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In 1791 Major Pierre L’Enfant was commissioned to design it.
1893 congress granted a charter to the cathedral’s ford. A 57 acre plot was chosen.
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Construction began in 1907. Ended in 1990.
The National cathedral is also known as the Episcopal church.
In 2007 started the 2 coted century.
In 1918 president Woodrow Wilson had a thanksgiving party for the end of the war. The National Cathedral included president Theodore Roosevelt’s 1907 speech.
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The National Cathedral is 301 ft. high.
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The National Cathedral is 517 ft. long.
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The National Cathedral took 83 years to construct.
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In the cathedral there is a west rose window.
In 1907 they laid the first stone
They laid a large piece of granite.
At the cathedral there is a gargoyle of Darth Vader.