Research Catalog

Title

Adolf Cluss, architect : from Germany to America / edited by Alan Lessoff and Christof Mauch.

Publication

[Washington, D.C.] : Historical Society of Washington, D.C. ; [Heilbronn] : Stadtarchiv Heilbronn ; New York : in association with Berghahn Books, ©2005.

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Additional Authors

• Lessoff, Alan
• Mauch, Christof
• Cluss, Adolph, 1825-1905

Description

184 pages : illustrations, maps; 30 cm.

Summary

"This first book devoted to the remarkable career of Adolf Cluss (1825-1905) follows Cluss from his hometown of Heilbronn is southwestern Germany, through his adventures as an associate of Karl Marx and a participant in the German Revolution of 1848, to Washington, where he built a practice as a prolific, acclaimed architect and civil engineer. The book weaves together the work of scholars in German and American history, architecture, and urban studies. Best remembered for his design of the National Museum (now the Smithsonian Institution's Arts and Industries building), Cluss infused the latest ideas and international styles and standards into his work on Washington's schools, markets, government and commercial buildings, churches, domestic architecture, and even street and sewer designs during the period when Washington was emerging as a modern city. Abundant illustrations based on years of research allow readers to visualize the episodes of Cluss's dramatic life, Washington during his time, and his remarkable legacy to his adopted city."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

GHI studies in German history

Uniform Title

GHI studies in German history

Subject

• Cluss, Adolph, 1825-1905 > Criticism and interpretation
• Cluss, Adolph, 1825-1905 > Critique et interprétation
• Cluss, Adolph, 1825-1905
• Cluss, Adolf
• 1800-1899
• Architecture > Washington (D.C.) > 19th century
• Architecture > Washington (D.C.) > 19e siècle
• Architecture
• Gebouwen
• Washington (D.C.)
• Duitsland
• Verenigde Staten

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Note

• "A Bergamot book."
• " ... the Adolf Cluss exhibitions at both the Charles Sumner School Museum in Washington, D.C., and the Stadtarchiv Heilbronn, Germany, September 2005 to February 2006"--Title page verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Adolf Cluss in Heilbronn : his formative years / Christhard Schrenk and Peter Wanner -- Years of apprenticeship and travel : Adolf Cluss and the revolution of 1848 in Mainz / Sabine Freitag -- Adolf Cluss : from German revolutionary to architect for America's capital / Sabina W. Dugan -- Die Residenzler : German Americans in the making of the nation's capital / Kathleen Neils Conzen -- The Washington Cluss found, the Washington Cluss made / Joseph L. Browne, Sabine W. Dugan, Harriet Lesser -- Adolf Cluss : a family album / Joseph L. Browne, Sabina W. Dugan, Harriet Lesser -- Adolf Cluss, the world, and Washington / Richard Longstreth -- Adolf Cluss and Washington's public works / Alan Lessoff -- Cluss's masterwork : the National Museum building / Cynthia R. Field -- Schools for all : Adolf Cluss and education / Tanya Edwards Beauchamp -- Adolf Cluss and public market reform / Helen Tangires -- Epilogue : The lost buildings of Adolf Cluss / Christof Mauch.

ISBN

• 1845450523
• 9781845450526

LCCN

2005041187

OCLC

58451878

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library