House & Garden 
the White House, and it provides large 
greens for outdoor games and athletic sports. 
At the far end, upon land to be reclaimed from 
the malarial marshes of the river, has been 
designed the Memorial to the Makers of the 
Constitution. A domed classic structure 
stands isolated upon a vast platform, at each 
end of which are three minor buildings sym¬ 
metrically disposed. All of these overlook 
silvery waters of the Potomac and the hills 
upon the distant shore. 
Fronting the Mall upon the north it is 
proposed to erect such scientific buildings in 
which the general public is interested, as 
the National Museum and Smithsonian 
Institute. Farther to the north, on purchased 
property between Pennsylvania Avenue and 
B Street, is contemplated the location of 
Theatre and Public Baths 
The Pool for Aquatic Sports 
Gymnasium and Athletic Buildings 
From drawings rendered by Jules Guerin 
THE MEMORIAL TO THE MAKERS OF THE CONSTITUTION 
a great semicircular basin separated from the 
open waters of the Potomac by a mole sur¬ 
mounted by a shaded avenue. The water 
within is intended for aquatic sports and pub¬ 
lic baths in the summer, and for skating in 
the winter. This dignified group, finally 
terminating the vista from the White House 
across “ The White Lot,” the sunken garden 
and the playing fields, is outlined before the 
various municipal structures such as the 
buildings for District officials, the Armory 
and Drill Hall, a public market, etc. Upon 
the south, it is suggested, the space between 
Maryland Avenue and B Street should 
be acquired to give a symmetry to the fan¬ 
shaped park system diverging from the 
Capitol. The purchase of the district 
between New York Avenue and B Street is 
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