Sites tagged "City Beautiful Movement": 5
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United States Chamber of Commerce: This building represents both the influence of the City Beautiful Movement on DC and the role of voluntary associations in lobbying the government.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Building, designed by Cass Gilbert in 1925, is an excellent example of Gilbert's work and of the influence of the City Beautiful Movement and the MacMillan Commission…
Union Trust Company: Established in 1890 as Union Trust and Storage Company, the company became the Union Trust Company in 1907.
Organized in 1899, the Union Trust and Storage Company is one of DC’s earliest trust organizations. Operating both as a storage concern and a trust company, the organization served as a depository for…
Union Station and Plaza: This grand train and bus terminal became the gateway to the nation's capital upon its opening in 1907.
One of the first great union terminals, this imperial station with its vast interior spaces was the cornerstone of the McMillan Commission’s efforts to revive Pierre L’Enfant’s original plan of the…
McMillan Park Reservoir Historic District: The city’s first water treatment plant was both a victory for public health and a monument to the City Beautiful movement.
Constructed over a period of decades at the turn of the 20th century, the McMillan Park Reservoir’s original slow sand filtration system was DC’s first water purification facility. Connected to the…
Federal Triangle Historic District: Federal Triangle represents the tremendous growth of the federal government in the 20th century and a desire to create a grand capital city.
Developed chiefly between 1928 and 1938, under the direction of Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon's "Mellon Board," the buildings that comprise the Federal Triangle Historic District are a…