English: Burn's cottage (earliest building on site of D.C.)
Description
Photograph shows the home of David Burnes (Burns) and his daughter, Marcia (Burns) Van Ness, with the Washington Monument in the background, Washington, D.C.
Date
circa 1889
date QS:P571,+1889-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ds-02131 (digital file from original glass negative)
Call Number: LC-J698- 81842 [P&P]
Notes
On negative sleeve: Public buildings, Washington, D.C.
Title from negative sleeve.
Date from: An illustrated History of the City of Washington, 1977, p. 58. Burn's cottage was demolished in 1894. the Pan American Union building now stands on the site.
Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston collection (Library of Congress).
Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.
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