Seventh Street Northwest, 500 Block (Commercial Buildings), Washington...
Survey number: HABS DC-313 Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Occidental Restaurant, 1413 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington,...
Significance: The two-story Occidental Restaurant functions aesthetically with the Occidental Hotel, (DC-325), continuing the fenestration and rustication of the hotel. Built before 1870, as the Owen House, a... More
Evening Star Building, Northwest corner of Eleventh Street & Pennsylva...
Significance: Home of the Evening Star from 1898 to 1955. Survey number: HABS DC-316
Evening Star Building, Northwest corner of Eleventh Street & Pennsylva...
Significance: Home of the Evening Star from 1898 to 1955. Survey number: HABS DC-316
Evening Star Building, Northwest corner of Eleventh Street & Pennsylva...
Significance: Home of the Evening Star from 1898 to 1955. Survey number: HABS DC-316
Evening Star Building, Northwest corner of Eleventh Street & Pennsylva...
Significance: Home of the Evening Star from 1898 to 1955. Survey number: HABS DC-316
U.S. Department of the Treasury, South Court, Fifteenth Street & Penns...
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Rock Creek & Potomac Parkway Bridge near P Street, Washington, Distric...
Significance: The Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway Bridge near P Street is a typical parkway structure of the 1930s. Its design, materials and construction are representative of parkway bridges in the National P... More
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Rock Creek Parish, Washington, District o...
Survey number: HABS DC-47 Public domain photograph of neoclassical architecture building, element, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
5904 Dalecarlia Place (House), Washington, District of Columbia, DC
This house is considered standardized Army housing plan "Type B." Significance: The dwelling at 5906 Dalecarlia Place is a contributing resource to the Calecarlia Water Treatment Plane, a component facility of ... More
Grant Road Bridge, Spanning Broad Branch Creek on Grant Road, Washingt...
Significance: Grant Road Bridge is one of the earliest bridges located in Rock Creek Park. Built during the late nineteenth century, the bridge may have been one of the first built with appropriations for the ... More
Evermay, 1623 Twenty-eighth Street, Northwest, Washington, District of...
Significance: The formality and elegance Evermay's architecture and landscaping create an ensemble of unparalleled beauty. The estate reflects twentieth-century aesthetics, rooted in and continuing Evermay's e... More
Washington Circle, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
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 Ha... More
Departmental Auditorium, Constitution Avenue between Twelfth and Fourt...
Significance: The Departmental Auditorium is part of a three-building ensemble facing the National Mall. The building was renamed in 1987 in honor of Andrew W. Mellon, who oversaw the development of the Federal... More
Southwest Washington, Urban Renewal Area, Bounded by Independence Aven...
Significance: Southwest Washington, D.C., was the site of one of the earliest urban renewal efforts in the United States, and the first such renewal effort in the Nation's Capitol. While not the largest urban r... More
Southwest Washington, Urban Renewal Area, Bounded by Independence Aven...
Significance: Southwest Washington, D.C., was the site of one of the earliest urban renewal efforts in the United States, and the first such renewal effort in the Nation's Capitol. While not the largest urban r... More
The contents of Abraham Lincoln's pockets on the evening of his assass...
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Bartholdi Fountain, Independence Avenue & C Street Southwest, Washingt...
Survey number: HABS DC-533 Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Square 406 (Commercial Buildings), Eighth, Ninth, E & F Streets, North...
Significance: Square 406 lies on the northern edge of the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation area, bounded by Eight, Ninth, E and F Streets. The square flanks the Eighth Street axis that visually conn... More
Clarence Moore House, 1746 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington,...
Significance: Originally a private residence, this structure was designed in the Louis XV manner and, as built was one of the largest and most costly on the avenue. The simple, logical progression of interior ... More
3300 O Street, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columbia, DC
1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-109 Survey number: HABS DC-638 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 67000025
3300 O Street, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columbia, DC
1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-109 Survey number: HABS DC-638 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 67000025
District Building, Fourteenth & E Streets Northwest (Southeast Corner)...
Significance: Has housed the municipal government of the District of Columbia, in its various forms, since the building's erection. Survey number: HABS DC-314 Building/structure dates: 1908 Initial Construction
Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between Union Station & DC/M...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HAER DC-3 Building/structure dates: 1907 Initial Construction
1922-1932 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest (Commercial Building), Washing...
Significance: Good example of several styles of 19th century commercial/residential row house architecture. Fine cornice on #1928-1932. Apparently one of last such blocks remaining in immediate area. Survey... More
Connecticut Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Significance: Extending from Lafayette Square, Connecticut Avenue evolved from a residential street to a major commercial thoroughfare. It passes through the Dupont Circle and Massachusetts Avenue historic dist... More
Timothy Caldwell House, 2017 "Eye" Street Northwest, Washington, Distr...
Significance: The Timothy Caldwell house was begun in 1802 and has been continuously well maintained ever since. It was the Executive Mansion during the first months of James Monroe's Presidency, and is now co... More
Timothy Caldwell House, 2017 "Eye" Street Northwest, Washington, Distr...
Significance: The Timothy Caldwell house was begun in 1802 and has been continuously well maintained ever since. It was the Executive Mansion during the first months of James Monroe's Presidency, and is now co... More
Timothy Caldwell House, 2017 "Eye" Street Northwest, Washington, Distr...
Significance: The Timothy Caldwell house was begun in 1802 and has been continuously well maintained ever since. It was the Executive Mansion during the first months of James Monroe's Presidency, and is now co... More
Maryland Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Significance: Maryland Avenue was developed along the lines of L'Enfant's 1791 plan of the city, as a roadway with vistas to the Capitol. Because much of its historic character has been retained northeast of th... More
Maryland Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Significance: Maryland Avenue was developed along the lines of L'Enfant's 1791 plan of the city, as a roadway with vistas to the Capitol. Because much of its historic character has been retained northeast of th... More
Adams-Mason House, 1072 Thomas Jefferson Street Northwest, Washington,...
Significance: A little altered frame house of about 1810. Survey number: HABS DC-161 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 67000025
1527-1529 Wisconsin Avenue Northwest (House), Washington, District of ...
Significance: This double building still retains its early gabled roof with dormers and is typical of Georgetown architecture of the early 19th century. Survey number: HABS DC-108 Building/structure dates: c... More
Cannon House Office Building, First Street & Independence Avenue South...
Survey number: HABS DC-2 Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Woodrow Wilson House, 2340 South S Street, Northwest, Washington, Dist...
For additional documentation, see also HALS DC-133 (Woodrow Wilson House, Garden Parterre) Significance: The Woodraw Wilson House was the Home of Thomas Woodrow Wilson 28th president of the United States from t... More
Guide leaflets for the tour of historic Civil War defenses, Washington...
Relief shown by contours on some maps. Title from title sheet (sheet #1). Facsims. of Civil War fortification maps of Washington D.C. Original version: [S.l. : s.n., 1861?-1865]. LC sheets imperfect: Use-worn, ... More
Guide leaflets for the tour of historic Civil War defenses, Washington...
Relief shown by contours on some maps. Title from title sheet (sheet #1). Facsims. of Civil War fortification maps of Washington D.C. Original version: [S.l. : s.n., 1861?-1865]. LC sheets imperfect: Use-worn, ... More
New Post Office Building, Twelfth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, Wash...
Significance: Located at 12th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, the Ariel Rios Federal Building, also known as the new Post Office, was designed by William Adams Delano and William T. Aldrich and constructed betw... More
Francis B. Moran House, 2315 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washingto...
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U.S. Capitol, Shelter, Capitol Grounds, Northeast of Capitol, Washingt...
Survey number: HABS DC-75 The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol building until the current building wa... More
An act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and har...
Imprint 2. Page Order: Multipage 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 228, Folder 21.
Ferree Building, 417 Ninth Street, Northwest, Washington, District of ...
Significance: The building's facade is largely intact and an interesting example of late 19th century architecture showing lingering Richardsonian influence in arcaded bays and academic revival influence. Firs... More
Emma S. Fitzhugh House, 2253 R Street Northwest, Washington, District ...
Significance: This building, created within an 18th century Mediterranean context, is an example of the smaller, less expensive residence with a simple, open plan. Survey number: HABS DC-260 Building/struct... More
Marion Park, 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 continuously as a park since its first improvement in 1885. It is also located within the Ca... More
1333 N Street, Northwest (Rowhouse), Washington, District of Columbia,...
Significance: 1333 N Street, NW, was designed by architect C.A. Didden in 1883 as one of a block of four identical brick rowhouses constructed for landowner A. Heitmuller. (See HABS DC-784, HABS DC-785, and HAB... More
Thomas Circle (Houses), Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Survey number: HABS DC-459 Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
312 Seventh Street Northwest (Commercial Building), Washington, Distri...
Significance: (From Architectural Significance) The building is an example of a straightforward Nineteenth Century commercial buildings embellished by the addition of few prominent elements to its public facad... More
Occidental Hotel & Restaurant, 1411 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Was...
Significance: The Occidental Hotel is an example of the architectural eclecticism that prevailed at the turn of the century as designers sought to reconcile advances in high rise technology with stylistic tradi... More
Occidental Hotel & Restaurant, 1411 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Was...
Significance: The Occidental Hotel is an example of the architectural eclecticism that prevailed at the turn of the century as designers sought to reconcile advances in high rise technology with stylistic tradi... More
U.S. Capitol Gatehouses, Fifteenth & Seventeenth Streets at Constituti...
For related documentation, see also U.S. Capitol, Gateposts (HABS DC-35) and Bulfinch Capitol Gatepost (HABS DC-719). Significance: There seems to be no definite information as to when the Capitol setting was c... More
Simon Oppenheimer & Brother Building, 800 E Street, Northwest, Washing...
Significance: With its flat pilasters and stylized details such as the capitals, the facade is suggestive of the stripped classicism popular in the early 20th century and best seen in the work of Paul Cret. S... More
Bronaugh-Bibb-Libby House, 1408 Thirty-fifth Street Northwest, Washing...
Significance: The home of a colorful nineteenth-century political figure, this house demonstrates the successful integration of an earlier structure with a later, more imposing addition. The facade is a good e... More
Old Stone House, 3051 M Street Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...
Significance: One of the oldest buildings in the District of Columbia. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS DC-10-2 Building/structure dates: ca. 1767 Initial ... More
Fredrick B. Culver House, 809 E Street Northwest, Washington, District...
Significance: A town house representing the immediate post-Civil War era. Survey number: HABS DC-220 Building/structure dates: ca. 1869 Initial Construction
Busch Building, 710 E Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colum...
Significance: Constructed in 1890 by Ed Abner, the Busch Building was apparently built as an office building for the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association. It was subsequently occupied by a succession of federal ... More
St. Elizabeths Hospital, Boiler House / Ice Plant, 2700 Martin Luther ...
For an overview of the Systems and Infrastructure Buildings, see HABS DC-349-CD Significance: The Boiler House/Ice Plant (Building 52) functioned as the boiler plant, providing steam for heat to the campus buil... More
Sewall-Belmont House, 144 Constitution Avenue, Northeast, Washington, ...
Since March 2016, the house is the site of the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument. Significance: The Sewall-Belmont House, built ca. 1800 for Robert Sewall in the newly formed city of Washington, h... More
Sewall-Belmont House, 144 Constitution Avenue, Northeast, Washington, ...
Since March 2016, the house is the site of the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument. Significance: The Sewall-Belmont House, built ca. 1800 for Robert Sewall in the newly formed city of Washington, h... More
1901 F Street Northwest (Row House), Washington, District of Columbia,...
Significance: Interesting example of Italianate style. Survey number: HABS DC-327
West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Significance: The land comprising East and West Potomac Parks was created as a means of disposing of muck dredged to clear shipping channels in the Potomac River. Dedicated as park land around the turn of the c... More
K Street, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Significance: K Street developed according to the L'Enfant/Ellicott plan as one of the widest streets in the city. In the northwest quadrant, it passes five of the city's major parks. The elegant mansions that ... More
K Street, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Significance: K Street developed according to the L'Enfant/Ellicott plan as one of the widest streets in the city. In the northwest quadrant, it passes five of the city's major parks. The elegant mansions that ... More
3611 Prospect Street, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Colum...
Survey number: HABS DC-747 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 67000025
Southeast Area Survey, Sixth & G Streets (Synagogue), 132-144 & 900-90...
Survey number: HABS DC-74 Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Southeast Area Survey, Sixth & G Streets (Synagogue), 132-144 & 900-90...
Survey number: HABS DC-74 Public domain photograph of car, historic place, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Catlin's Indian gallery. Opinions of the most celebrated artists and d...
Public domain illustrated book page scan, related to costume and fashion, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Forrest-Marbury House, 3350 M Street Northwest, Washington, District o...
Significance: The building was witness to important decisions relating to the establishment of the Federal City. Colonel Uriah Forrest had served with Washington in the Revolution. As a leading citizen of Geor... More
Riley Springs Footbridge, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Significance: Riley Springs Footbridge is one of a series of eight footbridges built in Rock Creek Park during the Depression, of which Rapids Footbridge (HAER No. DC-14) is the most notable. All these bridges... More
Edward Abner Building, 413-415 Ninth Street, Northwest, Washington, Di...
Significance: The applied metal ornament on the upper floors of the facade make this building unusual and architecturally significant. Survey number: HABS DC-522 Building/structure dates: 1879 Initial Construction
Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...
See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More
Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...
See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More
Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...
See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More
Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...
See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More
Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...
See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More
Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...
See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More
Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...
See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More
Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...
See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More
Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...
See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More
Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...
See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More
Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...
See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More
Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Dis...
Location of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Excellent and innovative example of Federal style domestic architecture. Served as Executive Mansion fo... More
Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Dis...
Location of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Excellent and innovative example of Federal style domestic architecture. Served as Executive Mansion fo... More
Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Dis...
Location of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Excellent and innovative example of Federal style domestic architecture. Served as Executive Mansion fo... More
Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Dis...
Location of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Excellent and innovative example of Federal style domestic architecture. Served as Executive Mansion fo... More
Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Dis...
Location of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Excellent and innovative example of Federal style domestic architecture. Served as Executive Mansion fo... More
Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Dis...
Location of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Excellent and innovative example of Federal style domestic architecture. Served as Executive Mansion fo... More
Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Dis...
Location of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Excellent and innovative example of Federal style domestic architecture. Served as Executive Mansion fo... More
Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Dis...
Location of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Excellent and innovative example of Federal style domestic architecture. Served as Executive Mansion fo... More
Dumbarton Oaks Park, Thirty-second & R Streets Northwest, Washington, ...
See also HALS DC-13 for related documentation. Significance: Dumbarton Oaks Park is not a native woods; rather, it was designed as a ''naturalistic" landscape in the pastoral landscape tradition to include the ... More
Convention Center Site, I Street, 900 & 1000 Block, Tenth Street, 800 ...
Significance: Included in the Convention Center Site were many examples of 19th and 20th century residential, commercial, and mixed use buildings, such as: the American Mosaic Company Building (DC-387), Pepco P... More
Convention Center Site, I Street, 900 & 1000 Block, Tenth Street, 800 ...
Significance: Included in the Convention Center Site were many examples of 19th and 20th century residential, commercial, and mixed use buildings, such as: the American Mosaic Company Building (DC-387), Pepco P... More
Convention Center Site, I Street, 900 & 1000 Block, Tenth Street, 800 ...
Significance: Included in the Convention Center Site were many examples of 19th and 20th century residential, commercial, and mixed use buildings, such as: the American Mosaic Company Building (DC-387), Pepco P... More
Convention Center Site, I Street, 900 & 1000 Block, Tenth Street, 800 ...
Significance: Included in the Convention Center Site were many examples of 19th and 20th century residential, commercial, and mixed use buildings, such as: the American Mosaic Company Building (DC-387), Pepco P... More
Convention Center Site, I Street, 900 & 1000 Block, Tenth Street, 800 ...
Significance: Included in the Convention Center Site were many examples of 19th and 20th century residential, commercial, and mixed use buildings, such as: the American Mosaic Company Building (DC-387), Pepco P... More
Convention Center Site, I Street, 900 & 1000 Block, Tenth Street, 800 ...
Significance: Included in the Convention Center Site were many examples of 19th and 20th century residential, commercial, and mixed use buildings, such as: the American Mosaic Company Building (DC-387), Pepco P... More
Baker Building, 1320-1322 F Street, Washington, District of Columbia, ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Eastern Market, Seventh Street Southeast, Washington, District of Colu...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street market, food vendors, downtown shopping, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Georgetown Street Furniture, Georgetown Vicinity, Washington, District...
Significance: The paving, sidewalks, carriage blocks, lamp posts, streetcar rails, etc., described below contribute considerably to the attractiveness of Georgetown and are themselves either vestiges of the 19t... More
Georgetown Street Furniture, Georgetown Vicinity, Washington, District...
Significance: The paving, sidewalks, carriage blocks, lamp posts, streetcar rails, etc., described below contribute considerably to the attractiveness of Georgetown and are themselves either vestiges of the 19t... More
St. Elizabeths Hospital, Atkins Hall, 2700 Martin Luther King Jr. Aven...
For an overview of the Detached Group, see HABS DC-349-BX Significance: Atkins Hall (Building 31) is significant for its association with the treatment of mental illness on the St. Elizabeths campus. Atkins Hal... More