No, that is a myth.
Benjamin was assigned as one of the surveyors in the design of Washington DC. Assigned by none other than Secretary of State Jefferson himself (and George Ellicot), Banneker played a significant role in the layout of Washington D.C.
In Washington DC
George Washington.
James Hoban won a contest for the design of the White House in Washington, DC. The contest was started by George Washington and his Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson.
The Jefferson memorial.
Jefferson was the first to be inaugurated in Washington, DC. Presidents Washington and Adams were duly inaugurated when they took office but the capital was not yet in DC.
Jefferson Davis did not live in Washington dc he lived in Virginia he was the president of the confederate states of America not the us if he was the president of the us he would of lived in Washington dc
Thmoas Jefferson
Andrew Ellicott
he ask him to design plans for washinton dc
thomas jefferson was the first