Congressional Cemetery, Latrobe Cenotaphs, Eighteenth & E Streets, Southeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
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
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry
U.S. Congress
Price, Virginia B, transmitter
Boucher, Jack E, photographer
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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