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L'Enfant's 1791 plan for Washington, D.C.
Pierre Charles L’Enfant’s 1791 “Plan of the City Intended for the Permanent Seat of the Government of the United States,” reproduced in 1887 as a facsimile by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Office. The President’s Park is labeled “I.” rising north from the Mall.
- Credit
- Library of Congress