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Washington Monument, Fifteenth Street between Independence & Constitution, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Summary
See also HABS DC-428 for additional documentation.
Significance: The Washington Monument is significant as the nations foremost memorial to her first president, George Washington, as a major example of 19th century Egyptian Revival architecture, and as a notable accomplishment in structural engineering for its period. It and its landscaped grounds are literally central to the monumental core of the nation's capital.
Survey number: HAER DC-5
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000035
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Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 38.90719, -77.03687
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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