Many government buildings, monuments, and museums along the
National Mall and surrounding areas are heavily inspired by
classical Roman and
Greek architecture. The designs of the White House, the U.S. Capitol,
Supreme Court Building,
Washington Monument,
National Gallery of Art, Lincoln Memorial, and Jefferson Memorial are all heavily drawn from these classical architectural movements and feature large pediments, domes, columns in classical order, and heavy stone walls. Notable exceptions to the city's classical-style architecture include buildings constructed in the
French Second Empire style, including the
Eisenhower Executive Office Building, and the modernist
Watergate complex. The
Thomas Jefferson Building, the main
Library of Congress building, and the historic
Willard Hotel are built in
Beaux-Arts style, popular throughout the world in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Meridian Hill Park contains a
cascading waterfall with
Italian Renaissance-style architecture.