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The Commission of Fine Arts was first asked for an opinion on a site for a memorial to Thomas Jefferson in 1914. At that time two suggestions were made: a site between the Union Station Plaza and the Capitol, or one close to the proposed new State Department building, since Jefferson was the first Secretary of State. The matter did not come before the Commission again until January 1934, when the members replied to a letter from President Roosevelt asking them to study the possibility of locating a statute of Jefferson at the apex of the Federal Triangle, to the east of the Archives Building. At this time the Commission felt that this would be a possibility since there would be space for such a statue even if the Apex building were built. A suggestion was also made that the statue be placed on the cross axis of the Mall at Seventh Street, which would give it a major location in the plan of Washington. A third site mentioned was one in front of the Archives building on Pennsylvania Avenue. At this point the thought was that the memorial would take the form of a statue, and the sites mentioned were all relatively restricted ones. In March 1934 another site was mentioned: the one south of the Washington Monument which in the Plan of 1901 was to be dedicated to the Founding Fathers. If this site were chosen the Commission of Fine Arts assumed that the Jefferson Memorial would be only one of several memorials erected there. This site had been suggested previously (in the 1920's) as a location for a memorial to Theodore Roosevelt, and there had even been a competition for the design. Drawings were submitted by some of the most prestigious architectural firms in the country, including John Russell Pope, Delano and Aldrich, Charles A. Platt and McKim, Mead & White. Pope won the competition, but the project was abandoned and nothing done until much later when the memorial on what is now Theodore Roosevelt Island was completed in the 1960's. In June 1934 the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Commission was created; in April 1935 Charles Moore sent a memo to the Memorial Commission in which he emphasized the importance of choosing the right site. He said that it needed a certain degree of isolation and should be vitally related to the plan of Washington. He pointed out the fact that there were very few sites in the city with these attributes and stressed the importance of serious study, both in regard to the site and the character of the memorial. The Commission of Fine Arts liked the site south of the Washington Monument but was concerned about the expense involved in developing it properly since costly foundation work would be necessary.

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美術委員会は、1914年にトーマス・ジェファーソン記念館の場所について最初に意見を求められました。ジェファーソンが最初の国務長官だったため、部門の建物。問題は前になかった

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The Art Committee was first asked in 1914 for the location of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial. Department building because Jefferson was the first Secretary of State. There was no problem before

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アート委員会は、1914年にトーマス・ジェファーソン記念館の場所を最初に尋ねられました。ジェファーソンが最初の国務長官だったので、部門の建物。以前は問題ありませんでした

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The Art Committee was first asked about the location of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in 1914. Department building because Jefferson was the first Secretary of State. There was no problem before

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アート委員会は、1914年にトーマスジェファーソン記念館の場所について最初に質問されました。以前は問題ありませんでした

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The Art Committee was first asked about the location of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in 1914. There was no problem before

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美術委員会は、1914年にトーマスジェファーソン記念館の場所について最初に尋ねられました。以前は問題はありませんでした。

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The Art Committee was first asked about the location of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in 1914. There was no problem before.

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アート委員会は、1914年にトーマス・ジェファーソン記念館の場所について最初に尋ねられました。以前は問題はありませんでした。

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The Art Committee was first asked about the location of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in 1914. There was no problem before.