The U.S. Custom House in Philadelphia, a federal building project of the Depression era, was begun in December 1932. It is distinguished by richness of materials, quality of design, and by an interior mural program by a major local artist, Brandywine…
According to a prophecy, the Greeks could not take Troy without Achilles, but he was doomed to die in that war. Achilles' mother Thetis therefore sent him to the island of Skyros, where he lived disguised as a maiden with the daughters of King…
Watercolor rendering of the Bank of Pennsylvania, as viewed from the North-East. Latrobe prepared this presentation drawing for Samuel Mickle Fox, president of the Bank of Pennsylvania.