+EARLY REPUBLICAN PERIOD.+ Between the Revolution and the War of 1812, under the new conditions of independence and self-government, architecture took on a more monumental character. Buildings for the State and National administrations were erected with the rapidly increasing resources of the country. Stone was more generally used; colonnades, domes, and cupolas or bell-towers, were adopted as indispensable features of civic architecture. In church-building the Wren-Gibbs type continued to prevail, but with greater correctness of classic forms. The gambrel roof tended to disappear from the houses of this period, and there was some decline in the refinement and delicacy of the details of architecture. The influence of the Louis XVI. style is traceable in many cases, as in the New York City Hall (1803-12, by _McComb_ and _Mangin_), one of the very best designs of the time, and in the delicate stucco-work and interior finish of many houses, The original +Capitol+ at Washington--the central portion of the present edifice--by _Thornton_, _Hallet_, and _B. H. Latrobe_ (1793-1830; Fig. 220), the +State House+ at Boston (1795, by _Bulfinch_), and the University of Virginia, at Charlotteville, by _Thomas Jefferson_ (1817; recently destroyed in part by fire), are the most interesting examples of the classic tendencies of this period. Their freedom from the rococo vulgarities generally prevalent at the time in Europe is noticeable. [Illustration: FIG. 221.--CUSTOM HOUSE, NEW YORK.]