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with a Ph.B in 1891 and an A.M. in 1892. He was awarded Columbia's McKim travelling fellowship in 1893, and for the next two years studied at the '' Ecole des Beaux Arts'' and '' Atelier Daumet-Esquie''. He returned to the United States and in 1896, was appointed chief designer in the

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, Department of the Treasury. He continued in that position until 1898, when he established an independent architectural practice in Washington D.C., which he continued until his demise. He was the architect for many public buildings in that city and drew plans for ten legations and embassy buildings, including the Turkish, Polish, Belgian, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish, and Danish legations, and the former French embassy. He was an advisor when the U.S. Capitol Building was remodelled. He also designed many private city and country dwellings in Washington, including a group of houses in the 2600 block of 16th Street, N.W., representing several styles of architecture. He also designed homes in Vermont and New Jersey. He was architect for a number of government buildings including the post office at

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and the $3 million post office and federal court building at

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He was active in professional architecture related associations. From 1897 to 1939, he served as secretary and vice president of the American section of the permanent committee of the

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, he served as a major with the Army Corps of Engineers. In 1926, he authored ''Maya Architecture''. On August 22, 1921, he married noted sculptor and artist

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of Sweden. They had two sons: George Oakley Totten III, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science from the

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, and Gilbert von Post Totten. He died at Washington, D.C., on February 1, 1939.

Selected works

* Christian Hauge House, 2349 Massachusetts Ave., NW,