A manual on the origin and development of Washington

by H. Paul Caemmerer

INDEX

• Abingdon, site of, [117].
• Ackerman & Ross, architects, [284].
• Adams Memorial, [187], [325].
• Adams, President John, [40].
• Adams, President John Quincy, [45], [176], [268].
• Agriculture, Department of, [89], [145], [284].
• Alexandria, Va., [8], [37], [117].
• Allied Architects, Inc., of Washington, [235].
• American Battle Monuments Commission, [315].
• American Institute of Architects, [73], [81], [146].
• American Institute of Pharmacy, [277].
• American University, [279].
• Anacostia Park, [10], [161].
• Arboretum, National, [161], [296].
• Architecture, classical order of, [86], [165], [171], [196], [235], [261].
• Archives Building, National, [284].
• Arlington Mansion, [182], [309].
• Arlington Memorial Amphitheater, [313].
• Arlington Memorial Bridge, [93], [135], [284], [296].
• Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission, [135].
• Arlington National Cemetery, [82], [142], [309], [311].
• Army War College, [284].
• Art in the United States, influence on:
• Centennial Celebration of 1876, [65].
• World’s Columbian Exposition, 1893, [65].
• Bacon, Henry, Architect, [131], [333], [343].
• Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co., [45].
• Bancroft, George, [177].
• Barsotti, Chevalier Carolo, gift of, [339].
• Bennett, Parsons & Frost, architects, [284].
• Bingham, Theodore A., Superintendent Public Buildings and Grounds, [146].
• Blair, Gist, [153], [155].
• Blashfield, Edwin Howland, mural painter, [247].
• Blodgett Hotel, [43].
• Boston Museum of Fine Arts, [65].
• Botanical Society of Washington, [11].
• Botanic Garden, [296].
• Brown, Arthur, architect, [284].
• Brown, Glenn and Bedford, architects, [284].
• Boundary Stones, District of Columbia, [19].
• Bryce, Viscount, [279], [358].
• Budget, Director of the, [307].
• Building Regulations of President Washington, [21], [101], [105].
• Bulfinch, Charles, Architect of the Capitol, [219].
• Burke, Edmund, statue of, [343].
• Burnes, David, [15].
• Burnham, Daniel H., [77], [80], [210], [235].
• Burnham & Co., D. H., [80], [235], [241].
• Cabin John Bridge, [215].
• Calvert Street Bridge, [284].
• Capitol, the:
• Bronze doors of, [224].
• Description of, an early, [165].
• Description of, a later, [219].
• Enlargement of, [49], [219].
• Group, [85].
• House of Representatives wing of, bronze doors of the, [228].
• Paintings in Rotunda of, [221].
• Senate wing of, bronze doors of the, [226].
• Capitol Grounds and Union Station Plaza, development, [296], [301].
• Capitol Prison, old, [43].
• Capper-Cramton Act, the, [108], [151].
• Carnegie, Andrew, [276].
• Carnegie Institution of Washington, [277].
• Carrere & Hastings, architects, [235], [277], [313].
• Carrollsburgh, [37].
• Casey, Edward Pearce, architect, [245], [275], [284], [343].
• Casey, Thomas Lincoln, [205].
• Cassatt, Alexander J., president Pennsylvania Railroad Co., [84].
• Catholic University of America, [279].
• Centennial Celebration, influence on Art, [65].
• Central Heating Plant for Public Buildings, [284].
• Chain Bridge, [284].
• Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, [277].
• Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Co., [45], [109], [182], [183].
• Chicago, [65].
• Chief of Engineers, [147].
• Chodzinski, Kasimiriez, sculptor, [331].
• Christ Church, Alexandria, Va., [117].
• Christ Church, Washington, [187], [190].
• Churches in Washington, National, [289].
• Clarke, Gilmore D., [119].
• Clay, Henry, [99], [176].
• Columbia Institution for the Deaf, [279].
• Columbia Island, [137], [142].
• Columbus Monument, [241].
• Commerce Building, Department of, [279].
• Committee on the Library, [98], [161].
• Congress of the United States, [228].
• Congressional Cemetery, [190].
• Congressional Record, [232].
• Connogochegue River, [7].
• Constitution Avenue, [135], [293].
• Constitution Hall, [275].
• Constitution of the United States:
• Provision for Federal District, in, [4].
• In Library of Congress, [247].
• Continental Congress, the:
• Cities occupied by, [1].
• Inconvenienced by moving, [2].
• Coolidge, President Calvin, [276], [296].
• Coolidge, Mrs. Elizabeth Sprague, [250].
• Council of Fine Arts, [95], [99].
• Corbett, Harvey W., architect, [119].
• Corcoran Gallery of Art, [65], [179], [275].
• Corcoran House, [179].
• Couper, William, sculptor, [326].
• Courts of the District of Columbia, [193].
• Crawford, Thomas, sculptor, [224], [226].
• Cret, Paul P., architect, [252], [276], [284].
• Custis, George Washington Parke, [182], [203], [309].
• Dante, statue of, [159], [339].
• D’Arc, Jeanne, statue of, [159], [333].
• Daughters of the American Revolution, National Society of the, [275].
• Decatur House, [176].
• Declaration of Independence, [9].
• In Library of Congress, [245].
• Delano, Frederic A., [163].
• Delano & Aldrich, architects, [284].
• Dermott, James R., plan of, [32].
• District of Columbia, the:
• Act establishing, [7]
• Agreement for purchase of land for—
• Terms of, [15];
• Signers of, [16].
• Board of Commissioners of, [7], [102], [305].
• Government of the, [305].
• Boundary stones of, [19].
• Description of 1810-1815, [41].
• Georgetown made part of, [179].
• Government of the, [305].
• Highway Plan of, [69].
• One hundredth anniversary of removal of the seat of government to the, [73].
• Origin and form of government of, [305].
• District of Columbia Courthouse, [193].
• Douglas, Stephen A., [321].
• Downing, A. J., [145].
• Dubois, Paul, sculptor, [333].
• Dunbar, U. S. J., sculptor, [326].
• Dupont Memorial, [333].
• Early, Gen. Jubal A., [57].
• Early settlements along the Potomac, [9].
• Eastern Branch, [7], [8], [13].
• East Capitol Street, extending the Mall axis eastward, [109], [111].
• East Potomac Park, [155].
• Eliot, Dr. Charles W., [240], [243].
• Ellicott, Andrew, [19], [28], [29].
• Ellicott Plan, [29].
• Elliott, Hon. Richard N., [299].
• Embassies and Legations, [289].
• Engraving and Printing, Bureau of, [273], [284].
• Expositions held in the United States, [68].
• Federal City, the:
• Movement to establish, [1].
• Naming streets of, [20].
• Original agreement for, [15].
• Preliminary studies of, [25].
• Site of, [13].
• Federal Hall, [5].
• Federal Reserve Board Building, [276].
• Federal Trade Commission Building, [284].
• Fernald, Senator Bert N., [299].
• Flagg, Ernest, architect, [275].
• Folger Shakespeare Library, [252].
• Ford’s Theater, [57], [215].
• Fort Drive, [108], [111].
• Fort Stevens, [57].
• Fort Washington, Md., [109], [151].
• Foundry Methodist Church, [45].
• Foxall, Henry, [45].
• Francis Scott Key Bridge, [284].
• Fraser, James E., sculptor, [139], [343].
• Freedom, statue of, [224].
• Freer Gallery of Art, [89], [256], [284].
• French, Daniel Chester, sculptor, [133], [333].
• Friedlander, Leo, sculptor, [139].
• Garden Club of America, [163].
• Garfield Park, [147].
• General Accounting Office, [284].
• George Washington Bicentennial Celebration, [129].
• George Washington Birthplace National Monument, [129].
• George Washington Memorial Parkway, [115], [296].
• George Washington National Masonic Memorial, [119].
• George Washington University, [279].
• Georgetown, [40], [48], [179];
• University, [279].
• Giegengack, A. E., Public Printer, [260].
• Gilbert, Cass, architect, [175], [273], [277], [304].
• Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor, architect, [276].
• Government department building, first, [266], [272].
• Government of the United States, the:
• Act for establishment of the temporary and permanent seat of, [7].
• Amendment to act establishing, [8].
• Government Printing Office, [257]-[261].
• Grand Army of the Republic Memorial to Benjamin F. Stephenson, [331].
• Grant, Gen. U. S., Memorial 82, [87], [148], [339].
• Grant, President Ulysses S., [61], [203].
• Great Falls of the Potomac, [45], [109], [115].
• Greenough, Horatio, sculptor, [321].
• Gregory, John, sculptor, [254].
• Guerin, Jules, mural painter, [133].
• Hadfield, George, architect, [190], [193], [219], [309].
• Hallet, Stephen H., [219].
• Hamburg, [37].
• Hamilton, Alexander:
• Part taken in locating National Capital, [6].
• Secretary of the Treasury, first, [271].
• Statue of, [343].
• Hamilton, Mrs. Alexander, [203].
• Hamilton, Mount, [161].
• Harding, President Warren G., [135].
• Hay, John, [91], [177].
• Heath, Hon. Ferry K., [299].
• Height of Buildings, [103].
• Hewlett, J. Monroe, [275].
• Highway Plan of the District of Columbia, [69].
• Hoban, James, architect of the White House, [219], [261].
• Hoover, President Herbert, [263].
• Houdon, Jean Antoine, sculptor, [319].
• House of Representatives Office Building, new, [235], [296].
• Howard University, [279].
• Hughes, Charles Evans, Chief Justice of the United States, [304].
• Independence Hall, [3].
• Indian Tribes in and about the District of Columbia, [10].
• Interior Department, [127], [143], [276], [306].
• Internal Revenue, Bureau of, Building, [284].
• Interstate Commerce Commission Building, [279].
• Jackson, President Andrew:
• Suggests location of Arlington Memorial Bridge, [135].
• Department of the Treasury Building, selects site for, [272].
• Statue of, [321].
• James Creek, [37].
• Japanese Cherry Trees, [155].
• Jeanne d’Arc statue, [333].
• Jefferson Pier, [91], [202].
• Jefferson, President Thomas:
• Architect of the Capitol, appoints, [40], [167].
• Improves Pennsylvania Avenue, [40].
• Influence on architecture, [68], [86].
• Library of, purchase of, [219], [248].
• National Capital, the—
• Alternate plan of, for, [15].
• Founding of, in, part of, [6].
• L’Enfant’s plans for, in directing, part of, [25].
• Pennsylvania Avenue, in the time of, [40], [299].
• Pew of, in Christ Church, [188].
• Secretary of State, [266].
• Streets in, for naming, plan of, [20].
• Suggests that L’Enfant study plans of Old World capitals, [24].
• Trees, to preserve, desire of, [143].
• Washington in days of, [37].
• Jennewein, C. Paul, sculptor, [139].
• John Marshall Place, [193].
• Johnson, President Andrew, [57].
• Johnston, Harriet Lane, [157].
• Jones Point, cornerstone of the District of Columbia at, [19].
• Jones, Thomas Hudson, sculptor, [315].
• Justice, Department of, Building, [284].
• Key, Francis Scott, Mansion, [42], [182].
• Keyes, Senator Henry W., [299].
• King Map, [33].
• Klingle Ford Bridge, [284].
• Labor Department Building, [279].
• Lafayette, General:
• Entertained at—
• Arlington, [182].
• Tudor Place, [187].
• Mount Vernon, visits, [123], [126].
• Statue of, [325].
• Washington, visits, [45].
• Lafayette Park, [147], [153].
• Land Office Building, old, [196].
• Landscape Architects, American Society of, [82].
• Latrobe, Benjamin H., Architect of the Capitol, [40], [167], [219], [304], [319].
• Lawrie, Lee, sculptor, [276].
• Lear, Tobias, burial place of, [190].
• Legations, Embassies and, [289].
• L’Enfant, Pierre Charles:
• Accompanies President Washington and Commissioners to view site for Federal City, [20].
• Biography of, [23].
• Designs Fort Washington, [151].
• Plan of—
• Apparently forgotten, [49], [145].
• Basis of Plan of 1901, [83], [89].
• Description of, [25], [32], [93], [146].
• Influence on parks and highways, [108], [145], [147].
• Methods and features of, [25].
• Preserved in Library of Congress, [29].
• Tomb of, in Arlington, [313].
• Library of Congress, [245], [296].
• Lincoln Memorial, the:
• Description of, [131].
• Decorations in, [133].
• On main axis with Capitol and Washington Monument, [91].
• Statue of Abraham Lincoln, in, [133].
• Lincoln Memorial and surrounding area, [135].
• Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Basin, [135].
• Lincoln Museum, [215].
• Lincoln, President Abraham:
• Assassination of, [215].
• Fort Stevens, under fire at, [57].
• Funeral of, [57].
• Washington in the time of, [53], [147].
• Little Falls of the Potomac, [45].
• Logan, Gen. John A., [313].
• Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, statue of, [326].
• Luce, Robert, Congressman, [163].
• Lynn, David, Architect of the Capitol, [301], [304].
• McCall, Congressman Samuel W., [95].
• McClellan, Gen. George B., [176].
• McKim, Mead & White, architects, [137], [284], [333].
• McKim, Charles F., architect, [77], [80], [81], [91].
• McKinley, President William, [177].
• McMillan, Senator James, [77], [146], [304].
• McMillan Park Commission:
• Members of, [77].
• Plans of—
• Discussed, [28], [73], [83], [105], [146].
• Important feature of, [301].
• Influence on parks, [150].
• Mall developed, according to, [109].
• McNary, Senator Charles L., [163].
• Madison, Mrs. Dolly, [43], [175], [203], [263].
• Madison, Dolly, House, [153], [175].
• Madison, President James, [43], [173], [175], [188], [201].
• Maginnis & Walsh, architects, [288].
• Mall, the:
• Development of, [87], [145], [296].
• Extension of, [91], [155].
• Head of, [87].
• Restoring axis of, [89].
• Marshall, John:
• George Washington, monument to, author of resolution for erecting a, [199].
• Chief Justice, President Washington Monument Society, [201].
• Secretary of State, [266].
• Statue of Washington, comment on, [319].
• Maryland Legislature, offer of, [2].
• Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission, [108].
• Mayors of Washington, [305].
• Meade, Gen. George G.:
• Grand Review in 1865, participates in, [57].
• Memorial to, [87], [150].
• Meigs, Gen. Montgomery C., [215], [224], [311].
• Mellon, Andrew, W., [256], [301].
• Meridian Hill Park, [157].
• Merriam, John C., [163].
• Metropolitan Museum in New York, [65].
• Mills, Clark, sculptor, [224], [321].
• Mills, Robert, architect, [196], [197], [201], [272].
• Mint, the, Bureau of, [273].
• Monroe, President James, Washington in time of, [45], [101], [188].
• Moore, Charles, former chairman, National Commission of Fine Arts, [82].
• Morris, Robert, [35], [271].
• Morse, S. F. B., first telegraph office of, [196].
• Mount Pleasant, [57].
• Mount Vernon, [121].
• Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, [108], [117], [296].
• Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association of the Union, [126].
• Mullett, A. B., architect, [268], [284].
• Municipal Center, the, [296].
• Municipal Fish Wharf, [113].
• Murphy, Frederick V., architect, [288].
• National Academy of Sciences, [276].
• National Capital, the, development of, [13], [105].
• National Capital Park and Planning Commission, [51], [69], [99], [102], [105], [150], [306].
• National Cathedral School, [288].
• National churches in Washington, [289].
• National Commission of Fine Arts, [95], [99], [102], [105], [150], [161], [296], [315].
• National Conference on City Planning, [82].
• National Gallery of Art, [89], [256], [284].
• National Geographic Society, [277].
• National Museum, [89], [256], [284].
• National Park Service, [127], [143], [218].
• National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, [288].
• National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, [275].
• Naval Academy, [319].
• Naval Hospital, [284], [296].
• Naval Observatory, [284].
• Navy Department Building, [296].
• Noyes, Mrs. Frank B., [163].
• Octagon House, [81], [173].
• Oldroyd Collection of Lincolniana, [215].
• Olmsted, Frederick Law, jr., landscape architect, [82], [87], [163].
• Page, William Tyler, [209].
• Palisades of the Potomac, [93].
• Pan American Union, [276].
• Park system of the National Capital, [143], [306].
• Partridge, William T., study of L’Enfant plan by, [25].
• Patent Office, [42], [48], [197].
• Peaslee, Horace W., architect, [333], [343].
• Pennsylvania Avenue, [37], [145], [299].
• Pennsylvania Railroad Co., [84].
• Pension Office Building, old, [284].
• Perry, Hinton R., sculptor, [284].
• Piccirilli Brothers, marble cutters, [133].
• Platt, Charles A., architect, [284].
• Polk, President James K., [51].
• Pope, John Russell, architect, [257], [275], [277], [284].
• Porter, Commodore, owner of Meridian Hill Park site, [159].
• Post Office Department Building, [48], [284].
• Potomac Parks, [131], [155].
• Presidents of the United States, list of, [355].
• Proctor, A. Phimister, sculptor, [284].
• Public Buildings Act of 1926, [296], [299], [301].
• Public Buildings Commission, [293], [301].
• Public Buildings Program, [293].
• Public Health Service Building, [276].
• Public Library, [284].
• Pulaski, Gen. Casimir, statue of, [331].
• Putnam, Herbert, Librarian of Congress, [252].
• Q Street Bridge, [284].
• Quotations from great Americans on the National Capital, [357].
• Railroad into the District, first, [48].
• Rankin, Kellogg & Crane, architects, [284].
• Red Cross, American National, [275].
• Renwick, James, architect, [256], [284].
• Rhind, J. Massey, sculptor, [331].
• Rich, Lorimer, architect, [315].
• Rinehart, William H., sculptor, [226], [228].
• Riverside Drive, [93], [142].
• Rock Creek Cemetery, [187], [325].
• Rock Creek Church, [187].
• Rock Creek Park, [148], [159].
• Rock Creek Parkway, [93], [148].
• Rockefeller, John D., [129].
• Rodgers House, [177].
• Rogers, Randolph, [224].
• Roosevelt, President Theodore, [89], [91], [179], [279].
• Root, Elihu, [91], [95], [98].
• Ross, Albert R., architect, [333].
• Rust, Mrs. Harry Lee, [129].
• Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, [77], [81], [91], [325].
• Scottish Rite Temple, [277].
• Senate and House of Representatives Office Buildings, [235].
• Seven Buildings, the, [266].
• Shaw Lily Gardens, [161].
• Shepherd, Alexander R.:
• District of Columbia, Governor of, [61].
• Statue of, [326].
• Sherman, Hon. John, [203], [209].
• Shipstead-Luce Act, [95], [102].
• Shrady, Henry Merwin, sculptor, [343].
• Simon, Louis, architect, [284].
• Six Buildings, the, [39], [266].
• Smith, Capt. John, [9], [13].
• Smithsonian Institution, [256], [284].
• Social Security Building, [296].
• Société des Femmes de France à New York, [159], [339].
• Soldiers’ Home, [211].
• Sousa Bridge, John Philip, [284].
• St. John’s Church, [153], [190], [192].
• Standards, Bureau of, [284].
• Star, Evening, [51], [299].
• Star-Spangled Banner, national anthem:
• Act of Congress designating, [185].
• Original, in National Museum, [185].
• State, Department of, [81], [265].
• State, War, and Navy Building, [61], [81], [268], [284].
• State Zoning Enabling Act, [101].
• Statues and Monuments in Washington, list of, [347].
• Street cars, Introduction in Washington of, [57].
• Sultan, Brig. Gen. Dan. I., [284].
• Supreme Court Chamber, [304].
• Supreme Court Building Commission, [304].
• Surveyor’s Office, District of Columbia, [33], [69].
• Suter’s Tavern, [19].
• Taft, President William Howard, [91], [263], [279], [331].
• Taft, Mrs. William Howard, [157].
• Taft, William Howard, Bridge, [159], [284].
• Thomas, Havard, sculptor, [343].
• Thornton, Dr. William, [42], [173], [185], [190], [197], [219].
• Tiber Creek, [37].
• Tobacco barn, old (original Christ Church), [188].
• Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, [296], [315].
• Town House site, [32].
• Treasury, Department of the, [48], [267], [271].
• Trees of Washington, [63], [111].
• Triangle development, [301].
• Trinity College, [279].
• Tripoli Column, [319].
• Trowbridge, Alexander B., [252].
• Trowbridge & Livingston, architects, [275].
• Tudor Place, [182], [185].
• Union Army, the, Grand Review of, [57].
• Union Square, [87].
• Union Station, [84], [235]-[241].
• Union Station, Plaza of, [103], [301].
• United States Botanic Garden, [296].
• United States Engineer Office, [113].
• United States Naval Academy, [319].
• United States Supreme Court Building, [296], [301].
• Unknown Soldier, the:
• Burial of, [135].
• Tomb of, [142], [296], [315].
• Van Ness Mansion, [177], [276].
• Vedder, Elihu, painter, [245].
• Virginia:
• Offer of Legislature of, [6].
• Part of District of Columbia receded to, [51].
• Wakefield National Memorial Association, [127], [129].
• Wakefield, Va.:
• Ancestors of Washington settle at, [10].
• Birthplace of George Washington, [127].
• Walter Reed General Hospital, [284], [296].
• Walter, Thomas U., [86], [219], [224], [268].
• War Department Building, [296].
• Ward, John Quincy Adams, sculptor, [5].
• Warden, David Baillie, [41].
• Washington:
• Early, [35].
• 1810-1815, [41].
• 1816-1839, [45].
• 1840-1859, [49].
• 1860-1870, [53].
• Improvements made in, during administration of President Grant, [61].
• Metropolitan area of, [105].
• Washington, Col. John, [10].
• Washington, Judge Bushrod, [126].
• Washington, President George:
• Appoints Commissioners of the District of Columbia, [13].
• Arrives at Suter’s Tavern, Georgetown, [19].
• Birthplace of, [127].
• Capitol, cornerstone of, lays, [219], [228].
• Confers with Commissioners of the District of Columbia, [20].
• Federal City, site for, authorized to select, [7], [8].
• Home of, [121].
• Inauguration of, [5].
• L’Enfant, high regard of, for, [24].
• Potomac Canal, constructs, [4], [151].
• Statues of, [5], [319], [321].
• Trowel used at laying of cornerstone of Capitol by, [117], [118].
• Washington Aqueduct, [57].
• Washington Cathedral, [284].
• Washington Channel and water front, [113].
• Washington City Post Office, [241].
• Washington Meridian, [159].
• Washington Monument, the:
• Detailed description of, [197].
• Laying cornerstone of, [49], [202].
• Washington National Airport, [117].
• Washington National Monument Society, [199], [209].
• Webster-Ashburton treaty, tablet commemorating, [268].
• Webster, Daniel:
• Capitol extension, orator at laying of cornerstone of, [9], [219].
• Describes General Jackson, [135].
• Residence of, [179].
• White House, the:
• Early description of, [41], [171], [173].
• Later description of, [261].
• Weinman, A. A., sculptor, [277], [303].
• White, Stanford, architect, [325].
• Wilson, James, Secretary of Agriculture, [161].
• Wilson, President Woodrow, [243], [288].
• Winter, Ezra, painter, [276].
• Winthrop, Robert C., [202], [209].
• Witherspoon, John, statue of, [326].
• Wood, Waddy B., architect, [276].
• World’s Columbian Exposition, [65].
• World War, influence on Washington, [101], [293].
• World War Memorials in Europe, [99].
• Wyeth, Nathan C., architect, [284].
• Wyeth & Sullivan, architects, [235].
• York & Sawyer, architects, [279].
• Zantzinger, Borie & Medary, architects, [284].
• Zero Milestone, [333].
• Zoning of the Capital, [101], [108].
• Zoning Commission, [103]
• Zoological Park, National, [159], [256], [257], [284].

---