In a technical sense, the Washington Monument isn’t an obelisk, because it isn’t made from a single piece of stone. That fact makes it no less impressive. Stretching 555 feet in the air, the ...

Made of granite and marble, the Washington Monument was designed to look like an Egyptian obelisk. Also, it was the tallest structure in the world until 1889, when the Eiffel Tower was completed ...

Construction on the Washington Monument began in 1848, but would not be completed for another 37 years. This photo was taken during the building process. The obelisk-shaped design followed earlier ...

For Washington’s Monument, historian John Steele Gordon attempts a centuries-long history of the obelisk, told through the lens of the construction of the Washington Monument.The obelisk, a four-sided ...

In our nation's capital one monument stands above them all: a 555-foot-tall marble obelisk that ended up the perfect expression of what our first president was, and still is, in the minds of the ...

Few structures represent the United States as powerfully as the Washington Monument. At the center of Washington, D.C., the impressive marble obelisk (555 feet tall and 55 feet wide) pays grand ...

Conceived soon after the American Revolution ended, the great monument to George Washington was not finally completed until almost a century later; the great obelisk was finished in 1884, and ...

The National Park Service illuminated the Washington Monument for the first time Monday night with 488 decorative lamps. The soaring obelisk will now light up every evening as it undergoes repairs ...

The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. Wikimedia Commons The 555-foot tall obelisk stands over the nation's capital much like the legacy of George Washington stands over America's history.

The Washington Monument, one of D.C.’s most iconic landmarks, reopens to visitors on September 19 after several years of construction and repairs. A tall, white obelisk named for the United ...

Famed obelisk was closed after August 2011 earthquake. ... the Washington Monument is finally set to reopen after it suffered widespread damage in an August 2011 earthquake along the East Coast.