The Washington Monument 1).. (build) ****** between 1848 and 1884, in honour of the first US president, George Washington. The obelisk, which 2).. (make) of granite and marble, is 169 metres tall and weighs around 91,000 tons. It 3).. (design) by the (locate) architect Robert Mills and 4). between the U.S. Capitol and the Lincoln Memorial. Building began in 1848 but many problems arose during the memorial's construction. Lack of funding and the outbreak of the Civil War meant that building had 5). (stop) entirely between 1854 and 1879. It wasn't until 1884 that the monument 6). (finish). Since its completion, the Washington Memorial 7).. (regard) as one of America's most recognisable structures. The monument 8). (visit) by millions of people ******** every year.​