1. National Mall Designed by: Andrew Jackson Downing

2. Layout of the National Mall

3. Info. The National Mall was first designed in 1850 by Andrew Jackson Downing. The National Mall is not exactly a mall but instead it is an open area national park with different monuments and memorials. Receives approximately 24 million visitors each year.

4. Mall Attractions US Capitol Ulysses S. Grant Memorial National Gallery of Art National Museum of the American Indian National Air and Space Museum National Museum of Natural History Hirshhorn Museum Smithsonian Castle National Museum of American History Washington Monument World War II Memorial Vietnam Memorial Korean War Veterans Memorial Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Lincoln Memorial