Keim's illustrated hand-bookWashington and its environs: a descriptive and historical hand-book to the capital of the United States of America . r wall, and overhead entirely open to the air. Here,in the earlier ages, the German electors assembled to deliber-ate upon the affairs of the empire, to perform acts for thecommon good, to make treaties, and to nominate or deposethe emperors. Washington, by tiie class alluded to, wasAdewed in the light of the Koenigsstuhl of the United matnre thought, however, at last brought the people tolook upon their capital as the political metropolis
Keim's illustrated hand-bookWashington and its environs: a descriptive and historical hand-book to the capital of the United States of America . r wall, and overhead entirely open to the air. Here,in the earlier ages, the German electors assembled to deliber-ate upon the affairs of the empire, to perform acts for thecommon good, to make treaties, and to nominate or deposethe emperors. Washington, by tiie class alluded to, wasAdewed in the light of the Koenigsstuhl of the United matnre thought, however, at last brought the people tolook upon their capital as the political metropolis of tiie UnitedStates. Tliis enlightened view is recent, dating no furtherback than 1861. It was not till 1870 that the march of much-needed improvement With this new state ofafitiirs the Capital is annually becoming more worthy of thegreatness of the Republic of forty millions of people. Eeserrations.—In the plan of the city a liberal allowanceof space was selected and marked out in the most desirablelocalities for tlie sites of public buildings, parks, and for otherpurposes of the Government. These grounds were called res-. ervations, and were numbered from 1 to 17, with an aggregatearea of 541 acres, 1 rood, 29 perches. Those still possessedby the Government—several having been sold or grantedaway since—are designated on the maps by their originalnumbers, but are popularly called after the principal build- 22 RESERVATIONS. ino^ situated on them, or from the uses to which assigned, a3follows: 1. The Presidents Grounds include the N. and and Lafayette Square^ extend from H st. on the the month of Tiber Creek on the S., and from loth to 17thsts. W., witli the exception of a square in tlie NE. and On these grounds are the Presidents House, con-servatories, and stables, flanked on the E. by the TreasuryDepartment, and on the W. hy tlie State, War, and NavyDepartments. The former now building. Total area ofgrounds, 83 a. 1 r. 22 p. 2. The
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