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Title
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Daniel Hudson Burnham
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Description
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Architect Daniel Burnham was the Chairman of the Senate Park Commission, which created a comprehensive redesign of the National Mall and DC parks system in the early 1900s. At that time, he was also working for the Pennsylvania Railroad to design a new station. Burnham helped convince the Railroad to relocate their station from the Mall to a nearby site; the building he designed on that site is Union Station. In 1910, President Taft appointed Burnham Chairman of the US Commission on Fine Arts, which advised the Federal Government on the location and design of monuments like the Lincoln Memorial.
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Creator
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Daniel Hudson Burnham
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Source
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. View original photograph.
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Coverage
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1890-1919
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birthday
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09/04/1846
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Theme
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building the mall
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design & monuments
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