A manual on the origin and development of Washington

by H. Paul Caemmerer

CONTENTS

Chapter		Page
I	The Federal City: Story of the Movement Which Established the Seat of Government Near the Potomac	[1]
II	Establishment of the Temporary and Permanent Seats of Government	[7]
III	Development of the National Capital—The Plan of the City	[13]
	Site of the Federal City	[13]
	Terms of Original Agreement	[15]
	Boundary Stones of the District of Columbia	[19]
	Preliminary Studies	[20]
IV	Maj. Pierre Charles L’Enfant	[23]
V	The L’Enfant Plan	[25]
	The Ellicott Plan—The L’Enfant Plan Enlarged	[29]
VI	Early Washington	[35]
VII	Washington 1810-1815	[41]
VIII	Washington 1816-1839	[45]
IX	Washington 1840-1859	[49]
X	Washington 1860-1870	[53]
XI	Improvements Made During President Grant’s Administration	[61]
XII	The Influence of the Centennial Celebration and of the World’s Columbian Exposition on Art in the United States	[65]
XIII	Highway Plan of the District of Columbia	[69]
XIV	The McMillan Park Commission—The Plan of 1901	[73]
XV	National Commission of Fine Arts	[95]
XVI	Zoning of the Capital	[101]
XVII	The National Capital Park and Planning Commission	[105]
XVIII	The Lincoln Memorial and the Arlington Memorial Bridge	[131]
XIX	The Parks of the District of Columbia	[143]
XX	Architecture of Early Days	[165]
XXI	Public and Semipublic Buildings	[219]
XXII	The Public-Buildings Program	[293]
XXIII	The Government of the District of Columbia	[305]
XXIV	Arlington National Cemetery	[309]
XXV	Statues and Monuments	[319]
	Appendix	[347]
	List of Statues and Monuments in Washington	[347]
	Bibliographical List of Books on Washington the National Capital	[353]
	List of Presidents of the United States	[355]
	Quotations from Great Americans on Washington the National Capital	[357]
	Index	[359]