District of Columbia War Memorial: Historic Structure and Cultural Landscape Report, National Mall & Memorial Parks, National Park Service
John G. Waite Associates Architects. 2006. District of Columbia War Memorial: Historic Structure and Cultural Landscape Report, National Mall & Memorial Parks, National Park Service. Cultural Landscape Report. NPS National Capital Regional Office. National Capital Regional Office
The District of Columbia War Memorial was built in 1931 using funds from the citizens of Washington, DC to honor the more than 26,000 residents of the district who served in World War I. The Memorial is located in West Potomac park, between the Reflecting Pool and Independence Avenue. A circular, open-air, Doric structure, it was designed by the architect Frederick H. Brooke (with associated architects Nathan C. Wyeth and Horace W. Peaslee) as a memorial and a bandstand. It was intended that each concert would be a tribute to those who served in the war. John G. Waite Associates, Architects and consultants Robert Silman Associates (structural engineers), Elmore Design Collaborative (landscape architects), and Masonry Stabilization Services Corporation (stone conservators) surveyed the DC War Memorial over the course of four investigative field trips spanning from March 2005 to July 2005. Mt. Ida Press prepared the architectural history. Much of the material used to research the history and development of the monument was found in the holdings of the National Archives in Washington, DC, and at College Park, Maryland, and in the archives of the Commission of Fine Arts in Washington. Many documents were provided by the National Capital Parks-Central (now known as National Mall & Memorial Parks) office. The researchers also spoke with staff at the National Park Service, the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library, and the Martin Luther King Library.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- John G. Waite Associates Architects
- Date of Issue
- 2006-05
- Publisher
- NPS National Capital Regional Office
- Units
- HIST , NCR , WEPO
- Keywords
- Commemoration, ehistory, Frederick H. Boone, History, Horace W. Peaslee, marble, Military, Nathan C. Wyeth, Neoclassical style, Washington D.C., West Potomac Park, World War I
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 046826: DC World War I Memorial - Res. 332