History of the United States Capitol   This lavish coffee table book is filled with magnificent color photos, architectural drawings, and illustrations. It also provides a thoroughly documented of the design and construction of the Capitol, along with authoritative bibliographies, notes, and an index. It is printed on permanent paper and enhanced with a full-color image of the Nation’s Capitol on the dust jacket.   The History of the United States Capitol includes sections on:   ·        The variety of designs submitted by famed architects of the 1790’s ·        Controversial and numerous design revisions ·        The politics involved in the various construction stages ·        Suspicious events surrounding a fatal accident in 1808 ·        The British burning of the Capitol in 1814 ·        Diverse labor problems ·        the Capitol used a bakery, a barracks, and a hospital during the Civil War   Read Less