Library of Congress Justly celebrated as the culmination of architectural achievement of the day. Was completed in 1897 at a cost of over $6,000,000. The Library is here seen from the Capitol. The dome and lanterns are finished in black copper, with panels gilded with thick coating of gold leaf; and the cresting of the dome terminates in a gilded finial representing the torch of science ever burning.
"The White House has been the home of the Presidents from the time John Adams to the present. Washington selected the site laid the cornerstone in 1792. The building is of Virgina freestone.After the house had been fired by British troops in 1814 and only the walls were left standing the restored exterior was painted white to obliterate the marks of fire.
