Washington Circle, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Summary
Significance: Included on the L'Enfant and Ellicott plans of the city, this was the first circle to be landscaped as a park. It offers vistas down Pennsylvania Avenue toward the White House, northeast up New Hampshire Avenue to Dupont Circle and due south on 23rd Street to the Lincoln Memorial. The equestrian state of George Washington is among the American Revolutionary statues listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Survey number: HABS DC-688
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 38.90305, -77.04993
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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