Latrobe worked on various engineering projects, as well, including the Philadelphia waterworks, along with projects in
New Orleans where he spent the last years of his life. He wrote quite a bit, including extensive notes in his journals, which have since been published, and he translated works by others.
Built for William Cramond on the
Schuylkill River, but the mansion fell into disrepair after 1836 when it was subdivided. It was demolished in 1857, and the land is now part of
Fairmount Park. A tenant's cottage build along with the mansion remains in existence — the cottage is the only remaining building in Philadelphia designed by Latrobe.[5]
Originally designed by
Robert Smith, and for a period in 1783, it hosted the
Congress of the Confederation. The building was later redesigned by Latrobe, after a fire destroyed the building, though it was destroyed once again by fire in 1855 and rebuilt by Philadelphia architect
John Notman.[7]
The third building of Princeton University's campus and originally home to the library, study halls, and literary societies. Later known as "Geological Hall," in 1915 it was named in honor of Samuel Stanhope Smith, president of the university at the time of its construction.[8]
Built in 1804 from plans attributed to Latrobe.[25]
Writing
Benjamin Henry Latrobe authored several books and translated others, including:
Characteristic Anecdotes ... to Illustrate the Character of Frederick the Great (1788)[26]
Authentic Elucidation of the History of Counts Struensee [sic] and Brandt and of the Revolution in Denmark in the Year 1772 (1789)[26]
James Bruce hired Latrobe in 1790 to help put together Travels, a memoir of Bruce's journeys in Africa.[27][28]
After he arrived in the United States, Latrobe befriended
Constantin-François Chassebœuf, comte de Volney, who stimulated an interest in
geology. Latrobe kept numerous journals with geological notes and published a number of papers, including "Memoir on the Sand Hills of Cape Henry" (1799), Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (vol. 4, pp 439–44).[29]
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