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Which American buildings show the influence of the classic revival movement?

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Among the important buildings of the American classic revival are the Washington monument, Baltimore (1815), by Robert Mills; Bank of the United States, Philadelphia (1819-24), by William Strickland; campus buildings, Univ. of Virginia (1817-26), by Thomas Jefferson; Merchants' Exchange, Philadelphia (1832-34), by William Strickland; main building, Girard College, Philadelphia (1833-47), by T. U. Walter; and dome and wings of the Capitol at Washington (1851-65), by T. U. Walter.

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