Photo by E;. L,. Crandall 



DI^TAII. OF one: of THF WORLd's GRFAT COIvONNADFS 



There are few architectural features in the New World which surpass in majesty the 

 splendid colonnades and porticos of the United States Treasury. Seventy-two great Ionic 

 columns, stately monoliths, fashioned like those of the Temple of Pallas at Athens, stretch 

 along the east front and enter into the composition of the porticos on the north, the west, 

 and the south fronts. Each of these columns, fashioned from a single stone, is 36 feet and 

 9 inches, in height, 12 feet and 6^ inches in circumference, and weighs approxirnately 35 

 tons. Where the monoliths now stand formerly were sectional sandstone pillars, which early 

 began to crumble. The work of replacing them with columns chiseled from single blocks 

 of granite was begun before the Civil War and completed in 1909 (see page 255). 



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