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President George Washington chose the site as the future capital of the USA in 1791 (the French architect Pierre Charles L'Enfant designed the city). Washington, D.C. became the nation's capital on June 11,1800 (previously, the country had been governed from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). ... Postal Abbreviation - DC;
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Pierre Charles L'Enfant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pierre (Peter) Charles L'Enfant (August 9, 1754 – June 14, 1825) was a French-born American architect and civil engineer. L'Enfant was born at the Anet, Eure et Loire, the third child and second son ...
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Washington, D.C. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Washington, D.C. (pronounced /ˈwɒʃɪŋtən ˌdiːˈsiː/ ), formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington , the District , or simply D.C. , is the capital of the Uni...
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It was, L'Enfant claimed, "a plan whol[l]y new," designed from its inception to serve as the framework for the capital city of the new nation beginning in the year 1800. ... L'Enfant (1754-1825) was born in France and educated as an architect and engineer. ... Selected by Washington to prepare a ground plan for the new city,
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Events and birthdays of famous people in history. ... 1754 Pierre Charles L'Enfant (the French architect who designed Washington, DC); 1832 Henry Steel Olcott ; 1878 Princess Ingeborg of Sweden ; 1891 Sir Arthur Bliss ; 1892 John Kieran ; 1905 Myrna Loy ; 1910 Lou Zara ;
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Washington, DC is the capital of the United States founded on July 16, 1790. This magnificent and powerful place is located between Virginia and Maryland. ... Washington, DC was designed by a French architect Pierre Charles L’Enfant. He was also known to be a great city planner and engineer.
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on Pierre-Charles L'Enfant (French engineer and architect), Aug. 2, 1754Paris, France June 14, 1825Prince Georges county, Md., U.S.French-born American engineer, architect, and urban designer who designed the basic plan for Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States.
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She noted that Pierre Charles L'Enfant, the Frenchman responsible for laying out the city of Washington, D.C., based his plan on a perspective of Versailles, and that Benjamin Latrobe, America's first professional architect, applied French-style details to his design for the south portico of his original White House design.
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