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The Smithsonian Castle and the Seneca Quarry
- Title
- The Smithsonian Castle and the Seneca Quarry / Garrett Peck.
- Author
- Peck, Garrett.
- Publication
- Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2013.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | NA4227.W2 P43 2013 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 141 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map; 23 cm
- Summary
- British scientist James Smithson left a fortune to the country he so admired but had never visited. His gift founded the Smithsonian Institution and built the Smithsonian Castle. Today, the castle's distinct Romanesque façade glows warmly against the cool marble that dominates the National Mall. Yet the story of the stones is just as remarkable as that of the building that they grace. It was a boom-bust ride for the Seneca Quarry -- the source of the red sandstone. The quarry saw its first developer die, filed for bankruptcy twice, suffered through floods and contributed to a national scandal that embarrassed the Grant presidency and helped bring down the Freedman's Bank. This is the untold history of the quarry owners and emancipated slaves who toiled there and the many people who work to this day to save Seneca. Join author Garrett Peck as he traces the unlikely story of the Smithsonian Castle and the Seneca Quarry.
- Subject
- Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.) > History
- Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
- 1800-1899
- Public buildings > Washington (D.C.) > History > 19th century
- Public buildings > Washington (D.C.) > Design and construction > History > 19th century
- Sandstone > Maryland > Seneca > History > 19th century
- Quarries and quarrying > Maryland > Seneca > History > 19th century
- Bâtiments publics > Washington (D.C.) > Histoire > 19e siècle
- Buildings
- Public buildings
- Public buildings > Design and construction
- Quarries and quarrying
- Sandstone
- Seneca Quarry > History > 19th century
- Seneca (Md.) > History > 19th century
- Washington (D.C.) > Buildings, structures, etc
- Washington (D.C.)
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- 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
- 9781609499297
- 1609499298
- LCCN
- 2013000677
- OCLC
- ocn824088361
- 824088361
- SCSB-9424908
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library