Pierre Charles L’Enfant

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French American architect civil engineer person urban planner

Pierre Charles L’Enfant was a French-born American architect and civil engineer best known for creating the original plan for the city of Washington, D.C.

Aliases (1)

Pierre Charles L'Enfant ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French American → architect → civil engineer → person → urban planner →
birthCountry	France →
birthDate	1754-08-02 →
birthPlace	Paris →
burialCountry	United States →
burialPlace	Arlington National Cemetery →
citizenship	France → United States →
commissionedBy	George Washington → United States Congress →
deathCountry	United States →
deathDate	1825-06-14 →
deathPlace	Prince George’s County, Maryland →
designed	layout of the National Mall → plan of Washington, D.C. → radial street plan of Washington, D.C. →
employer	Continental Army →
era	18th century → early 19th century →
familyName	L’Enfant →
fieldOfWork	architecture → city planning → civil engineering →
givenName	Pierre →
honoredBy	reinterment at Arlington National Cemetery →
influenced	development of Washington, D.C. →
influencedBy	Baroque urban planning → Parisian city planning →
knownFor	design of the federal capital of the United States → original plan for Washington, D.C. →
laterNationality	American →
militaryBranch	Continental Army →
militaryRank	major →
name	Pierre Charles L’Enfant →
nationalityAtBirth	French →
occupation	architect → civil engineer → urban planner →
participatedIn	American Revolutionary War →
residence	New York City → Philadelphia → Washington, D.C. →
servedUnder	George Washington →
yearOfMajorWork	1791 →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
L’Enfant Plan for Washington, D.C. → L’Enfant Plaza →	namedAfter
President's House (original design) ("Pierre Charles L'Enfant") →	associatedArchitect
Digges farm, Prince George’s County, Maryland →	associatedWith
L’Enfant Plan for Washington, D.C. →	author
Digges farm, Prince George’s County, Maryland →	burialSiteOf
Washington, D.C. →	designedBy
L’Enfant Plan for Washington, D.C. →	designer
Pierre Charles L’Enfant →	name