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1798 map of President's Square

1798 map of President's Square

A map of President’s Square drawn in August 1798 by the government surveyor Robert King shows the President’s House positioned between two yet unfinished buildings: the Treasury Department on the east and a similar structure meant to house the other executive offices on the west, War, Navy, State, and the Post Office.

Artist
Robert King
Date of Work
August 1798
Medium
Survey Drawing
Credit
Library of Congress