Latrobe: the U. S. Capitol dome, White house portico, Washington Navy Yard gate and Baltimore cathedral.
Strickland: Second National Bank of the U.S., U. S. Mint, U. S. Naval Asylum (all in Philadelphia)
Mills: Washington Monument, Dept. of Treasury, Patent Office (now Portrait Gallery) (all in Washington)

The talented but somewhat irresponsible William Strickland, apprenticed to Latrobe in 1801, also worked on the survey. It appears he caused Latrobe much annoyance during the four short years he was with him. When the master was close at hand to supervise the youth, his work went well, but when the student was left to his own initiative to carry out orders, things went amiss. This is particularly seen in a letter Latrobe sent to Strickland's father, August 18, 1804.


The letter continues that Latrobe sent Strickland to New Castle to open the house and be ready to receive the family. When the Latrobes arrived, they found the house damp and filled with mildew. William was not to be found. But in time Latrobe learned he had gone on a fishing party to Salem. Latrobe sent him home as punishment; later he was taken back and continued to work with Latrobe until the middle of the next summer.

Absenting himself without permission in August of 1805, Strickland was dismissed from Latrobe's office. The final work by Strickland in his capacity as a student of Latrobe was the New Castle survey, as verified in the dismissal letter.


For many years Latrobe retained his admiration for Strickland's talents and recommended him highly as a draftsman. The controversy about the Second Bank of the United States in Philadelphia, in 1819, again estranged them. This was Strickland's first big commission after leaving Latrobe.