A manual on the origin and development of Washington

by H. Paul Caemmerer

STATUES AND MONUMENTS

Name and location	Sculptor and architect	Date	Cost
Adams Memorial, Rock Creek Cemetery.	Augustus Saint-Gaudens.	Erected 1891.	Gift of Henry Adams, historian.
Bishop Francis Asbury (equestrian), 16th and Harvard Sts.	Augustus Lukeman, sculptor.	Unveiled Oct. 15,1924.	Gift to city.
Commodore John Barry, Franklin Park.	John J. Boyle, sculptor.	Unveiled May 16, 1914.	Act of Congress, $50,000.
William Jennings Bryan, Potomac Park.	Gutzon Borglum, sculptor.	Unveiled May 3, 1934.	Gift to city.
Buchanan Memorial, Meridian Hill Park.	H. Schuler, sculptor; William Gordon Beecher, architect.	Unveiled June 26,1930.	Do.
Edmund Burke, 12th St. and Massachusetts Ave.	Havard Thomas, sculptor; Horace W. Peaslee, architect.	Unveiled Oct. 12, 1922.	Do.
Butt-Millet Memorial Fountain, south of White House.	Daniel C. French, sculptor; Thomas Hastings, architect.	Erected 1913.	Do.
Colonial Settlers Monument, Ellipse, facing 15th Street.	Delos Smith, architect.	April 25, 1936.	Do.
Columbus Memorial Fountain, Union Station.	Lorado Taft, sculptor; D. H. Burnham & Co., architects.	Unveiled June 8, 1912.	Act of Congress, $100,000.
Cuban Urn, Potomac Park.	From fragments of Maine Memorial.	1928.	Gift to city by Cuba.
Louis J. M. Daguerre, Smithsonian grounds.	Jonathan S. Hartley, sculptor.	Unveiled Aug. 15, 1890.	Gift to city.
Dante Alighieri, Meridian Hill Park.	C. Ettore Ximenes, sculptor.	Unveiled Dec. 1, 1921.	Do.
Darlington Memorial Fountain, Judiciary Square.	C. P. Jennewein, sculptor.	1923.	Do.
Jane A. Delano Memorial, Red Cross grounds.	R. Tait McKenzie, sculptor.	Unveiled Apr. 26,1934.	Gift of Nurses of the Red Cross.
District of Columbia World War Memorial.	Frederick H. Brooke, H. W. Peaslee, and Nathan Wyeth, associated.	November 11, 1931.	Gift to city.
Dupont Memorial Fountain, Dupont Circle.	D. C. French, sculptor; Henry Bacon, architect.	Unveiled May 17, 1921.	Do.
John Ericsson, Potomac Park.	James E. Fraser, sculptor.	Unveiled May 29, 1926.	Act of Congress, $35,000; part gift of Scandinavians.
Admiral David Farragut, Farragut Square.	Vinnie Ream Hoxie, sculptor.	Unveiled Apr. 25, 1881.	Act of Congress, $20,000.
First Division Memorial, President’s Park.	D. C. French, sculptor; Cass Gilbert, architect.	Unveiled Oct. 4, 1924.	Gift to city.
Fountain, Botanic Gardens.	Auguste Bartholdi, sculptor.	1876.	Brought from Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia.
Benjamin Franklin, 10th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.	Jacques Jouvenal, sculptor; after Plassman.	Erected Jan. 17, 1889.	Gift to city.
Gallaudet Group, Columbia Institute for Deaf Mutes.	Daniel Chester French, sculptor.	Erected 1889.	Gift of the Deaf.
James A. Garfield, First St. and Maryland Ave.	J. Q. A. Ward, sculptor.	Unveiled May 12, 1887.	Congress, $37,500; and in part gift.
James Cardinal Gibbons, 16th St. and Park Rd.	Leo Lentelli, sculptor; George Koyl, architect.	Erected 1932.	Gift to city.
Samuel Gompers and American Federation of Labor Memorial, 10th St. and Massachusetts Ave.	Robert Aitken, sculptor.	Dedicated Oct. 7, 1933.	Do.
General U. S. Grant Memorial, Union Square.	Henry M. Shrady, sculptor; Edward P. Casey, architect.	Dedicated Apr. 27, 1922.	Act of Congress, $250,000.
Gen. Nathanael Greene (equestrian), Maryland and Massachusetts Aves. NE.	H. K. Brown, sculptor.	Erected 1877.	Act of Congress, $50,000.
Dr. Samuel Gross, Smithsonian grounds.	A. Stirling Calder, sculptor.	Unveiled May 5, 1897.	Gift to city.
Grand Army of the Republic Memorial, 7th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.	J. Massey Rhind, sculptor; Rankin, Kellogg & Crane, architects.	Unveiled July 3, 1909.	Gift to city, $35,000; Act of Congress, $10,000 for pedestal.
Hahnemann Memorial, Scott Circle.	Charles Henry Niehaus, sculptor.	Unveiled June 21, 1900.	Gift to city.
Alexander Hamilton, south steps of Treasury Building.	James E. Fraser, sculptor; Henry Bacon, architect.	Unveiled May 17, 1923.	Do.
Gen. Winfield S. Hancock (equestrian), between 7th and 8th Sts. on Pennsylvania Ave.	Henry J. Ellicott, sculptor.	Unveiled May 12, 1896.	Act of Congress, $50,000.
Joseph Henry, Smithsonian grounds.	W. W. Story, sculptor.	Unveiled Apr. 19, 1882.	Act of Congress, $15,000.
Gen. Andrew Jackson, Lafayette Park (first equestrian in U. S.).	Clark Mills, sculptor.	Unveiled Jan. 8, 1853.	Act of Congress, $32,000; part gift.
Jeanne d’Arc.	Paul Dubois, sculptor.	Unveiled Jan. 6, 1922.	Gift to city.
Thomas Jefferson Memorial, south of Tidal Basin.	John R. Pope, architect.	Under construction.	Act of Congress, $3,000,000.
Admiral John Paul Jones, foot of 17th St.	Charles H. Niehaus, sculptor; Thomas Hastings, architect.	Unveiled Apr. 17, 1912.	Act of Congress, $50,000.
Gen. Thaddeus Kosciuszko,Lafayette Park.	Antoni Popiel, sculptor.	Unveiled May 11, 1910.	Gift to city.
General Lafayette, Lafayette Park.	Alexandre Falguire and Antoine Mercie.	Erected 1891.	Act of Congress, $50,000.
L’Enfant Tomb, Arlington National Cemetery.	Welles Bosworth, architect.	Dedicated 1909.	Gift of American Institute of Architects.
Abraham Lincoln, Judiciary Square.	Lott Flannery, sculptor.	Unveiled Apr. 15, 1868.	Gift to city.
Lincoln the Emancipator, Lincoln Park.	Thomas Ball, sculptor.	Unveiled Apr. 14, 1876.	Gift of freed slaves to city.
General John A. Logan (equestrian), 13th St. and Rhode Island Ave.	Franklin Simmons, sculptor.	Dedicated Apr. 9, 1901.	Act of Congress, $50,000; part gift.
Henry W. Longfellow, Connecticut Ave. and M St.	William Couper, sculptor.	Unveiled May 15, 1909.	Gift to city; pedestal by Congress.
Martin Luther, facing Thomas Circle.	Replica of figure by Reitschel at Worms.	Erected 1884.	$10,000.
Chief Justice John Marshall, Capitol grounds.	W. W. Story, sculptor.	do.	Gift to city.
Gen. George B. McClellan (equestrian), Connecticut Ave. and Columbia Rd.	Frederick MacMonnies, sculptor.	Unveiled May 2, 1907.	Act of Congress, $50,000.
McMillan Fountain (Senator James), McMillan Park.	Herbert Adams, sculptor; Charles A. Platt, architect.	Erected 1913.	Gift to city.
Gen. James B. McPherson (equestrian), McPherson Square.	Louis T. Rebisso, sculptor.	Dedicated Oct. 18, 1876.	Act of Congress, $25,000; part gift to city.
Gen. George G. Meade, Union Square.	Charles Grafly, sculptor; Simon & Simon, architects.	Dedicated Oct. 19, 1927.	Gift to city by State of Pennsylvania; (cost $400,000).
Navy and Marine Memorial, Columbia Island.	Begni del Piatta, sculptor; Harvey W. Corbett, architect.	Erected 1935.	Gift to city; base by the Government.
Francis G. Newlands Memorial Fountain, Chevy Chase Circle.	Edward W. Donn, Jr., architect.	Dedicated Oct. 12, 1933.	Gift to city.
Nuns of the Civil War Monument, Rhode Island Ave. and M St.	Jerome Connor, sculptor.	Unveiled Sept. 20, 1924.	Do.
Peace Monument, 1st St. and Pennsylvania Ave.	Franklin Simmons, sculptor; Edward Clark, architect.	Dedicated 1877.	Act of Congress, $20,000; part gift to city.
Albert Pike, 3d St. and Indiana Ave.	G. Trentanove, sculptor.	Unveiled Oct. 23, 1901.	Gift to city.
Gen. Casimir Pulaski (equestrian), 13th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.	K. Chodzinski, sculptor; Albert R. Ross, architect.	Dedicated May 11, 1910.	Act of Congress, $55,000.
Gen. John A. Rawlins, 18th St. and New York Ave.	Joseph A. Bailey, sculptor.	Erected 1874.	Act of Congress, $13,000.
General Rochambeau, Lafayette Park.	F. Hamar, of Paris, sculptor.	Unveiled May 24, 1902.	Act of Congress, $22,500.
Theodore Roosevelt Memorial, Theodore Roosevelt Island.	F. L. Olmsted, landscape architect; John R. Pope, architect.	Island (formerly Analostan) acquired 1931.	Gift to city. Act of May 21, 1932.
Benjamin Rush, Naval Medical School.	Roland Hinton Perry, sculptor.	...	Gift to city.
Gen. San Martin (equestrian), Judiciary Square.	Replica of one by Dumont at Buenos Aires.	Dedicated Oct. 28, 1925.	Do.
General Winfield Scott (equestrian), Scott Circle.	Henry K. Brown, sculptor.	Erected 1874.	Act of Congress, $77,000.
General Winfield Scott, Soldiers’ Home grounds.	Launt Thompson, sculptor.	Erected 1873.	Gift to city.
Second Division Memorial, President’s Park, facing Constitution Avenue.	John R. Pope, architect; James E. Fraser, sculptor.	Dedicated July 18, 1936.	Do.
Serenity Statue, Meridian Hill Park.	Jose Clara, sculptor.	Erected 1924.	Do.
Alexander R. Shepherd, 14th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.	U. S. J. Dunbar, sculptor.	Unveiled May 3, 1909.	Do.
Gen. Philip Sheridan (equestrian), Sheridan Circle.	Gutzon Borglum, sculptor.	Unveiled Nov. 25, 1908.	Act of Congress, $50,000.
Gen. William T. Sherman (equestrian), south of Treasury Building.	Carl Rohl Smith, sculptor, and several others.	Unveiled Oct. 15, 1903.	Part gift, $11,000; acts of Congress, $120,000.
Gen. George H. Thomas (equestrian), Thomas Circle.	J. Q. A. Ward, sculptor.	Dedicated Nov. 19, 1879.	Act of Congress, $25,000; part gift to city.
Titanic Memorial, foot of New Hampshire Ave.	Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, sculptor; Henry Bacon, architect.	Unveiled May 26, 1931.	Gift to city.
General Von Steuben, Lafayette Park.	Albert Jaegers, sculptor.	Unveiled Dec. 7, 1910.	Act of Congress, $50,000.
Gen. Artemas Ward, Nebraska and Massachusetts Aves.	Leonard Crunelle, sculptor.	Dedicated Nov. 3, 1938.	Gift to city.
Gen. George Washington (equestrian), Washington Circle.	Clark Mills, sculptor.	Unveiled Feb. 22, 1860.	Act of Congress, $50,000.
Washington Monument.	Robert Mills, architect.	Dedicated Feb. 21, 1885.	Act of Congress and part gift to city.
Daniel Webster, near Scott Circle.	G. Trentanove, sculptor.	Unveiled Jan. 18, 1900.	Act of Congress, $4,000; part gift to city.
John Witherspoon, Connecticut Ave. at N St.	Wm. Couper, sculptor.	Unveiled May 20, 1909.	Gift to city; pedestal by Congress.
Zero Milestone.	H. W. Peaslee, architect.	Erected 1922.	Act of Congress.

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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST OF BOOKS ON WASHINGTON
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION
(By courtesy of the Library of Congress)

• A History of the National Capital, by W. B. Bryan.
• A History of the United States Capitol, by Glenn Brown.
• Washington in the Past, by Dr. S. C. Busey.
• National Capital Centennial, 1900, compiled by William V. Cox.
• With Americans of Past and Present Days, by J. J. Jusserand.
• Historical Sketches of the Ten Miles Square, forming the District of Columbia, by Jonathan Elliott, 1830.
• The Improvement of the Park System of the District of Columbia. (S. Rept. No. 166, 57th Cong., 1st sess., 1902.)
• Park Improvement Papers, 1901. (S. Doc. No. 94, 56th Cong., 2d sess.)
• The Improvement of the District of Columbia; papers by the American Institute of Architects, 1900.
• The Restoration of the White House. (S. Doc. No. 197, 57th Cong., 2d sess., 1903.)
• The Reports of the National Commission of Fine Arts, Nos. 1 to 12, inclusive.
• Daniel H. Burnham, Architect and Planner of Cities, by Charles Moore.
• Public Buildings Commission Reports.
• Reports of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission.
• Reports of the Columbia Historical Society.
• Centennial History of the City of Washington, D. C., by H. W. Crew.
• Washington, the City and the Seat of Government, by Charles H. A. Forbes-Lindsay.
• The Capital of Our Country, by the National Geographic Society.
• Our Capital on the Potomac, by Helen Nicolay.
• Origin and Government of the District of Columbia, by William Tindall.
• Washington: Its Beginning, Its Growth, and Its Future, by William H. Taft. Published by the National Geographic Society.
• Washington, Past and Present, by Charles Moore.
• Art and Artists of the Capitol, by Charles E. Fairman. (S. Doc. No. 95, 69th Cong.)
• Your Washington and Mine, by Louise Payson Latimer.
• Walks About Washington, by Francis Ellington Leupp.
• Washington, Its Sights and Insights, by Mrs. Harriet E. Monroe.
• Early Days of Washington, by S. Somervell Mackall.
• Washington and Its Romance, by Thomas N. Page.
• Rand-McNally Guide to Washington and Environs.
• The Standard Guide to Washington, by Charles B. Reynolds.
• Rider’s Washington, by Arthur F. Rider.
• The Book of Washington, by Robert Shackleton.
• Washington, the National Capital, by H. P. Caemmerer.
• Pictures of the City of Washington in the Past, by Dr. Samuel C. Busey.
• The First Forty Years of Washington Society, by Margaret Bayard Smith.
• The Story of the White House, by Esther Singleton.
• The Art Treasures of Washington, by Helen W. Henderson.
• Washington, the Capital City, and Its Part in the History of the Nation.
• Development of the United States Capital. Addresses delivered in the auditorium of the United States Chamber of Commerce Building, Washington, D. C., April 25-26, 1929. (H. Doc. No. 35, 71st Cong.)
• Washington, City of Mighty Events, by David R. Barbee.
• Territorial Government of Washington, D. C., by Col. Ulysses S. Grant III.
• L’Enfant and Washington, by Elizabeth S. Kite.
• Washington, Past and Present, by John C. Proctor.
• Washington, D. C., the Nation’s Capital, a book for young people, by Frances M. Fox.
• Approaching Washington by Tidewater Potomac, by Paul Wilstach.
• Washington, D. C., Committee on Marking Points of Historic Interest, 1929. (S. Doc. No. 228, 70th Cong., 2d sess.)
• Society in Washington, by DeBenneville R. Keim.
• Letters from a Senator’s Wife, by Mrs. Frances P. Keyes.
• Our National Government; or, Life and Scenes in our National Capital, by Mrs. J. A. Logan.
• Picturesque Washington: Pen and Pencil Sketches of Its Scenery, History, Traditions, Public and Social Life, by Joseph West Moore.
• The Washington Sketch Book, by Joseph B. Varnum.
• Washington: City and Capital. Federal Writers’ Project. Government Printing Office, 1937.
• Records of the Columbia Historical Society.

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PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES,
CHIEF MAGISTRATES OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL

• 1. George Washington, April 30, 1789, to March 3, 1797.
• 2. John Adams, March 4, 1797, to March 3, 1801.
• 3. Thomas Jefferson, March 4, 1801, to March 3, 1809.
• 4. James Madison, March 4, 1809, to March 3, 1817.
• 5. James Monroe, March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1825.
• 6. John Quincy Adams, March 4, 1825, to March 3, 1829.
• 7. Andrew Jackson, March 4, 1829, to March 3, 1837.
• 8. Martin Van Buren, March 4, 1837, to March 3, 1841.
• 9. William Henry Harrison, March 4, 1841, to April 4, 1841.
• 10. John Tyler, April 6, 1841, to March 3, 1845.
• 11. James K. Polk, March 4, 1845, to March 3, 1849.
• 12. Zachary Taylor, March 5, 1849, to July 9, 1850.
• 13. Millard Fillmore, July 10, 1850, to March 3, 1853.
• 14. Franklin Pierce, March 4, 1853, to March 3, 1857.
• 15. James Buchanan, March 4, 1857, to March 3, 1861.
• 16. Abraham Lincoln, March 4, 1861, to April 15, 1865.
• 17. Andrew Johnson, April 15, 1865, to March 3, 1869.
• 18. Ulysses S. Grant, March 4, 1869, to March 3, 1877.
• 19. Rutherford B. Hayes, March 4, 1877, to March 3, 1881.
• 20. James A. Garfield, March 4, 1881, to September 19, 1881.
• 21. Chester A. Arthur, September 20, 1881, to March 3, 1885.
• 22. Grover Cleveland, March 4, 1885, to March 3, 1889.
• 23. Benjamin Harrison, March 4, 1889, to March 3, 1893.
• 24. Grover Cleveland, March 4, 1893, to March 3, 1897.
• 25. William McKinley, March 4, 1897, to September 14, 1901.
• 26. Theodore Roosevelt, September 14, 1901, to March 3, 1909.
• 27. William H. Taft, March 4, 1909, to March 3, 1913.
• 28. Woodrow Wilson, March 4, 1913, to March 3, 1921.
• 29. Warren G. Harding, March 4, 1921, to August 2, 1923.
• 30. Calvin Coolidge, August 3, 1923, to March 3, 1929.
• 31. Herbert Hoover, March 4, 1929, to March 3, 1933.
• 32. Franklin D. Roosevelt, March 4, 1933-

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