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Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey
 2 drawings |  12 b&w photos |  27 data pages |  1 photo caption pages |
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TITLE:
White House Grounds & Ellipse, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
CALL NUMBER:
HABS DC,WASH,649-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Measured Drawing(s): 2 (24 x 36 in.)
Photo(s): 12 (4 x 5 in. and 5 x 7 in.)
Data Page(s): 26 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1933.
CREATOR:
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
NOTE:
Survey number HABS DC-689
See also HALS DC-14 for related documentation.
Significance: Reservation No. 1 encompasses the majority of the land set out by Pierre L'Enfant for the President's Grounds. Second only to the U.S. Capitol Grounds in national importance, this property was situated on an elevated bluff overlooking the Potomac River. Today the reservation is divided into two distinct regions--the private and protected White House Grounds significant in connection with every president since John Adams, and the open public expanse to the south, known as the Ellipse, that features numerous monuments and serves as a site for ceremonies, celebrations, and demonstrations.
SUBJECTS:
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA--District of Columbia--Washington
OTHER TITLE:
Reservation 1
White House (President's Park)
COLLECTION:
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.dc0798
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. AERIAL VIEW OF LAFAYETTE SQUARE, THE WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS, THE ELLIPSE, AND MONUMENT GROUNDS, LOOKING SOUTH ALONG THE 16TH STREET AXIS.
2. AERIAL VIEW OF THE WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS, ELLIPSE, AND MONUMENT GROUNDS, LOOKING SOUTH.
3. AERIAL VIEW OF THE WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS, LOOKING SOUTHWEST.
4. AERIAL VIEW OF SHERMAN SQUARE AND THE WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS, LOOKING NORTHWEST.
5. AERIAL VIEW OF THE WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS, LOOKING NORTHWEST.
6. AERIAL VIEW OF THE WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS AND LAFAYETTE SQUARE, LOOKING NORTH.
7. AERIAL VIEW OF THE WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS, LOOKING NORTHEAST.
8. AERIAL VIEW OF THE ELLIPSE AND WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS, LOOKING NORTHEAST.
9. AERIAL VIEW OF THE ELLIPSE AND WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS, LOOKING NORTHEAST.
10. AERIAL VIEW OF THE WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS, LOOKING EAST.
11. AERIAL VIEW OF THE WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS, LOOKING SOUTHEAST.
12. VIEW OF THE WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS FROM THE ROOF OF THE VETERAN'S ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, LOOKING SOUTHWEST.
CONTROL #:
DC0798
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