John McShain (December 21 1898 - September 9 1989) was a highy successful American building contractor known as "The Man Who Built Washington." Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania the son of Irish immigrants, John McShain's father founded a successful construction company which he was forced to take over at age twenty-one when his father died in 1919. Under his management, the company became one of the leading builders in the United States. Wikipedia
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