Benjamin Henry Latrobe was a British- American neoclassical architect that built many important buildings when America was being founded.  Latrobe was the second architect on the build of the United States Capital building and had to work with William Thornton’s plans to finish the Capital building.  The Capital building in Washington D.C. is one of the most important buildings in American history and Latrobe was the man that finished the job in 1800.