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Street View

Address

800 E Roy Street, Seattle, WA 98102

Date constructed

1925

Architect

Daniel Riggs Huntington

Function

Dar chapter house

Elements

cupola
Cupola
piazza
Piazza
white
White

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Published by the University of Virginia Press in 2016, First in the Homes of His Countrymen chronicles Mount Vernon’s role in historic preservation and popular American culture since George Washington’s death in 1799. Diving deep into America’s obsession with the building, Lydia Mattice Brandt explains how and why people copy Washington’s home more often than any other historic place in the United States and reveals the astonishingly wide range of interpretations of this singular mansion.

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