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| The heart of the Nation’s Capital |
Frontispiece |
| Adams Memorial, the |
324 |
| Anacostia Park, plan of |
160 |
| Aqueduct Bridge, old |
180 |
| Arboretum, National, map of |
162 |
| Arlington Cemetery, Arlington Mansion, and Fort Myer |
308 |
| Arlington Mansion, reception hall |
310 |
| Arlington Memorial Bridge |
138 |
| Arlington Memorial Bridge, architect’s design |
136 |
| Arlington Memorial Bridge development |
141 |
| Arlington Memorial Bridge, eagle and fasces |
139 |
| Arlington Memorial Bridge, eagle and bison head |
137 |
| Arlington National Cemetery—Memorial Amphitheater |
312 |
| Arlington National Cemetery—Maine Monument and the Memorial Amphitheater |
316 |
| Arlington, plan for development of greater |
142 |
| Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station, old |
73 |
| Boundary stone near Sixteenth Street NW. |
19 |
| Boundary stones of the District of Columbia |
17 |
| Boundary stones, three of the |
18 |
| British Embassy |
290 |
| Building regulations issued by President Washington |
21 |
| Burke, statue of Edmund |
344 |
| Burnham, Daniel H., on city planning |
81 |
| Cabin John Bridge |
214 |
| Capitol, the |
220 |
| Capitol, the, 1840 |
49 |
| Capitol, the, 1870 |
60 |
| Capitol at night |
222 |
| Capitol, basement plan of, 1800 |
171 |
| Capitol, bronze doors to the |
225 |
| Capitol, bronze doors to the House of Representatives wing |
229 |
| Capitol, bronze doors to the Senate wing |
227 |
| Capitol, design by Thornton, 1800 |
165 |
| Capitol, from Pennsylvania Avenue, 1830 |
166 |
| Capitol, from the west, showing the Tripoli column |
167 |
| Capitol Grounds and Union Station Plaza, 1917 |
96 |
| Capitol Grounds, treatment of the |
297 |
| Capitol Prison, old |
53 |
| Capitol, showing uncompleted dome, 1860 |
54 |
| Capitol, treatment for area west of the, plan of 1901 |
85 |
| Capitol upon its restoration, 1827 |
164 |
| Capitol, view from dome of, looking east |
106 |
| Capitol, view of dome of the, looking south |
107 |
| Central composition of the National Capital |
100 |
| Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Georgetown, lock of the old |
178 |
| Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, gatehouse |
48 |
| Christ Church, Washington |
189 |
| Christ Church, Alexandria, Va |
120 |
| Christ Church burial ground, later known as Congressional Cemetery |
44 |
| Columbia Island Plaza and Memorial Avenue |
140 |
| Constitution Hall |
278 |
| Dante, statue of |
337 |
| Decatur House |
176 |
| Declaration of Independence and the Constitution |
251 |
| Dermott map, the |
32 |
| District of Columbia Supreme Court Building |
194 |
| Dolly Madison House |
175 |
| Dupont Memorial Fountain |
335 |
| East Capitol Street |
111 |
| Ellicott plan, the |
30 |
| Ellicott map, the |
39 |
| Executive Building, 1820-66 |
267 |
| Fish market along the water front |
115 |
| Folger Shakespeare Library |
253 |
| Folger Shakespeare Library, exhibition hall |
254 |
| Ford’s Theater |
216 |
| Fort Drive |
110 |
| Francis Scott Key Bridge |
181 |
| Francis Scott Key House |
183 |
| Freedom, statue of |
223 |
| Gatehouse by Bulfinch, formerly near the Capitol |
72 |
| Gatepost designed by Bulfinch, near the Capitol |
63 |
| George Washington Memorial Parkway |
114 |
| Georgetown, house of the early days in |
184 |
| Government Printing Office, the United States |
258 |
| Grand Army of the Republic Memorial |
330 |
| Grand review of Union Army, May 1865 |
58 |
| Grant, Gen. U. S., memorial |
338, 342 |
| Grant, Gen. U. S., memorial, Artillery group |
341 |
| Grant, Gen. U. S., memorial, Cavalry group |
340 |
| Great Falls of the Potomac |
116 |
| Hamilton, statue of Alexander |
345 |
| Haymarket Square, old |
59 |
| Horse cars, view showing |
61 |
| House of Representatives Chamber |
231 |
| House of Representatives about 1820, painting by Samuel F. B. Morse |
46 |
| House of Representatives Chamber, 1830 |
169 |
| House of Representatives Office Building, New |
233 |
| House of Representatives Office Building, Old |
233 |
| Italian Embassy |
291 |
| Jackson, statue of Gen. Andrew |
323 |
| Jeanne d’Arc, statue of |
334 |
| Joaquin Miller Cabin in Rock Creek Park |
159 |
| King map, the |
33 |
| Lafayette Park, showing statue of Gen. Andrew Jackson |
152 |
| Lafayette, statue of General |
327 |
| L’Enfant, Maj. Pierre Charles |
23 |
| L’Enfant plan, the |
26 |
| L’Enfant plan, sketch of the |
22 |
| L’Enfant, tomb of |
317 |
| Library of Congress |
244 |
| Library of Congress addition |
248 |
| Library of Congress, grand staircase |
246 |
| Library of Congress, reading room |
249 |
| Lincoln died, house in which President |
217 |
| Lincoln, second inaugural of President, 1865 |
56 |
| Lincoln Memorial, the |
130, 154 |
| Lincoln Memorial and approaches, the |
130 |
| Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Basin |
134 |
| Lincoln Memorial, site of the, 1901 |
92 |
| Lincoln Memorial, statue of Abraham Lincoln |
132 |
| Lincoln Memorial, Memorial Bridge, and Riverside Drive, plan of 1901 |
93 |
| Longfellow, statue of Henry Wadsworth |
328 |
| Mall about 1890, view of the |
64 |
| Mall, the, 1930 |
97 |
| Mall, view from the Washington Monument, looking east |
295 |
| Mall, view from the Capitol dome, looking west |
294 |
| Mall, the, inundated |
79 |
| Mall and Monument Gardens, plan of 1901 |
88 |
| Mall, plan of the |
90 |
| Mall, the, showing railroad tracks crossing it |
78 |
| Meridian Hill Park, lower garden |
156 |
| Meridian Hill Park, upper garden |
156 |
| Mount Vernon |
125 |
| Mount Vernon from the air |
124 |
| Mount Vernon Memorial Highway |
118 |
| Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, bridge over Hunting Creek |
121 |
| Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, north of Little Hunting Creek |
117 |
| Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, bridge over Boundary Channel |
119 |
| Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, underpass at highway bridge |
121 |
| National Archives Building |
282 |
| National Archives Building, mural paintings in |
283 |
| National Gallery of Art |
281 |
| National Geographic Society |
278 |
| National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception |
287 |
| New Hampshire Avenue |
144 |
| Octagon House |
174 |
| Old Tobacco Barn (old Christ Church) |
188 |
| Park areas acquired to July 1, 1938 |
149 |
| Patent Office Building, Old |
198 |
| Pennsylvania Avenue, plan of 1910, plan for developing south side |
293 |
| Pennsylvania Avenue, between the Treasury and the Capitol |
298 |
| Pennsylvania Railroad Station, old |
77 |
| Pulaski, statue of Gen. Casimir |
332 |
| Rock Creek Church |
186 |
| Rock Creek Park, map of |
158 |
| Senate Chamber |
230 |
| Senate Chamber, 1830 |
168 |
| Senate Office Building |
232 |
| Six Buildings, the |
36 |
| Smithsonian Institution |
255 |
| Soldiers’ Home, United States |
212 |
| St. John’s Church |
191 |
| St. John’s Church, early view of |
192 |
| State Building, Department of, 1801 |
265 |
| State Building, Department of, when remodeled |
264 |
| Thornton, Dr. William |
197 |
| Treasury Building, Department of the |
270 |
| Treasury Building, Department of the, 1855 |
52 |
| Treasury Building, site and material for, 1839 |
47 |
| Triangle group of public buildings along Constitution Avenue |
280 |
| Tripoli Column, at Annapolis, Md |
320 |
| Tudor Place, showing gardens on the east side |
187 |
| Tudor Place, Thirty-first and Q Streets |
185 |
| Unknown Soldier of the World War, the Tomb of the |
314 |
| Union Square, plan of 1901 |
86 |
| Union Station |
234 |
| Union Station, concourse |
236 |
| Union Station, waiting room |
238 |
| Union Station and Plaza, looking north from the dome of the Capitol |
300 |
| United States Supreme Court Building |
302 |
| United States Supreme Court Chamber |
303 |
| Van Ness Mansion |
177 |
| Wakefield, at Popes Creek, Westmoreland County, Va |
127 |
| Wakefield, Washington family burying ground |
129 |
| Washington and Wakefield, map showing |
128 |
| Washington, 1852 |
50 |
| Washington, 1890 |
62 |
| Washington and environs, regional plan of |
104 |
| Washington Cathedral |
285 |
| Washington Cathedral, interior |
286 |
| Washington City Post Office |
242 |
| Washington, early, showing the Jefferson poplars |
38 |
| Washington, view of early |
34 |
| Washington from Arlington Heights, 1865 |
55 |
| Washington from Arlington, plan of 1901 |
76 |
| Washington from the President’s House, 1830 |
44 |
| Washington, the future |
94 |
| Washington in 1792 |
12 |
| Washington in embryo |
14 |
| Washington, looking north from the White House |
70 |
| Washington, looking south from Sixteenth Street and Columbia Road |
71 |
| Washington, model of the future, plan of 1901 |
75 |
| Washington, model of, showing conditions in 1901 |
74 |
| Washington, George, Houdon bust of |
122 |
| Washington, George, statue of |
322 |
| Washington, George, statue of Gen. |
318 |
| Washington, tomb of |
126 |
| Washington Monument, the |
208 |
| Washington Monument, as seen from the Mall grounds |
206 |
| Washington Monument, plan of the, by Robert Mills |
200 |
| Washington Monument, uncompleted, as it appeared from 1852-78 |
204 |
| Washington Monument, under construction, 1872 |
202 |
| Washington Monument, view northwest from the |
274 |
| Water front, plan for improvement of the |
112 |
| White House, early view of the |
170 |
| White House, north side |
262 |
| White House, view showing terrace on south side, 1827 |
172 |
| Witherspoon, statue of John |
329 |
| World’s Columbian Exposition, Court of Honor, looking east |
66 |
| World’s Columbian Exposition, Court of Honor, looking west |
67 |
| Zero milestone |
336 |
