Am I correct in thinking that there is a law in Washington that says no building can be highter than the Capitol, with the exception of the National Cathedral?
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Actually, at 555 feet, the Washington Monument is the tallest building in the District.
DC passed a law in 1910 that forbid building higher than the capitol. I don’t have a rock-solid cite to that, just some references made to it in articles, etc. There are exceptions…The Cairo is one. I’m not sure of the other(s).
Q.E.D., I think that The National Cathedral is taller than the Washington Monument as it sits on a hill.
That’s cheating 