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St. Elizabeths Hospital was founded in August 1852 when the United States Congress appropriated $100,000 for the construction of a hospital in Washington, D.C., to provide care for indigent residents of the District of Columbia and members of the U.S. Army and Navy with brain illnesses.
Lincoln Park is the largest urban park located in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It was known historically as Lincoln Square. From 1862 to 1865, it was the site of the largest hospital in Washington, DC: Lincoln Hospital.
The winning design for the U.S. Capitol by William Thornton. Washington, D.C. is a planned city. It was chosen by George Washington as the site for the capital city for the new nation. In 1791, President Washington chose Frenchman Pierre L'Enfant to design the plan for the new city. [4] L'Enfant created the L'Enfant Plan to map out the city's ...
This is a list of major buildings at St. Elizabeths Hospital in Southeast Washington, D.C. West Campus. Photo ... New hospital building 2010 [5] Gateway DC Pavilion [6]
These buildings were built in 1920–1923 to the Colonial Revival design of Washington architect Snowden Ashford. Local contractor George H. Wynne constructed the buildings for $766,200. By 1924 it had been featured in the journal Modern Hospital and was also described in 1928 in the standard text The American Hospital of the Twentieth Century. [2]
Pages in category "Hospital buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C." The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
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The Lafayette Square Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District in Washington, D.C., encompassing a portion of the original L'Enfant Plan for the city's core. It includes the 7-acre (2.8 ha) Lafayette Square portion of President's Park , all of the buildings facing it except the White House , and the buildings flanking the White ...