dr. thornton. as british are coming up with their torches and ready to burn this, he had gotten the papers out but couldn't get the models back. thornton comes out of the shadows and says take me to your commanding office. they take him to his commanding officer. he says to the commanding officer, and you will be that at this point, if the british burn this down, you will have the same reputation of the turks that burned down the library of alexandra. it would not work today in afghanistan or ukraine but it did work in washington, d.c. and british pulled back and first patent office was not burned, thanks to mr. thornton. he keeps coming up. let's go upstairs, when we get upstairs, when we get in the treaty room, i will tell you a few thing about what happens on the third floor. any questions you might have, ask. mind your step going up and particularly when we're coming down. this was mrs. taylor's dressing room. all of her clothes were in here. triangle-shaped room. this was the master bedroom. an

dr. thornton. but he was fascinated with architecture. he comes to the country when doing competitions. so he puts in the competition for u.s. capital and wins. first architect of the u.s. capital. when they hire the architects, they were basically hiring the frank aaron of the day. imagine this, chief architect in belgium who designed the palace is now designing your house. that gives you a little sense of that. they looked at the pattern books. it was not educated as architect but neither was jefferson. jefferson was very interested in architect as was washington. jefferson and washington would have these conversations about what washington should look like should it be made out of brick? that's jefferson, much more humble republican. should it be marble and granite? that was george washington because it's going to last the ages. washington points out to jefferson, i am president. and therefore we have a city of marble and and granite, et cetera. this house designed thornton. juan little anecdote