The Jefferson Memorial was designed byJohn Russell Pope and actually constructed by by Philadelphia contractor John McShain. Unfortunately, Pope died in 1937 before construction officially began and architects Daniel P. Higgins and Otto R. Eggers took over from there. It was started in 1938 and completed in 1943. Many people made fun of the design because it looked like a muffin. However, the design was modeled after three important architectural structures: the Roman Pantheon, Jefferson's own Monticello home, and Andrea Palladio's Villa Capra.
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The Thomas Jefferson Memorial is a presidential memorial in Washington, D.C. that is dedicated to Thomas Jefferson, an American Founding Father and the third President of the United States. The neoclassical building was designed by John Russell Pope. It was built by Philadelphia contractor John McShain and was completed in 1943.
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Construction began in 1939, the building was completed in 1943, and the bronze statue of Jefferson was added in 1947.
The Jefferson Memorial in Washington DC was designed by John Russell Pope. Pope used Jefferson's own architectural taste in the design which was built by John McShain.
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It was urged by Franklin D. Roosevelt because he felt Thomas Jefferson should receive a monument as great as the Lincoln Monument
The Jefferson Memorial was designed by John Russell Pope and the memorial's construction began in 1939 and completed in 1943 and , subsequently , the statue of Jefferson was added in 1947 .
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