Van Ness Mausoleum

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The Van Ness Mausoleum was designed by George Hadfield. It is said to be a copy of the Temple of Vesta in Rome.[1][2] It was constructed in the 1830s, after the architect's death in 1826, initially for the wife of John Peter Van Ness who died in 1832.[3] The mausoleum was originally on H Street, on the grounds of the orphan asylum founded by Mrs. Van Ness.[4] Built at an estimated cost of $34,000 with space for 18, it ultimately held 7, including John Peter Van Ness in 1847. The mausoleum was moved by Col. W. H. Philip to Oak Hill Cemetery in 1872.[1] The structure was put on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[5]

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  1. ^ a b Townsend, George Alfred (1874), Washington, Outside and Inside, James Betts & Co., p. 608, <http://books.google.com/books?id=WHoFAAAAQAAJ&dq=%22Van+Ness+Mausoleum%22&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0> 
  2. ^ Interments in the Congressional Cemetery, July 17, 2001, <http://www.congressionalcemetery.org/PDF/Obits/H/Obits_Hadfield.pdf>. Retrieved on 14 January 2008 
  3. ^ Cutter, William Richard & Adams, William Frederick (1908), Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of, Lewis historical publishing company, pp. 380, <http://books.google.com/books?id=kmujIJi3_FkC&pg=PA380&lpg=PA380&dq=van+ness+mausoleum&source=web&ots=asz02U4a8i&sig=w2wmmSZCimB009gThXFMJ0HpDtA>. Retrieved on 16 January 2008 
  4. ^ Ridgely, Helen West (1908), Historic Graves of Maryland and the District of Columbia, The Grafton press, p. 248, <http://books.google.com/books?id=81odAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA248&lpg=PA248&dq=van+ness+mausoleum&source=web&ots=H-DYYAUAZK&sig=t6qFau0Ju5wXkUqAY877C45p3Do>. Retrieved on 16 January 2008 
  5. ^ District of Columbia. National Register of Historic Places.

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