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Congressional Cemetery, Latrobe Cenotaphs, Eighteenth & E Streets, Southeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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Congressional Cemetery, Latrobe Cenotaphs, Eighteenth & E Streets, Southeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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Summary

Significance: These cenotaphs were designed by noted architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe in 1815 as memorials to congressmen who died in office. Although several hundred o the monuments were reacted,less than eighty bodies of congressmen and prominent citizens were interred under them. Their use was discontinued in 1877 after a senator remarked that being buried beneath one would add a new terror to death.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-44
Survey number: HABS DC-424
Building/structure dates: 1815 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 69000292

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Date

1933 - 1970
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry
U.S. Congress
Price, Virginia B, transmitter
Boucher, Jack E, photographer
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Source

Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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