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1791:
Pierre Charles L'Enfant prepares a city plan for Washington DC, setting aside approximately 82 acres for a "President's Park."
c 1820:
North of the White House, Pennsylvania Avenue is extended to cut through President's Park.
1851:
Leading American landscape architect Andrew Jackson Downing prepares a plan for developing the National Mall and President's Park.
1873:
The South Grounds are extended to their current configuration.
1880:
The Ellipse is completed on the south side of the White House. |