As construction proceeded ... Party loyalists reportedly broke into the Washington Monument site, absconding with “the Pope’s Stone” and throwing it in the nearby Potomac River.

The Washington Monument, a soaring tribute in the heart ... Despite the celebratory start to the project, construction ceased in 1854 because of a lack of funds and the death of Mills the ...

The plans for the structure began in 1835, as The Washington National Monument Society appointed bonded agents to collect funds from the public for construction of a monument to George Washington.

On Dec. 6, 1884 — 36 years after construction had begun — the 3,300-pound aluminum capstone was placed atop the obelisk, making the Washington Monument, at 555 feet, the world’s tallest ...

Three years after the laying of the Washington Monument’s cornerstone in 1848, Pope Pius IX and the Vatican answered a call to aid in the construction of the obelisk honoring the first American ...

1880: Construction resumes. 1884: Finished at 555 feet, 5⅛ inches, the tallest building in the world at the time. You can find the National Park Service’s complete Washington Monument ...