9. The Monument is an engineering marvel. The Washington Post recently pointed out an interesting fact in an on-going debate about the Monument as the world’s tallest free-standing masonry ...

Fun facts about the Washington Monument. ... It wasn't the first Washington Monument. Baltimore built one in 1829. That column — with Washington in a toga — was also designed by Mills.

10 Facts About the Washington Monument as It Reopens. After a nearly three-year, $15 million renovation, visitors again welcome. By ABC News. May 12, 2014, 1:10 PM.

Interesting Facts about Washington Monument You Should Know. It Was Once the Tallest Structure in the World: Upon its completion in 1884, at 555 feet 5 1⁄8 inches, ...

Interesting facts about the Washington Monument for kids to know. Sections ; Home; ... Made of granite and marble, the Washington Monument was designed to look like an Egyptian obelisk.

Six years later, the Washington National Monument Society ran out of money, and construction stopped for the next 25 years. In 1876, the US government took over the construction.

In the 1830s the Washington National Monument Society took up the task of raising funds. It solicited designs, and selected one by Robert Mills, one of America’s first native-born ...

Watch the Washington Monument renovated - in 80 seconds USATODAY Visitors could once again set foot inside the Washington Monument on Monday, nearly three years after a magnitude-5.8 earthquake ...