Visualizing Early Washington: A Digital Reconstruction of the Capital ca. 1814

The task of visualizing early Washington DC has proven to be more challenging than anticipated. Technology is not the problem; the problem is lack of reliable historical evidence. The IRC has worked with architectural historians, cartographers, engineers, and ecologists to assess the often-unreliable eyewitness accounts and to recreate a "best guess" glimpse of the early city. The project and research are ongoing.

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