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In 1859 he won his most important competition, that for the Wallace Monument in Stirling, which was completed in 1869. This went Â£5000 over budget which resulted in the bankruptcy of the contractor and Rochead never receiving his fee.
The Washington Monument is a 555ft/169m tall obelisk built between 1848 and 1884 in honor of the first President of the United States, George Washington.It is the tallest free standing masonry structure in the world.he plan was never realized so in 1833, at the centennial anniversary of George Washington's birth, James Madison and John Marshall decided to take matters in their own hands and founded the Washington National Monument Society; its purpose was to build a monument for George Washington.