Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
- Also Known As: Mason's Island also Analostan Island
- Vicinity: S of Key Bridge in the Potomac River
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
Frederick Law Olmsted Sr | Architect | |||||
Eric Gugler | Architect | |||||
1792/00/00 | ||||||
1798/11/03 | James Murray Mason | Born | Born on Analostan Island | |||
1814/08/24 | James Madison | US President | On a fresh horse, Madison escapes from Washington by taking the Georgetown Ferry to Mason's Island and crosses over the Causeway into Virginia. He then travels the Georgetown Road to the Alexandria and Leesburg Road. | Battle of Bladensburg |
Particulars for Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial: | |
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Historic Use | Agricultural fields |
Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Area of Significance | Art |
Criteria Consideration | Commemorative property |
Area of Significance | Community Planning and Development |
Area of Significance | Conservation |
Area of Significance | Entertainment - Recreation |
Owner | Federal |
Landscape Architecture | Garden |
Sight Category | Historic District |
Criteria | Historic Event |
Historic Use | Horticulture facility |
Criteria | Information Potential |
Area of Significance | Landscape Architecture |
Area of Significance | Military |
Historic Use | Military Facility |
Architectural Style | Modern Movement |
Level of Significance | National |
Area of Significance | Politics-government |
Historic Use | Road-related |
Historic Use | Single dwelling |
Area of Significance | Social History |
Area of Significance | Transportation |
Historic Use | Water-related |
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