Editing Judiciary Square (section)

===18th century===
[[File:Judiciary Square 1797 plan.jpg|thumb|alt=1797 map of Judiciary Square|James R. Dermott's 1797 map of the planned Judiciary Square]]
When the decision was made to create a new capital city after the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]], President [[George Washington]] selected engineer and architect [[Pierre Charles L’Enfant]] to design it. The [[L'Enfant Plan]] was presented in 1791, which included numerous large squares, connected by avenues. In L'Enfant's plan, the area that become Judiciary Square was Reservation 7 on land owned by David Burnes, and one of the largest out of the original 17 parcels included in his plan. It was designed to be three square blocks, in an area that would be home to the [[United States Supreme Court Building]] and other judicial buildings. The plan was to create a design that would form a triangle between the [[United States Capitol]], the [[White House]], and the Supreme Court Building.<ref name=nom/><ref name=habs/> 

After L'Enfant was fired and replaced with [[Andrew Ellicott]], there were several changes made to the Square's plans, including size of the Square, removing building sites, and adding cross-through streets. The neighborhood around the planned Square was on sloping land that gradually reached street level at Pennsylvania Avenue. [[Tiber Creek|Goose Creek]] ran diagonally through the Square in addition to another tributary of the creek entering from the north.<ref name=nom/>

Another plan for the city was completed in 1797 by James R. Dermott. Washington and President [[John Adams]] both selected this plan, which was more cohesive and did not include planned buildings, to be the final draft. The map includes the name, Judiciary Square, which does not appear on the L'Enfant Plan or Ellicott Plan.<ref name=nom/>