Plan of the City intended for the Permanent Seat of Government – Historic Map Reproduction
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A window into the past: Plan of the City intended for the Permanent Seat of Government, preserved in this antique map. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Plan of the City intended for the Permanent Seat of Government
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Diagonal avenues slicing through a rectilinear grid, many named for the states, set this plan apart from the town layouts of its day. Pierre Charles L'Enfant, a French-born engineer who had served in the Continental Army, drew it in 1791 at George Washington's request for the capital authorized by the Residence Act of 1790. The Capitol was placed on the rise later called Jenkins Hill, with a long open mall and the President's house laid out nearby. Andrew Ellicott engraved the plan for publication in 1792, after L'Enfant had already been dismissed from the project over a dispute with the commissioners, yet much of his design still shapes the city's core.
| Original scan | 2,408 × 1,779 px · prints to 8 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | L'Enfant-4 |
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