The man who designed the nations capital in 1791, George Washington commissioned George Ellicott and French engineer Pierre LEnfant to help plan the construction of the nations capital on a ten-square-mile area of land. Ellicott asked Banneker to be his assistant. A dispute between some Americans and Frenchmen led LEnfant to abandon it and take the drafted plans with him. Over the course of two days, Banneker reproduced the intricate plans from memory, preventing a major delay.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 16:14:07 +0000