- 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.
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-
QUOTATIONS FROM GREAT AMERICANS ON WASHINGTON, THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
“I most earnestly hope that in the National Capital a better beginning will be made than anywhere else; and that can be made only by utilizing to the fullest degree the thought and the disinterested efforts of the architects, the artists, the men of art, who stand foremost in their professions here in the United States and who ask no other reward save the reward of feeling that they have done their full part to make as beautiful as it should be the Capital City of the Great Republic.” Theodore Roosevelt.
“If General Washington, at a time when his country was a little hemmed-in nation, boasting but a single seaboard, with a population of only five million, and with credit so bad that lot sales, lotteries, and borrowing upon the personal security of individuals had to be resorted to in order to finance the new capital, could look to the future and understand that it was his duty to build for the centuries to come and for a great nation, how much more should we do so now?” William H. Taft.
It is hereby ordered that whenever new structures are to be erected in the District of Columbia under the direction of the Federal Government which affect in any important way the appearance of the city, or whenever questions involving matters of art and with which the Federal Government is concerned are to be determined, final action shall not be taken until such plans and questions have been submitted to the Commission of Fine Arts, designated under the act of Congress of May 17, 1910, for comment and advice. (Executive order of November 28, 1913.) Woodrow Wilson.