section_path: Historical reputation and legacy/Places, namesakes, and monuments
section_name: Places, namesakes, and monuments
paragraph_text: Places, namesakes, and monuments
  
  Many places and monuments have been named in honor of Washington, most notably Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, and the state of Washington, the only U.S. state to be named after a president.
  
  On February 21, 1885, the Washington Monument was dedicated. The 555-foot marble obelisk, which stands on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was built between 1848–1854 and 1879–1884 and was the tallest structure in the world between 1884 and 1889.
  
  Washington appears as one of four U.S. presidents on the Shrine of Democracy, a colossal statue by Gutzon Borglum on Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.
  
  A number of secondary schools and universities are named in honor of Washington, including George Washington University and Washington University in St. Louis.