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.ÿþthe gilded age, 1875 1894 117Figure 5.3forecast the style of federal buildings for the next two decades.PotterU.S.custom house andalso produced designs for federal buildings in Albany, New York;post office, Evansville,Memphis, Tennessee; Auburn, New York; and Little Rock, Arkansas,Indiana, 1876 1879,none of which were executed until the appointment of James G.HillWilliam Appleton Potter.as supervising architect.Courtesy NationalIn addition to new buildings, Potter was responsible for the com-Archives.pletion of federal buildings already under construction.Rather thancomplete them according to Mullett s designs, he attempted to mod-ify them to bring them into closer conformity with his own designphilosophy.The top of the ill-fated Chicago custom house was re-lieved of its towers and domes and was completed with a wedge-shaped roof and dormer windows.In addition, the Boston post officeand subtreasury was redesigned with details that represented Potter sown interpretation of the Second Empire style.As a critic describedPotter s addition:His renaissance is scholarly; he has his materials perfectly in handand understands the logic of their connections.There is an im-posing entrance archway to this Boston building two stories inheight in the French manner.The roofs are stately and finished
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