe of Smith, Latrobe and Co. More info...
	www.tuscazoar.org /Smith_Latrobe.htm (358 words)

	Latrobe, Benjamin Henry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Benjamin Latrobe was born the son of a Moravian minister in Leeds, Yorks, England in 1764.
		Latrobe was the first fully trained architect to work and teach in America.
		Latrobe died in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1820.
	www.cartage.org.lb /en/themes/Biographies/MainBiographies/L/Latrobe/Latrobe.htm (184 words)

	Chapter II: The College Expands: 1802-1846
		Brought in to supervise the project was one of America's first professionally trained architects, the British-born Benjamin Latrobe of Philadelphia.
		Latrobe was also instructed to provide "a room for the reception and handsome exhibition of the Library of the College." The College's two famous debating societies -- the American Whig Society and the Cliosophic Society -- were housed on the top floor of Geological Hall.
		Latrobe was not present on campus when his designs were carried out, and it is unclear -- as no drawings are known -- to what extent the builders followed his intent.
	etc.princeton.edu /Campus/chap2.html (3444 words)

	Elevations and Drawings for the Virginia "Penitentiary House
		Latrobe arrived in the United States from Europe early in 1796 and spent several years in Virginia.
		Latrobe's elevations of the south front of the proposed prison building show an entryway and a "keeper's house" at the center of the ranges of cells.
		Latrobe's plan also called for the separation of male and female prisoners, a practice seldom followed in earlier jails.
	www.lva.lib.va.us /whoweare/exhibits/treasures/arts/art-p11.htm (321 words)

	Notes
		Latrobe was appointed President of the Pittsburgh-Connellsville Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
		Latrobe was general superintendent of the southern division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, having been appointed to this position, after he was transferred from his post here in May 1916.
		Latrobe was with the Pennsylvania system continuously for 33 years, starting on October 1, 1889, in the office of the engineer of maintenance-of-way at Altoona, advancing to the position of assistant supervisor, supervisor, assistant engineer, acting general agent and superintendent at Baltimore, and was made general agent and superintendent at Baltimore on November 11, 1908.
	www.latrobefamily.com /ged2html/notes.html (19797 words)

	Father of the American house \| csmonitor.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Latrobe's wide-ranging career are the focus of a new national consortium, Latrobe's America, an alliance of nine prestigious cultural organizations dedicated to preserving Latrobe's work and vision.
		Latrobe wanted everything in one building, even though the tendency at the time, especially in the South, was to build kitchens behind the house.
		Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Jefferson, and the Construction of the Capitol
	www.csmonitor.com /2002/0710/p15s02-lihc.html (1254 words)

	Latrobe, Benjamin -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Latrobe was the most original proponent of the Greek Revival style in American building.
		A neoclassic architect who contributed to the design of the United States Capitol, Benjamin Latrobe was one of the first champions of the Greek revival style in the United States.
		According to some scholars, Benjamin was a deacon under a bishop named Abdas during the reign of King Yezdigerd in Persia.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9047307?tocId=9047307 (784 words)

	Preservation Online: Today's News Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		At the same time, the only three examples of Latrobe’s American houses—Decatur House in Washington, Adena in Chillicothe, Ohio, and the Pope Villa in Lexington, Ky.—are undergoing restorations or new interpretations.
		Wayne T. Ruth, chairman of the Basilica of the Assumption Historic Trust (for Latrobe’s masterpiece, the 1807 Baltimore Cathedral), said the alliance intends to emulate the followers of Frank Lloyd Wright in furthering Latrobe’s reputation.
		In 1803, Thomas Jefferson appointed Latrobe to supervise the design and construction of public buildings; Latrobe’s federal contributions include the White House’s signature north portico and south porch and three magnificent rooms in the oldest part of the U.S. Capitol.
	www.nationaltrust.org /magazine/archives/arc_news/051702.htm (345 words)

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