https://www.mallhistory.org/files/original/d5adb4154bb9d63591cb8ca27c965bb1.jpg c9ae2e4305388d90d035e3c38997b128 People An individual, biographical data, birth and death, etc. Birth Date 11/04/1846 Birthplace Macon County, North Carolina Death Date 02/25/1936 Biographical Text <p class="p1">Glover was named for his grandfather Charles Carroll, one of the first residents of Washington, DC. Glover was born in North Carolina, but moved to Washington, DC, to live with his grandmother when he was eight years old. As a young man, he started work at the bank Riggs and Company, rising to be a partner by 1873. When it became Riggs National Bank in 1896, Glover was president of the bank. </p> <p class="p1">Glover personally donated land to be used as parkland. He was strongly committed to civic development in the District, pushing for the development of Rock Creek Park, the National Zoo, and reclaiming the Potomac Flats where many of the memorials of the National Mall currently reside.</p> Bibliography Cornelius W. Heine. "The Contributions of Charles Carroll Glover and Other Citizens to the Development of the National Capital." Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C. , Vol. 53/56, [The 42nd separately bound book] (1953/1956), pp. 229-248. First Name for nav purposes Charles Last Name for nav purposes Glover Occupation Business Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Charles Carroll Glover Description An account of the resource Charles Carroll Glover was a business man who advocated for the development of parks in Washington, DC, during the late 1800s. In 1881, he called a meeting of fellow businessmen to propose transforming the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/321">Potomac flats</a>, a tidal marsh area, into a public park. He continued to promote the idea, even meeting personally with President Grover Cleveland, until the land was formally declared a public park in 1897. Today the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/33">Lincoln Memorial</a> and <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/31">Jefferson Memorial</a> are just a few of the national monuments that reside on the flats. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/97503451/">View original photograph.</a> Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1860-1889 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Charles Carroll Glover building the mall design & monuments