Orville E. Babcock House, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Significance: The townhouse of Orville E. Babcock, private secretary to president U.S. Grant, until 1876. Babcock was indicted by the grand jury at St. Louis on Dec. 9, 1875 "for conspiracy to defraud the reve... More
Robert P. Dodge House, 1534 Twenty-eighth Street Northwest, Washingto...
Significance: This spacious and elegant dwelling, along with a similar house at the southeast corner of 30th and Q Streets, was designed by Andrew Jackson Downing and Calvert Vaux. It is representative of Down... More
Robert P. Dodge House, 1534 Twenty-eighth Street Northwest, Washingto...
Significance: This spacious and elegant dwelling, along with a similar house at the southeast corner of 30th and Q Streets, was designed by Andrew Jackson Downing and Calvert Vaux. It is representative of Down... More
McCleery House, 1068 Thirtieth Street Northwest, Washington, District ...
1994 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: A Georgetown residence of about 1800 with many fine interior details, reputedly designed by James Hoban. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this str... More
Gallaudet College, College Hall, Seventh & Florida Avenue Northeast, W...
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Potomac Aqueduct, Georgetown abutment at Georgetown waterfront, Washin...
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Potomac Aqueduct, Georgetown abutment at Georgetown waterfront, Washin...
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Potomac Aqueduct, Georgetown abutment at Georgetown waterfront, Washin...
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Potomac Aqueduct, Georgetown abutment at Georgetown waterfront, Washin...
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Hillyer Place, Between Q & R & Twentieth & Twenty-first Streets Northw...
Significance: Relatively undisturbed block of late 19th century rowhouses, presenting a well-maintained period streetscape. #2030 was the home of Washington architect Joseph Hornblower. Street named for Curti... More
U.S. Coast Guard Buoy Tenders, 180' Class, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarte...
Significance: These vessels were built to serve as 180' U.S. Coast Guard cutters. A total of thirty-nine of these cutters, built in three subclasses, were purchased by the government from 1942-1944. The USCG ... More
1013 E Street, Northwest (Commercial), Square 347, Washington, Distric...
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L'Enfant-McMillan Plan of Washington, DC, Washington, District of Colu...
Significance: The historic plan of Washington, designed by Pierre L'Enfant in 1791 as the site of the Federal City, represents the sole American example of a comprehensive baroque city plan with a coordinated s... More
L'Enfant-McMillan Plan of Washington, DC, Washington, District of Colu...
Significance: The historic plan of Washington, designed by Pierre L'Enfant in 1791 as the site of the Federal City, represents the sole American example of a comprehensive baroque city plan with a coordinated s... More
L'Enfant-McMillan Plan of Washington, DC, Washington, District of Colu...
Significance: The historic plan of Washington, designed by Pierre L'Enfant in 1791 as the site of the Federal City, represents the sole American example of a comprehensive baroque city plan with a coordinated s... More
L'Enfant-McMillan Plan of Washington, DC, Washington, District of Colu...
Significance: The historic plan of Washington, designed by Pierre L'Enfant in 1791 as the site of the Federal City, represents the sole American example of a comprehensive baroque city plan with a coordinated s... More
L'Enfant-McMillan Plan of Washington, DC, Washington, District of Colu...
Significance: The historic plan of Washington, designed by Pierre L'Enfant in 1791 as the site of the Federal City, represents the sole American example of a comprehensive baroque city plan with a coordinated s... More
St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Fifteenth & Church Streets Northwest, Was...
Significance: Tradition associates Calvin T.S. Brent (1854-1899), Washington's earliest known black architect, with the design of this church. St. Luke's rivals Mount Zion United Methodist Church in Georgetown... More
1300-1322 Rhode Island Avenue Northwest (Houses), Washington, District...
Survey number: HABS DC-527 Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
District of Columbia City Hall, 451 Indiana Avenue Northwest, Washingt...
Significance: For many years served as city hall for the District of Columbia and later served as U.S. courthouse and D.C. Superior Court. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-47 Sur... More
District of Columbia City Hall, 451 Indiana Avenue Northwest, Washingt...
Significance: For many years served as city hall for the District of Columbia and later served as U.S. courthouse and D.C. Superior Court. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-47 Sur... More
Woodward & Lothrop Department Store, G & Eleventh Streets Northwest, W...
Survey number: HABS DC-310 Public domain photograph of decorated panel, decor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
St. Elizabeths Hospital, Storeroom, 2700 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue...
For an overview of the Food Service Buildings, see HABS DC-349-CB Significance: The Old Storeroom (Building 44) was constructed as a storage facility to supplement the General Kitchen (Building 45) and Bakery (... More
Southeast Area Survey, 330 & 706-708 Virginia Avenue (Houses), 306-308...
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National Zoological Park, Elephant House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, ...
Significance: In William Mann's "A Brief History of the Zoo," penned in 1946 while he was director, he wrote that "in 1935 the Zoo had a great stroke of good luck [when] the Public Works Administration allotted... More
National Zoological Park, Elephant House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, ...
Significance: In William Mann's "A Brief History of the Zoo," penned in 1946 while he was director, he wrote that "in 1935 the Zoo had a great stroke of good luck [when] the Public Works Administration allotted... More
Patent Office Building, Bounded by Seventh, Ninth, F & G Streets, Nort...
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Patent Office Building, Bounded by Seventh, Ninth, F & G Streets, Nort...
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Patent Office Building, Bounded by Seventh, Ninth, F & G Streets, Nort...
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Patent Office Building, Bounded by Seventh, Ninth, F & G Streets, Nort...
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Patent Office Building, Bounded by Seventh, Ninth, F & G Streets, Nort...
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Patent Office Building, Bounded by Seventh, Ninth, F & G Streets, Nort...
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Patent Office Building, Bounded by Seventh, Ninth, F & G Streets, Nort...
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2000-2042 I Street (Commercial Buildings), Washington, District of Col...
Survey number: HABS DC-400 Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
2000-2042 I Street (Commercial Buildings), Washington, District of Col...
Survey number: HABS DC-400 Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
2000-2042 I Street (Commercial Buildings), Washington, District of Col...
Survey number: HABS DC-400 Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Thomas Law House, 1252 Sixth Street Southwest, Washington, District of...
Significance: Leased in 1796 by Thomas Law, who lost a fortune made in India speculating on Washington real estate, and his bride Eliza Parke Custis Law, granddaughter of Martha Washington. Served as a hotel i... More
Twelfth Street YMCA Building, 1816 Twelfth Street Northwest, Washingto...
Significance: Designed for the black community by a black architect, W. Sidney Pittman, the costly and well-equipped YMCA became a vital community center. Organizations such as the NAACP, Negro Medical Aid Soci... More
Twelfth Street YMCA Building, 1816 Twelfth Street Northwest, Washingto...
Significance: Designed for the black community by a black architect, W. Sidney Pittman, the costly and well-equipped YMCA became a vital community center. Organizations such as the NAACP, Negro Medical Aid Soci... More
Twelfth Street YMCA Building, 1816 Twelfth Street Northwest, Washingto...
Significance: Designed for the black community by a black architect, W. Sidney Pittman, the costly and well-equipped YMCA became a vital community center. Organizations such as the NAACP, Negro Medical Aid Soci... More
S. Kann & Sons, Market Space, between Seventh & Eighth Streets, Northw...
Significance: At one time, the second largest department store in Washington. Block also site of the beginnings of Saks Company as well as Woodward and Lothrop. Housed in four principle buildings of interesti... More
Thomas Circle, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Significance: Included as open space on both L'Enfant's and Ellicott's plans of the city, this reservation has served as a park since its first improvement in 1871. The equestrian statue of Maj. Gen. George Tho... More
Thomas Circle, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Significance: Included as open space on both L'Enfant's and Ellicott's plans of the city, this reservation has served as a park since its first improvement in 1871. The equestrian statue of Maj. Gen. George Tho... More
Edward H. Everett House, 1606 Twenty-third Street Northwest, Washingto...
Significance: This limestone structure reflects the more eclectic variations which influenced Beaux-Arts Neoclassicism. With its size and setting on 23rd Street, the building takes visual command of the easter... More
Zalmon Richards House, 1301 Corcoran Street Northwest, Washington, Dis...
Significance: Home of Zalmon Richards, who was an important 19th century educator, first president of the National Teachers' Association (which became the National Education Association), instrumental in establ... More
Facsimile of the expunged resolution of the U. S. Senate, as it appear...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 195, Folder 2a.
Mount Zion Cemetery/ Female Union Band Cemetery, Bounded by 27th Stree...
See also HABS DC-242 for documentation of Mount Zion United Methodist Church. Significance: The Mount Zion Cemetery/ Female Union Band Cemetery is one of the oldest remaining African American cemeteries in Geor... More
Mount Zion Cemetery/ Female Union Band Cemetery, Bounded by 27th Stree...
See also HABS DC-242 for documentation of Mount Zion United Methodist Church. Significance: The Mount Zion Cemetery/ Female Union Band Cemetery is one of the oldest remaining African American cemeteries in Geor... More
Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge, Spanning Rock Creek & Potomac Parkway, Was...
Significance: Cast-iron water mains from the Aqueduct Bridge by Montgomery Meigs, the span that preceded the present bridge, are encased in the concrete arch and are visible on the underside. These pipes were ... More
920-926 F Street, Northwest (Commercial Buildings), Washington, Distri...
Significance: The Schwartz Building at 920 F Street, NW was designed in 1911 by local architect Samuel R. Turner, and is a significant example of the Federal Revival style popular in Washington commercial archi... More
920-926 F Street, Northwest (Commercial Buildings), Washington, Distri...
Significance: The Schwartz Building at 920 F Street, NW was designed in 1911 by local architect Samuel R. Turner, and is a significant example of the Federal Revival style popular in Washington commercial archi... More
St. Elizabeths Hospital, N Building, 2700 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenu...
Survey number: HABS DC-349-H National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 79003101
Apartment Building, Nineteenth & Vernon Streets Northwest, Washington,...
Survey number: HABS DC-425 Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Vigilant Firehouse, 1066 Wisconsin Avenue Northwest, Washington, Distr...
Significance: One of the eldest firehouses standing in the District of Columbia. Started as a private fire company in 1817, the Vigilants built this structure on 10 August 1844 as the second firehouse on the s... More
Brickyard Hill House, 3134 South Street Northwest, Washington, Distric...
Significance: A well preserved detached frame house of early date (ca. 1800) now very rare in the Waterfront district. Owned and probably built by the Peter family. Survey number: HABS DC-158 Building/struc... More
Georgetown University, Old North Building, Thirty-Seventh & O Streets ...
Significance: Oldest building remaining on Georgetown University Campus. Survey number: HABS DC-170
Botanic Garden Elm , Union Square, Southwest grass panel, Washington, ...
See also HABS DC-678 for related documentation. Significance: The Botanic Garden Elm (Zelkova carpinofolia) is significant because of its rarity, longevity, and association with the original United States Botan... More
John R. McLean House, 1500 I Street Northwest, Washington, District of...
Survey number: HABS DC-24 Building/structure dates: 1907 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1940 Demolished
John R. McLean House, 1500 I Street Northwest, Washington, District of...
Survey number: HABS DC-24 Building/structure dates: 1907 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1940 Demolished
John R. McLean House, 1500 I Street Northwest, Washington, District of...
Survey number: HABS DC-24 Building/structure dates: 1907 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1940 Demolished
Francis Scott Key House, 3518 M Street Northwest, Washington, District...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-14 Survey number: HABS DC-23 Building/structure dates: ca. 1814 Initial Construction
Howard Road Historic District, Minnie B. Smoot Apartment Building, 101...
Significance: Built as an investment property for Minnie B. Smoot, local undertaker and property owner; four-unit apartment building erected on two lots subdivided out of Barry's Farm Lot 8; multi-family occup... More
Shoreham Hill Bridge, Rock Creek & Potomac Parkway, Spanning Rock Cree...
Significance: The Shoreham Hill Bridge is a typical parkway structure of the 1930s. Its design, materials and construction are representative of parkway bridges in national parks. Survey number: HAER DC-10 B... More
Calvert Street Bridge, Spanning Rock Creek & Potomac Parkway, Washingt...
Significance: This bridge represents the response of a prominent team of designers to the demand of the Commission of Fine Art that the new structures harmonize with both the landscape and the nearby Connecticu... More
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Georgetown Section, East & West parallel to M...
Significance: A remarkable engineering achievement of the early 19th century that played an important role in the development of Georgetown commerce, and stimulated trade and settlement of the interior. Unproc... More
Florida Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Significance: Neither L'Enfant nor Ellicott indicated that an avenue was to follow the city boundary. This avenue developed, nevertheless along the outer edge of the planned city squares. Known as Boundary Stre... More
Florida Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Significance: Neither L'Enfant nor Ellicott indicated that an avenue was to follow the city boundary. This avenue developed, nevertheless along the outer edge of the planned city squares. Known as Boundary Stre... More
Benjamin Miller House, 1524 Twenty-eighth Street Northwest, Washington...
Significance: Benjamin Miller, the master carpenter of the Potomac Aqueduct, built this modest frame dwelling which is distinguished by a Greek Revival front porch. Survey number: HABS DC-247 Building/struct... More
Girl Scout Teahouse, East Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columb...
Significance: The Girl Scout Teahouse at Hains Point is significant in that it represents an early park pavilion structure designed to provide food service to visitors who motored to Hains Point by automobile. ... More
Warder Building, 527 Ninth Street Northwest, Washington, District of C...
Significance: A late nineteenth century commercial building of interesting architectural character. Survey number: HABS DC-216 Building/structure dates: ca. 1890 Initial Construction Building/structure dat... More
1008-1010 F Street, Northwest (Commercial), Square 347, Washington, Di...
See HABS No. DC-800 for related documentation. Building incorporates a 1950s "Populuxe" aluminum facade. Significance: 1008-10 F Street, NW, is comprised of two adjacent 19th century buildings clad in a 1950s P... More
1008-1010 F Street, Northwest (Commercial), Square 347, Washington, Di...
See HABS No. DC-800 for related documentation. Building incorporates a 1950s "Populuxe" aluminum facade. Significance: 1008-10 F Street, NW, is comprised of two adjacent 19th century buildings clad in a 1950s P... More
Wheatley Town House, 3043 N Street Northwest, Washington, District of ...
Significance: 3043 N Street is a fine example of a large Victorian town house of the third quarter of the 19th Century. It possesses the grand living spaces, the lushness of ornament and the variety of fine de... More
St. Elizabeths Hospital, L Building, 2700 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenu...
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3331 O Street, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Significance: This house is a good example of post-Civil War Second Empire-style domestic architecture, as seen in the intact Mansard roof. The house's architectural significance is further enhanced by the twen... More
3331 O Street, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Significance: This house is a good example of post-Civil War Second Empire-style domestic architecture, as seen in the intact Mansard roof. The house's architectural significance is further enhanced by the twen... More
Howard Road Historic District, Samuel Smith House, 1027 Howard Road, W...
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Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Potomac bridge] by Col. William B. Randolph] The following memorial wa...
Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 210, Folder 10.
Laird-Dunlop-Lincoln House, 3014 N Street, Northwest, Washington, Dist...
1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: With the original, middle block built before 1798, this house represents a subset of the Federal period houses of Georgetown that were more ambitious that tho... More
Laird-Dunlop-Lincoln House, 3014 N Street, Northwest, Washington, Dist...
1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: With the original, middle block built before 1798, this house represents a subset of the Federal period houses of Georgetown that were more ambitious that tho... More
Laird-Dunlop-Lincoln House, 3014 N Street, Northwest, Washington, Dist...
1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: With the original, middle block built before 1798, this house represents a subset of the Federal period houses of Georgetown that were more ambitious that tho... More
1200 E Street Northwest (Commercial), Washington, District of Columbia...
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Germond Crandell Building, 401-407 Seventh Street Northwest, Washingto...
Significance: A post-Civil War commercial building of interesting architectural design, illustrating the character of Seventh Street in the early days of its commercial development. Survey number: HABS DC-224... More
1908-1916 G Street Northwest (Row Houses), Washington, District of Col...
Survey number: HABS DC-404 Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Adams Building, 816 F Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colum...
Significance: A building illustrating the commercial development of F Street during the 1870's, of interesting architectural character. Survey number: HABS DC-214 Building/structure dates: 1878 Initial Construction
Adams Building, 816 F Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colum...
Significance: A building illustrating the commercial development of F Street during the 1870's, of interesting architectural character. Survey number: HABS DC-214 Building/structure dates: 1878 Initial Construction