Program

Research Programs: Basic Research

Period of Performance

7/1/1971 - 6/30/1973

Funding Totals

$87,859.00 (approved)
$87,859.00 (awarded)


Public Architecture: A Study of 19th Century United States State Capitols

FAIN: RO-10979-71

Victorian Society in America (Philadelphia, PA 19106-3713)
Henry-Russell Hitchcock (Project Director: July 1971 to present)

To permit research into the architecture of 19th century state capitols as reflections of the aesthetic taste of the era in which they were produced. No such comprehensive study of such structures has previously been undertaken.