Thomas U. Walter

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American architect architect human

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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Label	Occurrences
Thomas U. Walter canonical	2

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American architect ⓘ architect ⓘ human ⓘ
activeInCentury	19th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
employer	United States government ⓘ surface form: 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 architecture ⓘ surface form: Greek Revival Neoclassicism ⓘ
name	Thomas U. Walter NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 ⓘ surface form: Chester County Courthouse (West Chester, Pennsylvania) First Presbyterian Church (Dayton, Ohio) design ⓘ Germantown Academy ⓘ surface form: Germantown Academy buildings (Pennsylvania) Girard College ⓘ surface form: Girard College buildings (Philadelphia) House of Representatives chamber ⓘ surface form: House of Representatives wing of the United States Capitol Larchwood Avenue Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia) design ⓘ United States Capitol ⓘ surface form: Senate wing of the United States Capitol Smithsonian Institution Building designs and consultations ⓘ St. James Episcopal Church (Philadelphia) design ⓘ United States Capitol ⓘ surface form: United States Capitol dome Wills Eye Hospital building (Philadelphia) ⓘ cast-iron dome of the United States Capitol ⓘ United States Capitol ⓘ surface form: extensions of the United States Capitol
occupation	architect ⓘ
placeOfActivity	District of Columbia ⓘ Pennsylvania ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
positionHeld	Architect of the Capitol ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
workLocation	Philadelphia ⓘ surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Washington, D.C. ⓘ

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Treasury Building → architect → Thomas U. Walter ⓘ

Old Patent Office Building (now part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery) → architect → Thomas U. Walter ⓘ

subject surface form: Old Patent Office Building