Washington Monument

**Washington Monument**
	obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
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Instance of	obelisk; National Memorial of the United States; tourist attraction;
Named after	George Washington;
Dedicated to	George Washington;
Commemorates	George Washington;
Made from material	marble (wall, memorial stone); gneiss (wall, foundation); sandstone (memorial stone); soapstone (memorial stone); granite (wall, memorial stone); jadeite (memorial stone); concrete (foundation); aluminium (apex, power cable, stairs); limestone (memorial stone); catlinite (memorial stone); copper (memorial stone, power cable); petrified wood (memorial stone); cast iron (stairs); wrought iron (stairs); steel (stairs);
Genre	public art;
Located in protected area	National Mall;
Location	National Mall, Washington, D.C., District of Columbia
Street address	2 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20024;
Architectural style	Egyptian Revival architecture;
Published in	New International Encyclopedia;
Architect	Robert Mills (1845–1854); Thomas Lincoln Casey, Sr. (1876–1884); United States Army Corps of Engineers (1876–1884);
Creator	Robert Mills;
Has use	monument; observation tower;
Owned by	National Park Service;
Operator	National Park Service;
Heritage designation	National Register of Historic Places listed place (A, C, B, Washington Monument, NRHP structure, 1966–); Historic Civil Engineering Landmark (1981–); District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites (1964–);
Inception	1848;
Date of official opening	1886;
Significant event	start of construction (1848); foundation stone laying ceremony (1848); end of construction (1854); start of construction (continuation, 1878); foundation stone laying ceremony (1880); end of construction (keystone, 1884); dedication (1885);
Mass	80,378 ton;
Height	169.046 ±0.001 m (2014, architectural height);
Visitors per year	959,624 (1940); 906,661 (1950); 1,392,900 (1960); 1,541,600 (1970); 1,305,760 (1980); 1,245,479 (1990); 185,085 (2000); 628,665 (2010); 83,585 (2020);
Different from	Washington Monument ;
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	38° 53′ 22.11″ N, 77° 02′ 06.88″ W
Authority file
	Q178114; VIAF cluster ID: 3377147907528379210003; GND ID: 1118740246; Library of Congress authority ID: sh86000926; U.S. National Archives Identifier: 10645426; BabelNet ID: 00080530n; J9U ID: 987007541425505171; Structurae structure ID: 20000087; NRHP reference number: 66000035; CTBUH Skyscraper Center building ID: 13977; OpenStreetMap way ID: 766761337; LoC HABS/HAER/HALS place ID: dc0261; Mapy.com ID: osm&id=1086686152
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English: The Washington Monument is a monument to U.S. President George Washington located in Washington, DC.

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Security enhancements under construction at the monument grounds in 2004
Peace rally, March 15, 2003
Looking up at night
circa 1860
Washington Monument seen from the Jefferson Memorial at dusk
Vertical Look at Washington Monument
During a snow storm
Seen in black & white
View from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial
The Deseret Stone is one of 193 Commemorative Stones installed during the monument's construction.
Washington Monument and Smithsonian Castle at Sunset
A photo taken during the Apollo 11 50th anniversary show of the Apollo 11 rocket projected on the Washington Monument in Washington, DC on July 20, 2019
A projection on the Washington Monument in Washington, DC showing the first footprint on the moon. Projected 50 years to the minute after Neil Armstrong first set foot on the moon
An image of Apollo 11, projected on the Washington Monument for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch

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