National Geographic Society (sold)
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Details plans to rejuvenate the National Mall and the surrounding area.
The Mall. Washington D.C. Plan Showing Building Development to 1915 in Accordance with the Recommendations of the Park Commission of 1901.
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This is a 1915 National Geographic Society city plan or map of the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Depicting the region from Arlington National Cemetery to the Library of Congress and from Lafayette Square to where the Thomas Jefferson Memorial is today. Twenty-one buildings are illustrated around the Mall. Some, including the White House (No. 2), the Capitol Building (No. 1), the Library of Congress (No. 6), and recently constructed House and Senate office buildings, are shaded red, indicating that they had been built before 1901 or had been built between 1901 and 1915. Other buildings, such as buildings for the Departments of Justine, States, Commerce, and Labor, were proposed as part of the McMillan Plan, upon which this map was based. (more details)
Details plans to rejuvenate the National Mall and the surrounding area.
The Mall. Washington D.C. Plan Showing Building Development to 1915 in Accordance with the Recommendations of the Park Commission of 1901.
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This is a 1915 National Geographic Society city map of the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Depicting the region from Arlington National Cemetery to the Library of Congress and from Lafayette Square to where the Thomas Jefferson Memorial is today. Twenty-one buildings are illustrated around the Mall. Some, including the White House (No. 2), the Capitol Building (No. 1), the Library of Congress (No. 6), and recently constructed House and Senate office buildings, are shaded red, indicating that they had been built before 1901 or had been built between 1901 and 1915. Other buildings, such as buildings for the Departments of Justine, States, Commerce, and Labor, were proposed as part of the McMillan Plan, upon which this map was based. (more details)
Envisioning the McMillan Plan.
The Ultimate Washington.
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A lovely 1915 bird's eye view of Washington, D.C., originally drawn by architect Francis L. V. Hoppin and republished in National Geographic. Among other features, it presents a view of the nation's capital (here dubbed 'Ultimate Washington') as envisioned by the McMillan Plan, a never-fully-realized scheme to remake and beautify the city. (more details)