Washington, D.C., United States
Van Ness Mausoleum
Washington, D.C., United States
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The Van Ness Mausoleum, designed by architect George Hadfield and completed in 1833, stands in Washington, D.C. as a Greek Revival and Neoclassical structure modeled after Rome's Temple of Vesta. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites, this mausoleum exemplifies the classical architectural vocabulary favored in early nineteenth-century American commemorative monuments.
Architect
Movement
- Built
- Type
- mausoleum
- Heritage
- District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites, National Register of Historic Places listed place
- Place
- Washington, D.C., United States
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