File:Washington Monument, Fifteenth Street between Independence and Constitution, Washington, District of Columbia, DC HAER DC,WASH,2- (sheet 1 of 1).tif

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HAER DC,WASH,2- (sheet 1 of 1) - Washington Monument, Fifteenth Street between Independence and Constitution, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Title
HAER DC,WASH,2- (sheet 1 of 1) - Washington Monument, Fifteenth Street between Independence and Constitution, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Description
HAER drawing of the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. Delineated by Paul Berry, 1986.
Depicted place District of Columbia; District of Columbia; Washington
Date 1986
date QS:P571,+1986-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions 24 x 36 in. (D size)
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HAER DC,WASH,2- (sheet 1 of 1)
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • 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
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/dc0968.sheet.00001a
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Public domain This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.
Object location38° 53′ 42″ N, 77° 02′ 12.01″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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