Thomas U. Walter

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Thomas U. Walter was a prominent 19th-century American architect best known for designing the cast-iron dome of the United States Capitol and shaping key federal buildings in Washington, D.C.

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Thomas U. Walter canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American architect ⓘ
architect ⓘ
human ⓘ
activeInCentury 19th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
employer United States federal government ⓘ
familyName Walter ⓘ
fieldOfWork architecture ⓘ
genre Greek Revival architecture ⓘ
Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
givenName Thomas ⓘ
influenced later American public architecture ⓘ
influencedBy Greek temple architecture ⓘ
classical architecture ⓘ
knownFor Greek Revival public buildings in the United States ⓘ
design of the United States Capitol dome ⓘ
movement Greek Revival ⓘ
Neoclassicism ⓘ
name Thomas U. Walter ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableAchievement designed the cast-iron dome of the United States Capitol ⓘ
expanded and redesigned major portions of the United States Capitol ⓘ
helped shape key federal buildings in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
notableWork Burlington County Courthouse (Mount Holly, New Jersey) ⓘ
Chester County Courthouse (West Chester, Pennsylvania) ⓘ
First Presbyterian Church (Dayton, Ohio) design ⓘ
Germantown Academy buildings (Pennsylvania) ⓘ
linked to: Germantown Academy

Girard College buildings (Philadelphia) ⓘ
linked to: Girard College

House of Representatives wing of the United States Capitol ⓘ
Larchwood Avenue Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia) design ⓘ
Senate wing of the United States Capitol ⓘ
Smithsonian Institution Building designs and consultations ⓘ
St. James Episcopal Church (Philadelphia) design ⓘ
United States Capitol dome ⓘ
Wills Eye Hospital building (Philadelphia) ⓘ
cast-iron dome of the United States Capitol ⓘ
extensions of the United States Capitol ⓘ
occupation architect ⓘ
placeOfActivity District of Columbia ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
United States ⓘ
positionHeld Architect of the Capitol ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia

Washington, D.C. ⓘ

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Treasury Building → architect → Thomas U. Walter ⓘ
Thomas U. Walter → name → Thomas U. Walter ⓘ