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 | | The early archaeology of Washington, D.C., done by William Henry Holmes, S. Proudfit, and others, reveals a number of village, camp, and quarry sites within the present boundaries of the city (Figure 4). |
 | | That frame dwellings outnumbered brick indicates that George Washington’s vision of a substantial, brick and stone city to reflect symbolically the substantial new nation and L’Enfant’s formal plan had not come to pass. |
 | | Between 1820 and 1829, 533 brick and 500 frame dwellings were erected; between 1830 and 1839, 346 brick and 547 frame dwellings were erected; and between 1840 and 1845, 469 brick and 1,236 frame dwellings were erected (Watterston 1847:213). |
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