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Map of DC (.pdf 398KB) U.S. Department
of the Interior |
HISTORICAL DC
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President Lincoln insist-ed that work on the
new Capitol dome continue during the Civil War. It was completed in 1863. This
view also shows the Washington Canal, the Smithsonian building on the Mall, and
the un-finished Washington Monument in the distance. |
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This painting, used in the presentation of the McMillan Commission plan, shows the proposed memorial to Lincoln and the bridge linking the memorial to Arlington National Cemetery.  |
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James Hoban designed the White House in the
style of an 18th-century manor house. As shown here, the British in 1814
reduced the building to a burned-out shell during the War of 1812. Under
Hoban's direction it was rebuilt by 1817.
The Capitol as it appeared with its early copper dome, before work
on the extended wings and the current dome began in the 1850s.