TY - BOOK AU - Luebke,Thomas E. ED - United States. TI - Palace of state: the Eisenhower Executive Office Building SN - 9781625343628 AV - NA4423.W3 P35 2018 PY - 2018///] CY - Washington, District of Columbia PB - U.S. Commission of Fine Arts KW - Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building (Washington, D.C.) KW - History KW - Public buildings KW - Conservation and restoration KW - Washington (D.C.) KW - Public architecture KW - Pictorial works KW - Buildings N1 - Shipping list no.: 2018-0053-S; 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 ER -