daniel carroll of dunnington was the largest landowner. in what became the district of columbia and it was on his land that the capital building was situated. i don't want to steal any of carroll's thunder. when i first met carroll, which was probably about 15 years ago, the first question he asked me and one of the first questions he would ever ask anyone was -- why is capitol hill referred to as jenkins hill when it was on carroll land? somebody else can tell you the reason why the name jenkins hill stuck. that is the connection between the capital society, the carol family and the capitol hill. it was on carroll land. our final panelist is pamela scott. a scholar who has been researching, writing, lecturing and curating, about the national , capital's architecture history for more than four decades. i have no idea what she can do in her spare time. she does not have any. the capital has been the center of a research teaching and writing articles on john trumbull. they have delved into the contributions of these key individuals. her exhi

the first capitol hill in the carollintroduces daniel of dotting 10 -- dunnington. highbornmas law, a indian who came to america in 1790 or. -- 1794. they married eliza. this was the eldest -- ddaughter it was her eldest granddaughter. his huge most of portion developing and promoting washington. he believed that every american would be interested in his new capital city. he enticed three members of jeffersons cabinet to live on capitol hill by offering them finer properties at lower rent president'sar the house. he changed the dynamic of capitol hill. boarding houses and hotels, churches, turnpikes and bridges, the workinginvited population to buy shares and develop businesses. this african-american william carollworked for both and law, built houses for his family, one facing the capital square. he and his daughters lived in harmony. new information about washington's double house that costected at considerable to help develop the neighborhood for the accommodation of residencesow the fared in august of 1814 when the firing of the capital destroyed it and some pri