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In 1918, the land pictured below was nothing but a swampy piece of land occupied by a few small structures. However a few years later, plans swung into action to build a new project where the arrow is pointing. Lets see if you can guess what Neoclassical structure currently occupies this land. We will give you a clue, it was designed by John Pope.

Follow the jump for the same picture taken 40 years latter, with one significant addition…

After much planning, work finally began in 1939 to build the Jefferson Memorial. Interestingly enough, the bronze status of Jefferson himself wasn’t added till 1947.

[Photo Credit: National Archive]