Pierre L'Enfant's plan for Washington showed the location of the Capitol, White House, and Mall. President George Washington hired L'Enfant, a French engineer, to plan the city.
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Detail from an engraving by Andrew Ellicott (1792); Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division</P>
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