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1964
GUSN-169743
Published here for the first time are Charles Bulfinch's plans for the Massachusetts State House in Boston. Assumed lost for good in 1896 when a government committee arranged for the preservation of the building, they were finally discovered in the Phelps Stokes collection. The plans shed some light on Bulfinch's original intent, but leave some questions unanswered.
Article ID 119
SC001
Old-Time New England
SC001.1964.055.198.002
Published here for the first time are Charles Bulfinch's plans for the Massachusetts State House in Boston. Assumed lost for good in 1896 when a government committee arranged for the preservation of the building, they were finally discovered in the Phelps Stokes collection. The plans shed some light on Bulfinch's original intent, but leave some questions unanswered.
Volume 55, Number 198 (Fall, 1964)
Harold Kirker (Author)
(1964). Old Time New England. Boston, Mass.: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities.
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Boston, Mass.
Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities
Old Time New England
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