during his first tenure, latrobe was constrained by william thornton's 1792 winning design for the exterior envelope and stephen hallet's for the interior's. a succession of short-term architects finished much of the senate wing before latrobe's arrival. that was in 1803. the capitol latrobe inherited was that wing and the oven, the oval hall built in 1801 to accommodate the house of representatives. all these designs were a fusion of 18th century neo classism derived from roman and renaissance architecture as interpreted by italian, french, and english sources, as well as ancient ones depending on the education and tastes of the various architects involved. latrobe disliked the capitol he inherited. on both aesthetic and ideological grounds. fortunately, its decade long halting construction proved to be poor and he was able to rebuild the senate ring's interiors and to build much of the house wing before construction was halted by the war in 1812. missed one of my slides. this is latrobe -- this is thornton's exterior on your left and then hallet's interior plan. note on the interior plan

americans had neglected to blow just in the chaos and confusion of the moment, and led by colonel william thornton, one of ross' brigade commanders, they hit the maryland militia head on, took some initial casualties, but pretty quickly were able to envelope the americans, get around them, and force the militia to start retreating pretty quickly. the militia retreated to a second line of defense, and the british kept on coming. they also had rockets. this was a relatively new weapon at the time. coburn had used them with quite a bit of effectiveness in his chesapeake campaign. most of the american militia troops hadn't seen them before. and these rockets were notoriously difficult to aim, but they were really weapons of terror because they were almost like, you know, huge skyrocket that is would flare up in the sky and could come down and cause quite a blaze and quite a bit of damage where they hit, but because they were so difficult to aim, they were, you know, difficult -- they weren't a very reliable weapon for the british, but they were good at frightening the american troops, and the british

the americans neglected to blow in the chaos and confusion of the moment, and led by colonel william thorntone commanders, they hit the maryland militia head on, quickly were able to envelope the americans, get around them, and force the militia to retreat pretty quickly. the militia retreated to a second line of defense, and the british kept oncoming. they also had concrete rockets, a relatively new weapon at the time. coburn used them with quite a bit of effectiveness in the campaign, but most of the american militia troops had not seen them before, and these rockets were notoriously difficult to aim, but they were really weapons of terror because they were almost like human sky rockets that would flair up in the sky and come down and cause a blaze and quite a bit of damage where they hit, but because they were so difficult to aim, you know, they were difficult -- they were not a very reliable weapon for the british, but they were good at frightening the american troops, and the british were able to use them with great effectiveness for that reason. they started firing these, many of them w

position and for those of you with good eyes may be able to make out the guy that did this, william thornton, you can see his name on the right-hand side. the title of it was "the burning of washington" and i'm sure that fchl ort and himself did not give it that title. it was somebody at the library of congress who was helping people identify this and after studying this, it's very clear to me that this is not the burning of washington at all. it's the burning of the washington navy yard. you can make out, for example, the sheds where some of the ships would have been kept and if you look even closer, that building right there tells me that that's latrobe gate. that's the entrance to the shipyard. n jut of you t. you know that's what it is. and i can't be quite as sure, but when i look at this building right there, the roof line reminds me very much of the taney house and that house survives today as does barracks b or building number b as does latrobe gate. those structures were not burnt but almost everything else was. and so this is what it is titled today when i notified the library of c

americans had neglected to blow, just in the chaos and confusion of the moment, and led by colonel william thorntona head-on. took some initial casualties but pretty quickly were able to envelope the americans, get around them and force the mi militias to stop retreating pretty quickly. the militia retreated to a second line of defense and the british kept on coming. they also had concrete rocket. this was a relatively new weapon at the time. to burn had used them with quite a bit of effectiveness in his chesapeake campaign. most of the american militia troops hadn't seen them before. and these rockets were notori s notoriously difficult to aim, but they were really weapons of terror because they were almost like, you know, huge skyrockets that would flare up in the sky and cause damage where they hit. because they were so difficult to aim, they were, you know, difficult -- they weren't a very reliable weapon for the british. but they were good at frightening the american troops. and the british were able to use them with great effectiveness at bladensburg nafor that reason. they started firing the

americans had neglected to blow just in the chaos and confusion of the moment, led by colonel william thornton of the ross's brigade commanders, they, they hit the maryland militia head-on. took some initial casualties, but pretty quickly were able to envelope the americans get around them and force the militia to start retreating. pretty quickly. the militia retreated to a second line of defense and the british kept on coming. they also had concrete rockets this was a relatively new weapon at the time. coburn had used them with quite a bit of effectiveness in his chesapeake campaign. most of the american militia troops hadn't seen them before. these rockets were notoriously difficult to aim. but they were really weapons of care. because they were almost like huge skyrockets that would flare up in the sky and come down and cause quite a bit of blaze and damage where they would hit. but because they were so difficult to aim, they were difficult, they weren't a very reliable weapon for the british. but they were good at frightening the american troops. and the british were able to use them with

take the bay up toward williams and thornton avenue or just take 101, which will also take you past the area. again, we're talking about the crash involving a muni vehicle on the t 3rd northbound. the lights turned on a little early, around 5:41 this morning. that's a good amount of traffic. no drama through the maze or the east shore freeway but a little additional wait time getting into san francisco via i-80. for now, we'll send it back to you. >> we'll be checking back to you for alternatives on the muni accident. >> new this morning, earthquakes shook up two california towns overnight giving some residents an unwelcomed wake-up call. the the first was a 3.7 that happened around 9:30 last night just north of los angeles. around an hour and a half later, a 3.2 magnitude quake struck near cambria. no reports of damage or injuries. >> the hunt is on for a mountain lion that attacked a 6-year-old boy while he was on a hike with his family yesterday afternoon near a cupertino winery. >> nannette, fish and game are concerned that it may attack again. >> reporter: that's right. game warden

during his first tenure, latrobe was constrained by william thornton's 1792 winning design for the exterior envelope and stephen hallet's for the interior's. a succession of short-term architects finished much of the senate wing before latrobe's arrival. that was in 1803. the capitol latrobe inherited was that wing and the oven, the oval hall built in 1801 to accommodate the house of representatives. all these designs were a fusion of 18th century neo classism derived from roman and renaissance architecture as interpreted by italian, french, and english sources, as well as ancient ones depending on the education and tastes of the various architects involved. latrobe disliked the capitol he inherited. on both aesthetic and ideological grounds. fortunately, its decade long halting construction proved to be poor and he was able to rebuild the senate ring's interiors and to build much of the house wing before construction was halted by the war in 1812. missed one of my slides. this is latrobe -- this is thornton's exterior on your left and then hallet's interior plan. note on the interior plan