Pope Villa

         

Benjamin Latrobe is an extremely important designer in history. His works can be found all over the United States. Most of his structures can be found in important locations such as The White House in Washington, DC. This suggests that he was the best designer of his time. If the government trusted him to design these buildings to hold the country's most important people, he must have been talented. The first owners of the Pope Villa had made one of the front rooms into an office and as the years went by new owners took over and turn the office into a dining room. This is similar to the palladio idea in the sense that things change or ideas can be different. The wallpaper in the drawing and dining room was falling off of the walls and withering away. Many houses in those days would not have wallpaper everywhere. The room is falling apart along with its wallpaper. The image below shows the current condition of the room and we can see that the ceiling the wall and wallpaper need to be repaired to make it a safe living condition.