Benjamin H. Latrobe

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the time. Two of which were Gorge Dance and John Soane. Both of these architects were very influential to Latrobes own work. In fact, all three architects were very influential. They all helped mold and create Latrobe's architectural style. During this advancing time period in architecture there were mainly three distinct styles of architecture. The first style was Old school. This style was strict Palladianism which was inspired by Palladio himself. The second school was Roman in origin and had a lot of functional space and had a lot of decorative detail. Latrobe found both these styles to be over rich and also to elaborate in detail. Latrobe found the Third school to be the most attractive. This style was sometimes called the "Plain Style," which was characterized by simplicity, geometric power and rationalism. With all these great teachers and mentors. Latrobe was able to develop his own style which would start a new form of architecture and create the Greek ...

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imagination, he could play an important role in the progress of his new country. The introduction of the Greek style caused an overall chain reaction which took over much of the north and southeast. This style grew popularity after a few years and became what is now known as the Greek Revival. The Greek style is more known and more popular in public buildings but there were also many private buildings designed in this style. Some of this buildings were torn down over the years but many are still intact(Hamlin 1955, 5-7).
Philadelphia gave Latrobe the opportunity to create two of his most memorable masterpieces the Bank of Pennsylvania and the city's new waterworks. The ...

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