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ILLUSTRATIONS

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Figure 1. Latrobe, Architectural Drawings for a House, Richmond, Virginia.

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Figure 2. Google Map with blue outline of The Benjamin James Harris House/Clifton location
superimposed on Micajah Bates’ 1835 plan of the city of Richmond. From Stephenson and
McKee’s Virginia In Maps: Four Centuries of Settlement, Growth, and Development.

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Figure 3. Latrobe’s “View in Perspective of Mr. Pennock’s Hall and
Staircase,” ca. 1798-1799? From Fazio and Snadon’s The Domestic
Architecture of Benjamin Henry Latrobe.

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Figure 4. A portion of Latrobe’s perspective drawing for Sedgeley Villa, ca. 1799, highlighting the
same Post-Chaise carriage, from Fazio and Snadon’s The Domestic Architecture of Benjamin Henry
Latrobe.

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Figure 5. Lower left corner of perspective, enlarged. Latrobe, Architectural Drawings for a House,
Richmond, Virginia.

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Figure 6. Lower right portion of perspective, enlarged. Latrobe, Architectural Drawings for a
House, Richmond, Virginia.

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Figure 7. “View down James river from Mr. Nicolson’s house above Rocketts,” May 16, 1796. From
Carter, Van Horne and Brownell’s Latrobe’s View of America.

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Figure 8. Left side of site plan. Latrobe, Architectural Drawings for a House, Richmond, Virginia.

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Figure 9. Detail of Richard Young’s map of Richmond, ca. 1809 (north at the top). (Library of
Virginia)

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Figure 10. Detail of Richard Young’s map of Richmond, 1817 (north at the top) imposing Latrobe’s site
plan over top Mayo’s hill. The uppermost blue footprint outlines the original orientation of the proposed
house and the lower blue footprint outlines the actual orientation of the Benjamin James Harris House, or
Clifton, according to Sanborn fire insurance plats.

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Figure 11. Latrobe’s “Sketch of Coll. John Mayo’s house at the Hermitage near Richmond, Virginia,” July 10, 1797.
From Carter, Van Horne and Brownell’s Latrobe’s View of America.

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Figure 12. Left side of site plan with Latrobe’s handwriting “...of Col. John...” laid over top.
Latrobe, Architectural Drawings for a House, Richmond, Virginia.

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Figure 13. “View of the City of Richmond from the Bank of James River...” May 24, 1798. From
Carter, Van Horne and Brownell’s Latrobe’s View of America.

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Figure 14. Plan for Shockoe Church, ca. 1798. From Cohen and
Brownell, The Architectural Drawings of Benjamin Henry Latrobe.

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Figure 15. Five-part villa sketch on the back of a letter from John Mayo to Mr. Boulton, dated
March 1797. (Library of Virginia)

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Figure 16. Wyndham House, Salisbury, England, 1788-90. From Fazio and Snadon,
The Domestic Architecture of Benjamin Henry Latrobe.

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Figure 17. Daylesford, Gloucestershire, England, 1788-92. From Fazio and Snadon, The Domestic
Architecture of Benjamin Henry Latrobe.

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Figure 18. Alderbury, near Salisbury, England, 1791-96. From Fazio and Snadon, The
Domestic Architecture of Benjamin Henry Latrobe.

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Figure 19. Alderbury, oculus skylight. From Fazio and Snadon, The Domestic Architecture of
Benjamin Henry Latrobe.

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Figure 20. Mill Hill, location unknown, possibly near Richmond,
Virginia, 1796. From Fazio and Snadon, The Domestic Architecture of
Benjamin Henry Latrobe.

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Figure 21. Riversdale, Bladensburg, Maryland,1800-01. From Fazio
and Snadon, The Domestic Architecture of Benjamin Henry Latrobe.

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Figure 22. Charlestown Five Cent Savings Bank, Moffette & Tolman,
1876.

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Figure 23. Illustration of the The Lincoln House in Boston, Mass., by
George R. Tolman for Rambles In Old Boston.

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Figure 24. Squan Beach Life Saving Station, Manasquan, New Jersey. From Squan Beach Life Saving Station.
Web.

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Figure 25. Perspective drawing for Richmond Capitol addition by Tolman & Dimmock, from The
Times, 30 Nov, 1902

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Figure 26. Perspective drawing for Westover additions by Tolman & Dimmock, from Brownell, et al, The
Making of Virginia Architecture.