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This Property is listed in
The National Register
of Historic Places
As a National Landmark for its
Architectural and Cultural contributions
To the District of Columbia
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Here LivedCarl Lutz (1895-1975)Swiss diplomat, Righteous Among the NationsWho represented the interests ofthe United States of Americain Budapest, Hungaryduring World War IIand saved the lives of thousands of Jews. ✯Carl Lutz FoundationGove…
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Named in honor ofEdward Kennedy Ellington1899-1974Native SonComposer - Performer - PlaywrightInternational Statesman of Goodwill
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Noted landscape architects George Burnap and Horace Peaslee, who worked in the Office of Public Buildings and Grounds, designed Meridian Hill Park under the guidance of the Commission of Fine Arts. By 1914, Burnap had completed his basic design: a…
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Limited funds and dramatic change in elevation at the Meridian Hill Park site — falling 75 feet from north to south — challenged the Commission of Fine Arts and their designers. The 16th Street edge required massive retaining walls to …
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At the beginning of its second century, the nation's capital was changing dramatically. In 1902, the United States Senate adopted a number of recommendations from the Senate Park Commission, popularly known as the McMillan Commission. By 1910, a f…
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Meridian Hill Park might never have been built had it not been for the determination of Mary Foote Henderson (1846 - 1931). For 22 years, she lobbied Congress for funds to buy the land and build the park. Congress's 1910 vote to authorize construc…
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On your right is Josephine Butler Parks Center, home of Washington Parks & People, a network of groups devoted to DC and its parks. The network's 1927 mansion, which once housed the Hungarian delegation, was part of an embassy row envisioned by Ma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17BQ_campus-to-army-camps-and-back-again_Washington-DC.html
President Monroe singed a charter in 1821 that established Columbian College on a site north of Florida Avenue between 14th and 15th Streets, Columbian College moved to Foggy Bottom in 1912 and became George Washington University, but the original…
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Thomas Jefferson Believed the surveyor's of the nation's capital city should set a new American Meridian, a north-south line running through both poles and the American continent.
This reference line, longitude 0? 0?, would aid navigation, mapm…