Cass Gilbert Gilbert was a conservative who believed architecture should reflect historic traditions and the established social order. His design of the new Supreme Court building (1935), with its classical lines and small size, contrasted sharply with the large federal buildings going up along the National Mall in Washington, D.C., which he disliked. Heilbrun says "Gilbert's pioneering buildings injected vitality into skyscraper design, and his 'Gothic skyscraper,' epitomized by the Woolworth Building, profoundly influenced architects during the first decades of the twentieth century." Christen and Flanders note that his reputation among architectural critics went into eclipse during the age of modernism, but
Major General Marquis Gilbert de Lafayette Major General Marquis Gilbert de Lafayette Major General Marquis Gilbert de Lafayette is a statue in Lafayette Square, by Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguiere. It was cast in 1890, and installed in April 1891. The inscription reads: <br> Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguiere<br> Marius Jean Antonin Mercie (Base, west side, on cannon:) <br> Maurice Denonvilliers, Foundeur Paris 1890 (Base, south side, on shield:) <br> TO<br> GENERAL<br> LA FAYETTE<br> AND HIS<br> COMPATRIOTS<br> 1777-1783<br> DERVILLE FARBRE (Base, north side, on cartouche:) <br> BY THE CONGRESS<br> IN COMMEMORATION<br> OF THE SERVICES<br> RENDERED BY<br> GENERAL LAFAYETTE<br> AND HIS COMPATRIOTS<br> DURING THE STRUGGLE<br> FOR THE<br> INDEPENDENCE <br>