A Manual on the Origin and Development of Washington

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Author

Caemmerer, H. Paul (Hans Paul), 1884-1962

Title

A manual on the origin and development of Washington

Original Publication

United States: U.S. Government Printing Office,1939.

Credits

Tim Lindell, Harry Lamé and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

F106: United States local history: Atlantic coast. Middle Atlantic States

Subject

Washington (D.C.) -- Description and travel

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 69827

Release Date

January 18, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A MANUAL ON THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF WASHINGTON
2. 2.SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 280 Submitted by Mr. Hayden
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.ILLUSTRATIONS
6. 6.Chapter I THE FEDERAL CITY STORY OF THE MOVEMENT WHICH ESTABLISHED THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT NEAR THE POTOMAC
7. 7.Chapter II ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT SEATS OF GOVERNMENT — HISTORY OF EARLY SETTLEMENTS ALONG THE POTOMAC
8. 8.Chapter III DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL THE PLAN OF THE CITY — SITE OF THE FEDERAL CITY — TERMS OF ORIGINAL AGREEMENT — BOUNDARY STONES OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA — PRELIMINARY STUDIES
9. 9.Chapter IV MAJ. PIERRE CHARLES L’ENFANT
10. 10.Chapter V THE L’ENFANT PLAN — THE ELLICOTT PLAN—THE L’ENFANT PLAN ENLARGED
11. 11.Chapter VI EARLY WASHINGTON
12. 12.Chapter VII WASHINGTON, 1810-1815
13. 13.Chapter VIII WASHINGTON, 1816-1839
14. 14.Chapter IX WASHINGTON, 1840-1859
15. 15.Chapter X WASHINGTON 1860-1870
16. 16.Chapter XI IMPROVEMENTS MADE DURING PRESIDENT GRANT’S ADMINISTRATION
17. 17.Chapter XII THE INFLUENCE OF THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION AND OF THE WORLD’S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION ON ART IN THE UNITED STATES
18. 18.Chapter XIII HIGHWAY PLAN OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
19. 19.Chapter XIV THE McMILLAN PARK COMMISSION—THE PLAN OF 1901 — McMILLAN PARK COMMISSION — PLANS OF THE McMILLAN PARK COMMISSION — THE CAPITOL GROUP — THE HEAD OF THE MALL — DEVELOPMENT OF THE MALL — RESTORING THE MALL AXIS — EXTENDING THE MALL AXIS TO THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL
20. 20.Chapter XV NATIONAL COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS
21. 21.Chapter XVI ZONING OF THE CAPITAL — ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS ABSENT — HEIGHT OF BUILDINGS RESTRICTED BY THE CAPITOL DOME
22. 22.Chapter XVII THE NATIONAL CAPITAL PARK AND PLANNING COMMISSION — EAST CAPITOL STREET—EXTENDING THE MALL AXIS EASTWARD — THE FORT DRIVE — WASHINGTON CHANNEL AND THE WATER FRONT — GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL PARKWAY — THE MOUNT VERNON HIGHWAY ROUTE — THE MOUNT VERNON HIGHWAY TRAVERSES HISTORIC TERRITORY — FEATURES OF THE HIGHWAY DESCRIBED — MOUNT VERNON — WAKEFIELD, THE BIRTHPLACE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON
23. 23.Chapter XVIII THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL THE ARLINGTON MEMORIAL BRIDGE — THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL — THE STATUE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN — DECORATIONS — THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL AND SURROUNDING AREA — THE ARLINGTON MEMORIAL BRIDGE
24. 24.Chapter XIX THE PARKS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA — LAFAYETTE PARK — POTOMAC PARKS — JAPANESE CHERRY TREES — MERIDIAN HILL PARK — ROCK CREEK PARK — ANACOSTIA PARK — NATIONAL ARBORETUM
25. 25.Chapter XX ARCHITECTURE OF EARLY DAYS — THE CAPITOL — THE WHITE HOUSE — OCTAGON HOUSE — DOLLY MADISON HOUSE — DECATUR HOUSE — OTHER HISTORICAL HOUSES — GEORGETOWN — FRANCIS SCOTT KEY MANSION — TUDOR PLACE — ROCK CREEK CHURCH (ST. PAUL’S) IN ROCK CREEK CEMETERY — CHRIST CHURCH — ST. JOHN’S CHURCH — THE COURTS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA — OLD LAND OFFICE BUILDING — OLD PATENT OFFICE BUILDING — THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT — SOLDIERS’ HOME — CABIN JOHN BRIDGE — FORD’S THEATER — LINCOLN MUSEUM AND THE OLDROYD COLLECTION OF LINCOLNIANA
26. 26.Chapter XXI PUBLIC AND SEMIPUBLIC BUILDINGS — THE CAPITOL — STATUE OF FREEDOM — BRONZE DOORS OF THE CAPITOL — BRONZE DOORS OF THE SENATE WING — BRONZE DOORS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WING — THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES — SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OFFICE BUILDINGS — UNION STATION — WASHINGTON CITY POST OFFICE — LIBRARY OF CONGRESS — FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY — SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE — THE WHITE HOUSE — DEPARTMENT OF STATE — DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY — OTHER IMPORTANT BUILDINGS — THE CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART — THE AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS — MEMORIAL CONTINENTAL HALL — CONSTITUTION HALL — THE PAN AMERICAN BUILDING — THE NEW DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUILDING — PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE BUILDING — FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD BUILDING — NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES — AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHARMACY — SCOTTISH RITE TEMPLE — CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON — CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES — NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY — IMPORTANT BRIDGES OF WASHINGTON — CATHEDRAL OF ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL (WASHINGTON CATHEDRAL) — NATIONAL SHRINE OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION — NATIONAL CHURCHES IN WASHINGTON — EMBASSIES AND LEGATIONS
27. 27.Chapter XXII THE PUBLIC-BUILDINGS PROGRAM — NEW BUILDINGS NECESSARY — PLANS AS DEVELOPED — PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE — TRIANGLE DEVELOPMENT — ENLARGEMENT OF THE CAPITOL GROUNDS AND UNION STATION PLAZA DEVELOPMENT — UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT BUILDING — HOMES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
28. 28.Chapter XXIII THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
29. 29.Chapter XXIV ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY — HISTORY OF ARLINGTON — ARLINGTON AS A NATIONAL CEMETERY — ARLINGTON MEMORIAL AMPHITHEATER — TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER
30. 30.Chapter XXV STATUES AND MONUMENTS [1] — STATUE OF GEN. GEORGE WASHINGTON — TRIPOLI COLUMN — STATUE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON — STATUE OF GEN. ANDREW JACKSON — ADAMS MEMORIAL — STATUE OF GENERAL LAFAYETTE — STATUE OF ALEXANDER R. SHEPHERD — STATUE OF HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW — STATUE OF JOHN WITHERSPOON — MEMORIAL OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC TO DR. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN STEPHENSON — STATUE OF GEN. CASIMIR PULASKI — ZERO MILESTONE — DUPONT MEMORIAL — STATUE OF JEANNE D’ARC — STATUE OF DANTE — GEN. U. S. GRANT MEMORIAL — STATUE OF EDMUND BURKE — STATUE OF ALEXANDER HAMILTON
31. 31.APPENDIX — STATUES AND MONUMENTS — BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST OF BOOKS ON WASHINGTON THE NATIONAL CAPITAL HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION ( By courtesy of the Library of Congress ) — PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, CHIEF MAGISTRATES OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL — QUOTATIONS FROM GREAT AMERICANS ON WASHINGTON, THE NATIONAL CAPITAL — A TRIBUTE FROM VISCOUNT BRYCE
32. 32.INDEX — TRANSCRIPTIONS OF CHARTS AND MAPS — Transcriber’s Notes

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