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.

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Pierre Charles L’Enfant canonical 11
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Predicate Object
instanceOf French American ⓘ
architect ⓘ
civil engineer ⓘ
person ⓘ
urban planner ⓘ
birthCountry France ⓘ
birthDate 1754-08-02 ⓘ
birthPlace Paris ⓘ
burialCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
burialPlace Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ
citizenship France ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
commissionedBy George Washington ⓘ
United States Congress ⓘ
deathCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: 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 self-link ⓘ
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 ⓘ

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Washington, D.C. → designedBy → Pierre Charles L’Enfant ⓘ
Pierre Charles L’Enfant → name → Pierre Charles L’Enfant self-link ⓘ
Digges farm, Prince George’s County, Maryland → associatedWith → Pierre Charles L’Enfant ⓘ
Digges farm, Prince George’s County, Maryland → burialSiteOf → Pierre Charles L’Enfant ⓘ
L’Enfant Plaza → namedAfter → Pierre Charles L’Enfant ⓘ
L’Enfant Plan for Washington, D.C. → designer → Pierre Charles L’Enfant ⓘ
L’Enfant Plan for Washington, D.C. → author → Pierre Charles L’Enfant ⓘ
L’Enfant Plan for Washington, D.C. → namedAfter → Pierre Charles L’Enfant ⓘ
President's House (original design) → associatedArchitect → Pierre Charles L’Enfant ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pierre Charles L'Enfant
L'Enfant Plaza station → namedAfter → Pierre Charles L’Enfant ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pierre Charles L'Enfant
L’Enfant Promenade → namedAfter → Pierre Charles L’Enfant ⓘ
16th Street NW → partOfUrbanPlanBy → Pierre Charles L’Enfant ⓘ
The Mall → designedWithinPlanBy → Pierre Charles L’Enfant ⓘ