- Title
- Alexander Robey Shepherd
- Description
- As a member of the DC Board of Public Works and later as Governor of the District of Columbia, Alexander Robey "Boss" Shepherd managed a number of public works programs in the 1870s. He oversaw the project to fill in the part of the Washington City Canal which ran along present-day Constitution Avenue. A statue honoring Shepherd can be found just off the Mall at the intersection of 14th Street and Pennsylvania, Avenue, NW.
- Creator
- Alexander Robey Shepherd
- Source
- William Tindall, "Governor Alexander R. Shepherd's Photograph," Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C. , Vol. 24, (1922), facing page 192. View original image.
- Coverage
- 1860-1889
- birthday
- 01/30/1835
- Theme
- commerce & trade
- work & play
