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Washington Monument , Philadelphia, PA, 1905, Leopold Rudolf Siemering [Sculptor]

Washington Monument , Philadelphia, PA Leopold Rudolf Siemering [Sculptor], architect(s). From the American Architect and Building News, October 28, 1905. 8.5 by 12 inches. VG+ condition with browning around the edges and light crinkling. Photogravure. This picture is extremely hard...

General Grant Monument, Washington, 1890, J Schweinfurth, Hand Colored Original -

A Beautifully Detailed, Original Plan of the Competitive Design for a Monument to General Grant, Washington DC.   HAND COLORED  J A Schweinfurth, Architect(s).  From the American Architect and Building News, October 18, 1890.This picture is extremely hard to find, as...

Monument to General W.T. Sherman, Washington, DC, 1906, Carl Rohl-Smith, Sculptor

Monument to General W.T. Sherman, Washington, DC Carl Rohl-Smith, Sculptor, architect(s). From the American Architect and Building News, August 4, 1906. 8.25 by 12 inches. VG+ condition with browning around the edges and light crinkling. Photogravure. This picture is extremely...

Monument to Major L'Enfant, Washington DC, 1909, Original Hand Colored -

A Beautifully Detailed, Original Plan of the Competitive Design for a Monument to Major L'Enfant, First Place Prize, Washington DC.  HAND COLORED   W W Bosworth, Architect(s).  From the American Architect and Building News, April 28, 1909. This picture is extremely...

Monument to General Grant, Washington DC, 1890, J Duncan, Original Hand Colored -

A Beautifully Detailed, Original Plan of a Competitive Design for the Monument to General Grant, Washington DC.  HAND COLORED  John H Duncan, Architect(s).  From the American Architect and Building News, October 18, 1890. This picture is extremely hard to find,...

First Division Monument, Washington DC, Cass Gilbert, 1924, Lithograph

A Beautifully Detailed, Original Lithograph of the First Division Monument, Washington D. C.  EARLY PHOTOGRAPH.  Cass Gilbert, Architect/s.  Daniel Chester French, Sculptor.  From the American Architect, December 3, 1924.  This picture is extremely hard to find.  The American Architect had...

Monument to General Grant, Washington DC, 1890, John Ord, Original Hand Colored -

A Beautifully Detailed, Original Plan of the Competitive Design for the Monument to General Grant, Washington DC.   HAND COLORED  John Ord, Architect(s).  From the American Architect & Building News,  October 18, 1890.   This picture is extremely hard to...

The Garfield Monument, Washington, DC, 1893, J. Q. A. Ward

The Garfield Monument, Washington, DC J. Q. A. Ward, architect(s). From the American Architect and Building News, May 20, 1893. 13.25 by 8.75 inches. VG+. This picture is extremely hard to find. The American Architect and Building News had a...

Improvement of Washington DC by H A Caparn, 1903, Original Hand Colored -

A Beautifully Detailed, Original Plan of the Suggested Scheme for the Improvement of Washington DC.  HAND-COLORED  H A Caparn, Landscape Architect(s).  From the American Architect and Building News, January 3, 1903. This picture is extremely hard to find, as the...

General Grant Monument, Washington DC, 1890, C W Clinton, Original Hand Colored -

A Beautifully Detailed, Original Plan of a Competitive Design for a Monument to General Grant.  HAND COLORED  C W Clinton, Architect(s).  From the American Architect and Building News, October 18, 1890. This picture is extremely hard to find, as the...

Lafayette Monument, Washington DC, 1890. Original Plan. Falguiere/Pujol.

A Beautifully Detailed, Original Plan of the Lafayette Monument in Washington D.C.  Hand Colored, Large Plan. M.M. Falguiere, Sculptor & M. Pujol, Architect(s).  From The American Architect & Building News, August 2, 1890. This picture is extremely hard to find.  The...

Artillery Group of the Grant Monument, Washington, DC, 1914, E.P. Casey & H.M. Shrady, Sculptor

Artillery Group of the Grant Monument, Washington, DC E.P. Casey & H.M. Shrady, Sculptor , architect(s). From the American Architect and Building News, 1914. 12.5 by 9.5 inches. VG+ condition with browning around the edges and light crinkling. Photogravure. This...

Calvary Group of the Grant Monument, Washington, DC, 1917, H.M. Shrady [Sculptor]

Calvary Group of the Grant Monument, Washington, DC H.M. Shrady [Sculptor], architect(s). From the American Architect and Building News, 1917. 12.5 by 9.5 inches. VG+ condition with browning around the edges and light crinkling. Photogravure. This picture is extremely hard...

Equestrian Monuments of Gen. J.A. Logan & Gen. W.S. Hancock, Washington , DC, 1906, Franklin Simmons & H.J. Ellicott, [Sculptors]

Equestrian Monuments of Gen. J.A. Logan & Gen. W.S. Hancock, Washington , DC Franklin Simmons & H.J. Ellicott, [Sculptors], architect(s). From the American Architect and Building News, August 4, 1906. 12 by 8.5 inches. VG+ condition with browning around the...

Grant Memorial, Washington DC, 1885, Henry Nisbet, Hand Colored Original -

Beautifully Detailed, Original Plan of the Design for the Grant Memorial in Washington DC.   HAND COLORED ORIGINAL  Henry A Nisbet, Architect(s). From the American Architect and Building News, September 26, 1885. This picture is extremely hard to find, as...

United States Capitol, Washington DC, 1904, Original Hand Colored -

A Beautifully Detailed, Original Plan of the United States Capitol Building, Washington DC, View from Northeast.  HAND COLORED  Thornton, Latrobe, Bulfinch, et al, Architect(s).  From the American Architect and Building News, January 30, 1904. This picture is extremely hard to...

Details of the Stephenson Memorial in Washington DC, 1911. Rankin, Kellogg & Crane

A Beautifully Detailed, Original Plan of the Details of the Stephenson Memorial in Washington, DC.  HAND-COLORED.  Rankin, Kellogg & Crane, Architects.  From the American Architect and Building News, April 5, 1911. This picture is extremely hard to find, as the...

Scenes of Washington DC, 1879, Original Hand Colored -

Beautifully Detailed Sketches of Washington DC including scenes from Capitol Hill and Brightwood.  HAND COLORED  Various, Unknown Architect(s).  From the American Architect and Building News, August 3, 1879. This picture is extremely hard to find, as the American Architect and...

Statuary Hall, Formerly the Hall of Representatives in the U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC, 1896, Benjamin H. Latrobe

Statuary Hall, Formerly the Hall of Representatives in the U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC Benjamin H. Latrobe, architect(s). From the American Architect and Building News, September 12, 1896. 13.25 by 9 inches. VG+ condition with browning around the edges and light...

View of the Capital, Washington, DC 1897, Original Plan. Hand-colored.

A Beautifully Detailed, Original Rendition of a View of the Capital, Washington, DC 1897.    HAND-COLORED.   Unknown, Architect(s).  From the American Architect & Building News,  February 20, 1897. This picture is extremely hard to find, as the Architect not...

Memorial Bridge Across the Potomac , Washington, DC, 1900, George Keller

Memorial Bridge Across the Potomac , Washington, DC George Keller, architect(s). From the American Architect and Building News, December 8, 1900. 17.5 by 13.25 inches. VG+ condition with light browning along the edges and some light crinkling. Hand-colored Original Plan....

Washington State Building at the World's Columbian Exhibition in Chicago, Chicago, IL, 1894, W. P. Skillings

Washington State Building at the World's Columbian Exhibition in Chicago, Chicago, IL W. P. Skillings, architect(s). From the American Architect and Building News, September 1, 1894. 9 x 13". VG+. This picture is extremely hard to find. The American Architect...

Know Nothing Party Botches Washington Monument Construction

The Know Nothing Party, a distant relative of the current Republican Party, wanted to purify the country by limiting immigration and ending the influence of liberal Irish Catholics,  They were in charge of raising money for the construction of the...

Workers Win in 1884

This is the ninth installment in our series of posts comparing significant events from a year in United States history with a few of our unique architectural plans from the same period.  1884, the topic of this installment, subsequently marks the ninth year of the American Architect...