Frozen Reflections on Capitol Hill

by SCB Captures

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Frozen Reflections on Capitol Hill

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SCB Captures

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12/12/2009 Capitol Hill, Washington DC

Christmas time on Capitol Hill, frozen reflecting pool in the foreground.

Since 1800 the building known as the Capitol has been the home of the Congress of the United States and the workplace of many residents of the Capitol Hill neighborhood. The Capitol is located inside the Capitol Hill historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places, but it is also listed separately on the NRHP.

It was Thomas Jefferson who came up with the name Capitol Hill, consciously invoking the famous temple of Jupiter Optimus on the Capitoline Hill in ancient Rome.

The location of the Capitol was chosen by Pierre L'Enfant in his design for the District of Columbia. L'Enfant referred to the hill chosen as the site of the future Congress House as "Jenkins Hill" or "Jenkins Heights". However, the tract of land had for many years belonged to the Carroll family and was noted in their records of ownership as "New Troy". While it was rumored that a man named Jenkins had once pastured some livestock at the site of the Capitol (and thus his name was associated with the site), artist John Trumbull, who would paint several murals inside the Capitol's rotunda, reported in 1791 that the site was covered with a thick wood, making it an unlikely place for livestock to graze. Who Jenkins was and how his name became associated with the hill, as reported by L'Enfant, remains unclear.--Wikipedia

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