Archie Alphonso Alexander
Archie Alexander was an African American engineer from Iowa and the senior partner in the firm Alexander and Repass. In the 1940s, the firm was hired to build a bridge and seawall at the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/430">Tidal Basin</a>. Alexander spearheaded the project and brought in an integrated construction crew.
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Pierre Charles L'Enfant
L'Enfant was an architect and civil engineer chosen by <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/152">President George Washington</a> in 1791 to survey and design the new federal city of Washington. L'Enfant designed streets in a grid pattern, and he placed major government buildings and parks in the plan. He also designed a "grand avenue" stretching west from the Capitol to the Potomac River, which we now call the National Mall. Disagreements with the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/308">city's commissioners</a> led to <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/299">L'Enfant's dismissal</a> in February 1792. Never fully implemented, his vision for the city continues to influence planners and designers today.
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Benjamin Henry Latrobe
Benjamin H. Latrobe was an architect hired by <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/301">President Thomas Jefferson</a> to serve as the Surveyor of Public Buildings in 1803. He spent nearly 14 years in Washington supervising the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/266">construction</a> and <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/454">design</a> of public buildings. His largest project was constructing the Capitol's south wing. After the War of 1812, Latrobe oversaw the rebuilding and redesign of the Capitol, which the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/157">British army destroyed in 1814</a>. Hence, Latrobe is known as the second Architect of the Capitol.
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