renovations by 1826. Bulfinch modified Latrobe's design by increasing the height of the Capitol dome to match the diameter of 86 ft (26,2 m). With the reconstruction of the public buildings in Washington, the value of land in the area increased dramatically, paving the way for the expansion of the city that developed in the years leading up to the American Civil War. In literature Lydia Sigourney reflects on this event in her poem , written under her maiden name, Lydia Huntley, in her first collection of poetry of 1815. See also Bibliography of the War of 1812 List of incidents of political violence in Washington, D.C. 2021 storming of the United States Capitol Notes References Citations Sources Further reading Latimer, Jon. 1812: War with America, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2007. McCavitt, John, and Christopher T. George. The Man Who Captured Washington: Major General Robert Ross and the War of 1812. (2016); see online review Martin, John. "The British Are Coming: Historian Anthony Pitch Describes Washington Ablaze," LC Information Bulletin, September 1998 Pack, A. James. The Man Who Burned The White House, Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1987. Phelan, Mary Kay. The Burning of Washington: August 1814, Ty Crowell Co, 1975. Pitch, Anthony S. "The Burning of Washington", White House History, Fall 1998 Pitch, Anthony S. The Burning of Washington, Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2000. Snow, Peter When Britain Burned the White House, The 1814 Invasion of Washington, London: John Murray, 2013. Whitehorne, Joseph A. The Battle for Baltimore: 1814 (1997) External links The War of 1812 and Relocating the Nation's Capital Brookeville 1814, U.S. Capital for a Day Maryland State Archives Listing by surname of Royal Marines (2nd Battn, 3rd Battn, Colonial Marines) paid prize money for participating in the attack on Washington Conflicts in 1814 1814 fires in the United States 1814 in Washington, D.C. Arson in Washington, D.C. Attacks on the United States Congress August 1814 events Battles involving the United Kingdom Battles of the Chesapeake campaign Washington Burned buildings and structures in the United States Fires at legislative buildings Fires in Washington, D.C. Presidency of James Madison Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., in the War of 1812