McMillan Plan

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The McMillan Plan was an early 20th-century urban design blueprint that reshaped Washington, D.C.’s monumental core with grand boulevards, parks, and neoclassical civic spaces inspired by City Beautiful principles.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city beautification plan ⓘ
master plan ⓘ
urban planning proposal ⓘ
aimedAt beautification of the capital city ⓘ
creation of a coherent monumental core ⓘ
improvement of traffic circulation ⓘ
appliesTo Washington, D.C. ⓘ
architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts architecture ⓘ
linked to: Beaux-Arts

Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
basedOn World’s Columbian Exposition planning ideas ⓘ
commissionedBy United States Senate Park Commission ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
draftedBy Senate Park Commission ⓘ
formulatedIn early 20th century ⓘ
hasEffect creation of a continuous greensward on the National Mall ⓘ
establishment of coordinated siting for national monuments ⓘ
removal of Victorian-era landscaping from the Mall ⓘ
reshaping of Washington, D.C.’s monumental core ⓘ
strengthening of north–south and east–west axes in the capital ⓘ
hasPart Monumental core of Washington, D.C. ⓘ
National Mall redesign ⓘ
Union Station area plan ⓘ
Washington Monument grounds redesign ⓘ
neoclassical civic spaces ⓘ
park system along Rock Creek ⓘ
park system along the Potomac River ⓘ
park system around the Anacostia River ⓘ
reflecting pool concept on the Mall ⓘ
system of grand boulevards ⓘ
heritageStatus foundational plan for modern Washington, D.C. ⓘ
inception 1901 ⓘ
influencedBy Beaux-Arts planning principles ⓘ
linked to: Beaux-Arts

City Beautiful movement ⓘ
L’Enfant Plan for Washington ⓘ
keyMember Augustus Saint-Gaudens ⓘ
Charles F. McKim ⓘ
Daniel H. Burnham ⓘ
linked to: Daniel Burnham

Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. ⓘ
location Anacostia waterfront, Washington, D.C. ⓘ
National Mall, Washington, D.C. ⓘ
linked to: National Mall

Potomac Park, Washington, D.C. ⓘ
linked to: West Potomac Park

Rock Creek Park, Washington, D.C. ⓘ
linked to: Rock Creek Park
mainTheme formal axial composition ⓘ
integration of parks and parkways ⓘ
monumental city design ⓘ
namedAfter James McMillan ⓘ
presentedTo United States Congress ⓘ
publicationDate 1902 ⓘ

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National Capital Park and Planning Commission → influencedBy → McMillan Plan for Washington, D.C. ⓘ
linked to: McMillan Plan
Northwest street quadrant system of Washington, D.C. → historicalDevelopment → evolved from original L’Enfant Plan and later extensions ⓘ
linked to: McMillan Plan
McMillan Commission → hasPart → McMillan Plan ⓘ
McMillan Commission → notableWork → McMillan Plan ⓘ
L’Enfant Plan → influenced → McMillan Plan ⓘ
James McMillan → notableFor → McMillan Plan ⓘ