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The Monuments That Were Never Built

Imagine Washington D.C. as it could have been, here are some of the monuments, bridges, museums and other buildings were never executed—at least not according to plan.

From the top:

  • Proposed Mothers’ Memorial, by John Geddes, 1922-30 
  • Preliminary Proposal for the National Cultural Center (later Kennedy Center) by Edward Durrell Stone, 1959 
  • Lincoln Memorial Proposal by John Russell Pope, 1912
  • Proposed Executive Mansion on Meridian Hill by Paul J. Pelz, 1898
  • Proposed Memorial Bridge in honor of Gen. U.S. Grant by Smithmeyer and Pelz, 1887
  • Projected Improvements to the Washington Monument and National Mall by B.F. Smith, 1852 
  • Main elevation of Capitol competition entry by James Diamond, 1792
  • “Plan for the Completion of Washington, D.C,” by Léon Krier, 1984-85
  • Design for National Galleries of History and Art by Franklin Webster Smith, 1900
  • Original design of National Cathedral by Ernest Flagg, 1896

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