[Customs house (Custom House") Virginia. Iron - stair roof – Vintage Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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[Customs house (Custom House") Virginia. Iron - stair roof
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The record names a customs house in Virginia and singles out its iron stair and roof, which points to the building's structure rather than its facade. Federal customs houses were built in port cities during the 19th century, and cast and wrought iron framing was often used in their stairs and roofs to resist fire, a concern for buildings that stored valuable goods and records. The photograph is useful for studying how these utilitarian details were built, though the record does not name the architect or the exact date.
| Created / published | 2002709124 |
|---|---|
| Medium | interior door]" |
| Genre | Design |
| Notes | ADE - UNIT 2399, no. 9 (C size) [P&P]Check for an online group record (may link to related items) |
| Subjects | For information see Architecture |
| Source | Library of Congress |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,226 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-150234 |
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