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
Jonathan Cass Ohio. He was the father of Lewis Cass, the United States' 14th Secretary of War and the 22nd Secretary of State. Jonathan Cass Major Jonathan Cass (October 29, 1753August 4, 1830), born in Salisbury, Massachusetts, was a soldier of the American Revolutionary War, who enlisted as a private the day after the battle of Lexington. He served in the army till the close of the war, and was in all the important battles in the eastern and middle states, where he was distinguished for his valor and good conduct, and attained the rank of captain. He was afterwards a major