Builder and architect in early America. Leonard Harbaugh was the son of a German immigrant, Yost Harbaugh and Yost's second wife, Mary Elizabeth. He married Rebecca Rineback (1754-1801). They had 13 sons and one daughter (the daughter Rebecca was the last child born in 1798; her 13 brothers were born between 1773 and 1797). Per the Harbaugh History (1947) "Leonard Harbaugh moved from York, PA, sometime between 1775 and 1780, and resided in Baltimore, MD, up to 1781, when he moved to Washington, D.C. During the time he was in Baltimore, he constantly engaged in building of every kind----churches, taverns, dwellings, warehouses, and bridges. In the Spring of 1782, the Commissioners of the city of Washington gave a contract to Leonard Harbaugh for the erection of a stone bridge over Rock Creek on a line with K Street. (note: the first bridge failed, but another bridge was built....."this structure stood and Leonard was the builder of the first arched bridge in America to stand.") Continuing in the Harbaugh History book: "The contract for the building of the Treasury Building was let to Leonard Harbaugh in Nov. 1798 to have it completed by July 1800 for the sum of $39,511. It seems from many records, that he was the business partner of George Washington, at least their names appear on several papers."
In the Congressional Cemetery (according to the Harbaugh History book), there is a marker showing Leonard and his wife in the same grave and Rebecca (their only daughter----she never married) and one son David (who also never married) in another grave.
In the Congressional Cemetery (according to the Harbaugh History book), there is a marker showing Leonard and his wife in the same grave and Rebecca (their only daughter----she never married) and one son David (who also never married) in another grave.
Builder and architect in early America. Leonard Harbaugh was the son of a German immigrant, Yost Harbaugh and Yost's second wife, Mary Elizabeth. He married Rebecca Rineback (1754-1801). They had 13 sons and one daughter (the daughter Rebecca was the last child born in 1798; her 13 brothers were born between 1773 and 1797). Per the Harbaugh History (1947) "Leonard Harbaugh moved from York, PA, sometime between 1775 and 1780, and resided in Baltimore, MD, up to 1781, when he moved to Washington, D.C. During the time he was in Baltimore, he constantly engaged in building of every kind----churches, taverns, dwellings, warehouses, and bridges. In the Spring of 1782, the Commissioners of the city of Washington gave a contract to Leonard Harbaugh for the erection of a stone bridge over Rock Creek on a line with K Street. (note: the first bridge failed, but another bridge was built....."this structure stood and Leonard was the builder of the first arched bridge in America to stand.") Continuing in the Harbaugh History book: "The contract for the building of the Treasury Building was let to Leonard Harbaugh in Nov. 1798 to have it completed by July 1800 for the sum of $39,511. It seems from many records, that he was the business partner of George Washington, at least their names appear on several papers."
In the Congressional Cemetery (according to the Harbaugh History book), there is a marker showing Leonard and his wife in the same grave and Rebecca (their only daughter----she never married) and one son David (who also never married) in another grave.
In the Congressional Cemetery (according to the Harbaugh History book), there is a marker showing Leonard and his wife in the same grave and Rebecca (their only daughter----she never married) and one son David (who also never married) in another grave.
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