Palace of state : the Eisenhower Executive Office Building / Eisenhower Executive Office Building edited by Thomas E. Luebke. - 245 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-233).

ONE: CIVIC ARCHITECTURE FOR A YOUNG NATION -- Victorian-Era Eclecticism in Washington / TWO: ALFRED B. MULLET AND THE SECOND EMPIRE STYLE -- The Supervising Architect of the Treasury -- Paris, London, and Cosmopolitan Style / THREE: DESIGN FOR A NEW EXECUTIVE OFFICE BUILDING -- Iron and Stone: Architectural Details -- Pattern and Polychromy: Interior Design and the Mid-Victorian Era / FOUR: CONSTRUCTION OF A TITAN -- Advancing Technologies: Fireproof Construction and Mechanized Stonecutting / FIVE: THE STATE, WAR AND NAVY BUILDING -- International Chronometry and Mapping -- Daily Life Around a Monumental Building / SIX: DECADES OF CHANGING FORTUNES -- Decorated with Military History -- Notable Figures at State, War, and Navy / SEVEN: EXECUTIVE OFFICES FOR THE PRESIDENT -- Press Conferences in the EOB -- Presidential Recreation / EIGHT: A MASTERPIECE REBORN -- Epilogue

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Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building (Washington, D.C.)--History.


Public buildings--Conservation and restoration--Washington (D.C.)
Public architecture--Washington (D.C.)--Pictorial works.
Buildings--Washington (D.C.)--Pictorial works.

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