Capital losses : a cultural history of Washington's destroyed buildings

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Preface

Introduction

pt. I. Residential. Federal faces: Georgian and Federal houses ; Classical interlude: Greek Revival houses ; Age of Romanticism: Early Victorian houses ; Gaslight and gilt: Late Victorian houses ; The city beautiful: Post-1890 houses ; The domestic scale: Rowhouses ; The transient city: Hotels and apartment houses

pt. II. Nonresidential. Steeped in glory: Churches ; For members only: Clubs and organizations ; Capital commerce: Commercial buildings ; Uncle Sam's workrooms: Early government buildings ; The expanding bureaucracy: Post-Civil War government buildings ; Nine to five: Office buildings ; Grease paint and celluloid: Theaters ; For mind and body: Schools and hospitals ; A moving experience: Transportation buildings ; Hooks and ladders: Fire stations ; "Tempos" in war and peace: Temporary government buildings ; Forgotten fragments: Street furniture

Appendix: Threatened Washington buildings