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Author:

Peck, Garrett.

Title:

The Smithsonian Castle and the Seneca Quarry / Garrett Peck.

Publisher:

The History Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

141 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Subject:

Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)--History.
Public buildings--Washington (D.C.)--History--19th century.
Public buildings--Washington (D.C.)--History--History--19th century.
Seneca Quarry--History--19th century.
Sandstone--Seneca--Seneca--History--19th century.
Quarries and quarrying--Seneca--Seneca--History--19th century.
Seneca (Md.)--History--19th century.
Washington (D.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Foreword / by Richard Stamm -- The Quarry Master -- The Story of the Quarry -- The Smithsonian Castle -- The Civil War Comes to Seneca -- Stonecutters -- The Seneca Stone Ring Scandal -- The Building Boom -- The Quarry's Final Years -- Saving Seneca.

ISBN:

1609499298
9781609499297

OCLC:

(OCoLC)824088361

LCCN:

2013000677

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)