The Washington Monument A Technical History and Catalog of ...

National Park Service U.S. Department of Interior Northeast Region Design, Construction, and Facility Management Directorate Architectural Preservation Division

The Washington Monument A Technical History and Catalog of the Commemorative Stones

Judith M. Jacob 2005

The Washington Monument: A Technical History and Catalog of the Commemorative Stones

National Park Service U.S. Department of Interior Northeast Region Design, Construction, and Facility Management Directorate Architectural Preservation Division Judith M. Jacob 2005

Cover: Washington Monument, 160-ft. level, 1994. [Historic American Buildings Survey, HABS DC, WASH, 2-102; Prints and Photographs Division, LOC.]

The Washington Monument: A Technical History and Catalog of the Commemorative Stones

Table of Contents

Foreword

i

Acknowledgements

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I. Introduction

1

A. Project Summary

1

B. Description of the Commemorative Stones

1

C. Administrative and Construction History of the Washington Monument

3

D. Research Goals and Sources of Information

5

E. Lists, Catalogs, and Photographic Records of the Commemorative Stones

6

II. Technical History

8

A. History of the Commemorative Stones' Fabrication, Delivery, and Storage

8

B. Installation of the Commemorative Stones

11

1. First Period of Construction, 1850-1858

11

2. Second Period of Construction, 1880

12

3. Second Period of Construction, 1885-1889

13

4. Later Installations, 1913-2000

16

III. Recommendations for Further Research

17

IV. Catalog of the Commemorative Stones

18

V. Catalog of the Lost, Stolen, Never Sent, or Otherwise Missing Commemorative

Stones

221

Appendix A: Abbreviations

233

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