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Mary Surratt Boarding House, 604 H Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Mary Surratt Boarding House, 604 H Street, Northwest, Washington, Dist...

Significance: The Mary Surratt Boarding House, along with her home in Maryland, is known for its part in the plot of and flight from the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth. Survey number: HA... More

Albert Jackson House, 1694 Thirty-first Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Albert Jackson House, 1694 Thirty-first Street Northwest, Washington, ...

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Christ Church, 620 G Street Southeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Christ Church, 620 G Street Southeast, Washington, District of Columbi...

Significance: Though Washington was a full fledged city in 1794, and Georgetown has been municipality for many years they were still in Maryland, and it was necessary to apply to the Maryland legislature for t... More

American Mosaic Company Building, 912 I Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

American Mosaic Company Building, 912 I Street Northwest, Washington, ...

Significance: This building is an exceptionally imposing and refined example of an 1860's Washington row house. The building was remolded, and given a number of ornaments by the long term occupant, the America... More

Church of the Covenant, Eighteenth & N Streets, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Church of the Covenant, Eighteenth & N Streets, Northwest, Washington,...

Significance: Interesting of Romanesque Revival Style. Prior to demolition was one of Washington's most impressive churches form the Victorian era. Survey number: HABS DC-140

Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Significance: The path of Massachusetts Avenue was largely determined by L'Enfant's plan with modifications made by Andrew Ellicott. One of the longest avenues in the city, it far surpasses the rest in the numb... More

Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Significance: The path of Massachusetts Avenue was largely determined by L'Enfant's plan with modifications made by Andrew Ellicott. One of the longest avenues in the city, it far surpasses the rest in the numb... More

1238 Thirty-Fourth Street, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columbia, DC

1238 Thirty-Fourth Street, Northwest (House), Washington, District of ...

Survey number: HABS DC-720 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 67000025

Southeast Area Survey, 101 & 122-124 Carroll Street (House), 1008 Potomac Street (House), Canal Street at Independence Avenue (Row House), 1016-1018 Potomac Street (House), Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Southeast Area Survey, 101 & 122-124 Carroll Street (House), 1008 Poto...

Survey number: HABS DC-71 Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pullman House, 1119-1125 Sixteenth Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pullman House, 1119-1125 Sixteenth Street Northwest, Washington, Distr...

Significance: Excellent example of the Beaux Arts influence. Originally built as a residence for Mrs. George Pullman, wife of the sleeping car magnate, the house was sold in 1913 to Russia. The building remai... More

Pullman House, 1119-1125 Sixteenth Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pullman House, 1119-1125 Sixteenth Street Northwest, Washington, Distr...

Significance: Excellent example of the Beaux Arts influence. Originally built as a residence for Mrs. George Pullman, wife of the sleeping car magnate, the house was sold in 1913 to Russia. The building remai... More

Pullman House, 1119-1125 Sixteenth Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pullman House, 1119-1125 Sixteenth Street Northwest, Washington, Distr...

Significance: Excellent example of the Beaux Arts influence. Originally built as a residence for Mrs. George Pullman, wife of the sleeping car magnate, the house was sold in 1913 to Russia. The building remai... More

Scott-Grant House, 3238 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Scott-Grant House, 3238 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of C...

Significance: This house is most notable as a mid nineteenth-century stylistically transitional house that combines the symmetrical massing of the first half of the nineteenth century with the picturesque, orna... More

Scott-Grant House, 3238 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Scott-Grant House, 3238 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of C...

Significance: This house is most notable as a mid nineteenth-century stylistically transitional house that combines the symmetrical massing of the first half of the nineteenth century with the picturesque, orna... More

Scott-Grant House, 3238 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Scott-Grant House, 3238 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of C...

Significance: This house is most notable as a mid nineteenth-century stylistically transitional house that combines the symmetrical massing of the first half of the nineteenth century with the picturesque, orna... More

State, War & Navy Building, Southeast corner of Pennsylvania Avenue & Seventeeth Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

State, War & Navy Building, Southeast corner of Pennsylvania Avenue & ...

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Francis Scott Key Bridge, Spanning Potomac River near Georgetown, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Francis Scott Key Bridge, Spanning Potomac River near Georgetown, Wash...

Survey number: HAER DC-51 Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

501-503 Eleventh Street, Northwest (Commercial), Square 347, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

501-503 Eleventh Street, Northwest (Commercial), Square 347, Washingto...

Significance: Designed by C.A. Didden for Albert Carry in 1907, Whitlow's is typical of many of the small-scale buildings that once graced Washington's downtown. One of the building's most distinctive features ... More

920-930 F Street, Northwest (Commercial Buildings), Washington, District of Columbia, DC

920-930 F Street, Northwest (Commercial Buildings), Washington, Distri...

Significance: 920,922-24 and 926 F Street Northwest are three small-scale brick commercial structures which illustrate the traditional building patterns associated with the late 19th and early 20th century comm... More

U.S. Capitol, Senate Reception Room, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & Capitol Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Capitol, Senate Reception Room, Intersection of North, South, & E...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classical or neoclassical building, architecture design, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Edward Simon Lewis House, 456 N Street Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Edward Simon Lewis House, 456 N Street Southwest, Washington, District...

Significance: Interesting example of Federal style townhouse. Onetime residence of newspaper correspondents Ernie Pyle and Lewis J. Heath. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-11 Su... More

Edward Simon Lewis House, 456 N Street Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Edward Simon Lewis House, 456 N Street Southwest, Washington, District...

Significance: Interesting example of Federal style townhouse. Onetime residence of newspaper correspondents Ernie Pyle and Lewis J. Heath. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-11 Su... More

Potomac Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Potomac Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Significance: This avenue remains largely faithful to its design on the L'Enfant and Ellicott city plans, although much of the land flanking the southern segment is vacant or used for industrial purposes and st... More

Ambassador Bruce House, 1422 Thirty-Fifth Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Ambassador Bruce House, 1422 Thirty-Fifth Street, Northwest, Washingto...

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Citizens: black & white. March on the 4th of July with Colonel Hassan & Blackman's Development Center to stop illegal drug traffic!! Help make the 4th of July 1970 a day to remember with pride by black and white Americans. [Washington] 1970.

Citizens: black & white. March on the 4th of July with Colonel Hassan ...

Halftone photo attached. 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 208, Folder 88.

Oak Hill Cemetery, Chapel, 3001 R Street Northwest, Northeast of gatehouse, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Oak Hill Cemetery, Chapel, 3001 R Street Northwest, Northeast of gateh...

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Smith-Morton Row House, 3034 P Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Smith-Morton Row House, 3034 P Street Northwest, Washington, District ...

Significance: 3034 P Street is a good example of a brick federal row house. It is well preserved; the interior is largely intact and the original kitchen outbuilding is still extant. Survey number: HABS DC-1... More

Federal Trade Commission Building, Bounded by Sixth and Seventh streets, Pennsylvania and Constitution avenues, NW, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Federal Trade Commission Building, Bounded by Sixth and Seventh street...

Survey number: HABS DC-867 Building/structure dates: 1938 Initial Construction

Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memorial & Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memo...

Significance: As the final link in the chain of monuments which start at the Capitol building, the Arlington Memorial Bridge connects the Mall in Washington, DC with Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. De... More

White House Grounds & Ellipse, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

White House Grounds & Ellipse, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

See also HALS DC-14 for related documentation. Significance: Reservation No. 1 encompasses the majority of the land set out by Pierre L'Enfant for the President's Grounds. Second only to the U.S. Capitol Ground... More

Nordlinger Building, 3128 M Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Nordlinger Building, 3128 M Street Northwest, Washington, District of ...

Significance: This building is an unusually elaborate representative of Georgetown commercial architecture with living quarters over the store area. Survey number: HABS DC-116

Hamburgh House, 412 Twentieth Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Hamburgh House, 412 Twentieth Street Northwest, Washington, District o...

Significance: This old house at no. 2008 New York Avenue, N.W. in the District of Columbia derives its name from and old Village called Hamberg, which already existed before the district, as we know it, was lai... More

523 Eleventh Street, Northwest (Commercial), Square 347, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

523 Eleventh Street, Northwest (Commercial), Square 347, Washington, D...

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517 Eleventh Street, Northwest (Commercial), Square 347, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

517 Eleventh Street, Northwest (Commercial), Square 347, Washington, D...

Significance: 517 Eleventh Street, NW, constructed around 1875 by plumber Ed. J. Hannan, is an example of 19th century vernacular buildings that combined residential and commercial use. Although the facade of t... More

National Zoological Park, Bird House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

National Zoological Park, Bird House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Wash...

Significance: Although part of the National Zoological Park's early collection, birds lacked a permanent, and proper, habitat for many years. There was no one place for visitors to view the various species; exh... More

National Zoological Park, Bird House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

National Zoological Park, Bird House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Wash...

Significance: Although part of the National Zoological Park's early collection, birds lacked a permanent, and proper, habitat for many years. There was no one place for visitors to view the various species; exh... More

National Zoological Park, Bird House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

National Zoological Park, Bird House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Wash...

Significance: Although part of the National Zoological Park's early collection, birds lacked a permanent, and proper, habitat for many years. There was no one place for visitors to view the various species; exh... More

National Zoological Park, Bird House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

National Zoological Park, Bird House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Wash...

Significance: Although part of the National Zoological Park's early collection, birds lacked a permanent, and proper, habitat for many years. There was no one place for visitors to view the various species; exh... More

National Zoological Park, Bird House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

National Zoological Park, Bird House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Wash...

Significance: Although part of the National Zoological Park's early collection, birds lacked a permanent, and proper, habitat for many years. There was no one place for visitors to view the various species; exh... More

Bowie-Sevier House, 3124 Q Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Bowie-Sevier House, 3124 Q Street, Northwest, Washington, District of ...

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Bowie-Sevier House, 3124 Q Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Bowie-Sevier House, 3124 Q Street, Northwest, Washington, District of ...

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Bowie-Sevier House, 3124 Q Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Bowie-Sevier House, 3124 Q Street, Northwest, Washington, District of ...

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Bowie-Sevier House, 3124 Q Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Bowie-Sevier House, 3124 Q Street, Northwest, Washington, District of ...

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DuPont Circle, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

DuPont Circle, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Significance: Shown as a large amorphous open space on L'Enfant's plan and a neat circle on Ellicott's plan, the open space at this ten-point intersection has served as a park since its first improvement in 187... More

Perry Building, 819-821 Market Space Northwest, Square 408, Corner Lot 805, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Perry Building, 819-821 Market Space Northwest, Square 408, Corner Lot...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Walsh-Mclean House, 2020 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Walsh-Mclean House, 2020 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, D...

Significance: Originally a private residence, this detached structure with Louis XVI details is most conspicuous for its art-nouveau undulating walls and roof; its galleried and sky-lit, three story, "steamship... More

James C. Hooe House, 2230 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

James C. Hooe House, 2230 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, ...

Significance: This row house, in the 16th-century Belgian manner,is noteworthy for its limestone and terra-cotta exterior ornament. Survey number: HABS DC-263 Building/structure dates: 1907 Initial Construction

Sixteenth Street Bridge, Spanning Piney Branch Parkway, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Sixteenth Street Bridge, Spanning Piney Branch Parkway, Washington, Di...

Significance: This bridge was the first parabolic arch constructed in the United States. Its concrete masonry, faced with sandstone and pebble aggregate, conforms with the model for park crossings established ... More

Scottish Rite Temple, Prince Hall Affiliation, 1633 Eleventh Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Scottish Rite Temple, Prince Hall Affiliation, 1633 Eleventh Street No...

Significance: Good example of Classical Revival influence. Interesting decorative motifs, including large sunburst pattern on main facade. Associated with the Scottish Rite Lodge, a black fraternal organizati... More

Q Street Bridge, Spanning Rock Creek & Potomac Parkway, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Q Street Bridge, Spanning Rock Creek & Potomac Parkway, Washington, Di...

Significance: Q Street Bridge was designed by prominent architect Glenn Brown. It exemplifies the City Beautiful movement's influence on Washington. Together with the Connecticut Avenue Bridge (HAER No. DC-6)... More

Q Street Bridge, Spanning Rock Creek & Potomac Parkway, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Q Street Bridge, Spanning Rock Creek & Potomac Parkway, Washington, Di...

Significance: Q Street Bridge was designed by prominent architect Glenn Brown. It exemplifies the City Beautiful movement's influence on Washington. Together with the Connecticut Avenue Bridge (HAER No. DC-6)... More

Galt & Brother Jewelers, 1107 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Galt & Brother Jewelers, 1107 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washingto...

Survey number: HABS DC-546 Public domain photograph of shopping center, department store building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mackall Square, 1633 Twenty-ninth Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Mackall Square, 1633 Twenty-ninth Street, Northwest, Washington, Distr...

Significance: Mackall Square conveys better than any other property the rural,isolated nature of residences in Georgetown Heights - the northern portion of Georgetown that was outside the early boundaries of th... More

Mackall Square, 1633 Twenty-ninth Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Mackall Square, 1633 Twenty-ninth Street, Northwest, Washington, Distr...

Significance: Mackall Square conveys better than any other property the rural,isolated nature of residences in Georgetown Heights - the northern portion of Georgetown that was outside the early boundaries of th... More

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The Pension Building was erected in 1883 at a cost of $900,000, as a memorial to the veterans of the Civil War. From 1885 until 1926 it was occupied by the Bureau of Pensions. The latter years t... More

Lucius Tuckerman House, 1600 I Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Lucius Tuckerman House, 1600 I Street Northwest, Washington, District ...

Significance: This house was built about 1885 by Lucius Tuckerman, son of Rev. Dr. Joseph Tuckerman of Boston. Retiring from active business in New York, where he had lived most of his life Lucius Tuckerman m... More

Gallaudet College, Gymnasium, Seventh & Florida Avenue, Northeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Gallaudet College, Gymnasium, Seventh & Florida Avenue, Northeast, Was...

Survey number: HABS DC-640 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000856

Ford Motor Company Building, 451-455 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Ford Motor Company Building, 451-455 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Wa...

Significance: The Ford Motor Company Building is an early example of reinforced concrete construction in Washington. It was designed by Albert Kahn Associates of Detroit, Michigan, one of the country's foremos... More

Boundary Footbridge, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Boundary Footbridge, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Significance: Boundary Footbridge is one of a series of eight footbridges built in Rock Creek Park during the Depression, of which Boundary Footbridge (HAER No. DC-14) is the most notable. All these bridges we... More

U.S. Post Office Department, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Post Office Department, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washi...

Significance: One of Washington's few examples of the Richardsonian Romanesque style of architecture, and the only government building built in this style. it was the first federal structure to occupy the Fede... More

Whitelaw Apartment House, 1839 Thirteenth Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Whitelaw Apartment House, 1839 Thirteenth Street Northwest, Washington...

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817 Market Space Northwest (Commercial Building), Square 408, Lot 817, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

817 Market Space Northwest (Commercial Building), Square 408, Lot 817,...

Significance: Part of a row of turn-of-the century commercial structures. Its street elevation is the western half of what once were mirror-image paired facades that included the building to the east. Simultan... More

Vermont Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Vermont Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Significance: Vermont Avenue has developed along the lines of L'Enfant's 1791 plan of the city. Although he probably planned for it to continue beyond the historic city boundary, Vermont Avenue ends at Florida ... More

Vermont Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Vermont Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Significance: Vermont Avenue has developed along the lines of L'Enfant's 1791 plan of the city. Although he probably planned for it to continue beyond the historic city boundary, Vermont Avenue ends at Florida ... More

Linnean Hill, 3545 Williamsburg Lane Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Linnean Hill, 3545 Williamsburg Lane Northwest, Washington, District o...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-13 Survey number: HABS DC-168

Linnean Hill, 3545 Williamsburg Lane Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Linnean Hill, 3545 Williamsburg Lane Northwest, Washington, District o...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-13 Survey number: HABS DC-168

Linnean Hill, 3545 Williamsburg Lane Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Linnean Hill, 3545 Williamsburg Lane Northwest, Washington, District o...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-13 Survey number: HABS DC-168

3001-3009 M Street, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columbia, DC

3001-3009 M Street, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columbi...

Significance: Thomas Sim Lee in 1794 built the house and made his winter residence at the corner of 30th and "M" streets, now the two buildings 3001-3003 on "M" street. By 1800 he had acquired property at this ... More

John Thomson Mason House, 3425 Prospect Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

John Thomson Mason House, 3425 Prospect Street, Northwest, Washington,...

Significance: The grey and stately ruin which crowns the highest ridge of Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Island was once the hoe of General John Mason. Built in the last decade of the eighteenth century, this bui... More

John Thomson Mason House, 3425 Prospect Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

John Thomson Mason House, 3425 Prospect Street, Northwest, Washington,...

Significance: The grey and stately ruin which crowns the highest ridge of Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Island was once the hoe of General John Mason. Built in the last decade of the eighteenth century, this bui... More

National Capital Press Building, 511 Eleventh Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

National Capital Press Building, 511 Eleventh Street, Northwest, Washi...

Significance: The National Capitol Press Building, constructed at a cost of $47,550 in 1913, is a good example of an early 20th century high-rise building in the District of Columbia. Designed by architects Mur... More

PMI Parking Garage, 403-407 Ninth Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

PMI Parking Garage, 403-407 Ninth Street, Northwest, Washington, Distr...

Significance: none (original and continuing use as parking garage.) Survey number: HABS DC-523

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...

See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More

Washington Lodge Number 15, The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, 919 H Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Washington Lodge Number 15, The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elk...

Significance: An attractive Beaux-Arts design by B. Stanley Simmons, this building is ornamented with stone swags, urn baluster balconies,portrait busts, and oversized elks heads. This lodge included many of W... More

Lansburgh's Department Store, 420-426 Seventh Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Lansburgh's Department Store, 420-426 Seventh Street, Northwest, Washi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

1029 Thirtieth Street, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columbia, DC

1029 Thirtieth Street, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Colu...

Survey number: HABS DC-765 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 67000025

Meridian Hill Park, Bounded by Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Euclid & W Streets, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Meridian Hill Park, Bounded by Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Euclid & W Street...

For additional documentation, see also HALS DC-55 (Meridian Hill Park, Noyes Armillary Sphere) Significance: Located between 15th, 16th W, and Euclid Streets, NW is one of the most distinguished examples of Lan... More

Meridian Hill Park, Bounded by Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Euclid & W Streets, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Meridian Hill Park, Bounded by Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Euclid & W Street...

For additional documentation, see also HALS DC-55 (Meridian Hill Park, Noyes Armillary Sphere) Significance: Located between 15th, 16th W, and Euclid Streets, NW is one of the most distinguished examples of Lan... More

Meridian Hill Park, Bounded by Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Euclid & W Streets, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Meridian Hill Park, Bounded by Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Euclid & W Street...

For additional documentation, see also HALS DC-55 (Meridian Hill Park, Noyes Armillary Sphere) Significance: Located between 15th, 16th W, and Euclid Streets, NW is one of the most distinguished examples of Lan... More

Meridian Hill Park, Bounded by Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Euclid & W Streets, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Meridian Hill Park, Bounded by Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Euclid & W Street...

For additional documentation, see also HALS DC-55 (Meridian Hill Park, Noyes Armillary Sphere) Significance: Located between 15th, 16th W, and Euclid Streets, NW is one of the most distinguished examples of Lan... More

Meridian Hill Park, Bounded by Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Euclid & W Streets, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Meridian Hill Park, Bounded by Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Euclid & W Street...

For additional documentation, see also HALS DC-55 (Meridian Hill Park, Noyes Armillary Sphere) Significance: Located between 15th, 16th W, and Euclid Streets, NW is one of the most distinguished examples of Lan... More

Navy Yard, Main Gate, Eighth & M Streets Southeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Navy Yard, Main Gate, Eighth & M Streets Southeast, Washington, Distri...

Significance: Surviving portion of an early 19th-Century Navy Yard structure designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe. Survey number: HABS DC-100 Building/structure dates: ca. 1805 Initial Construction Building/s... More

Navy Yard, Main Gate, Eighth & M Streets Southeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Navy Yard, Main Gate, Eighth & M Streets Southeast, Washington, Distri...

Significance: Surviving portion of an early 19th-Century Navy Yard structure designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe. Survey number: HABS DC-100 Building/structure dates: ca. 1805 Initial Construction Building/s... More

Anton Ruppert House, New York Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Anton Ruppert House, New York Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia...

Significance: The Ruppert House, claimed by the Ruppert family to be more then 150 years old, is situated on a commanding hill about a quarter of a mile back form the Bladensburg Road at New York Avenue. This ... More

Tidal Reservoir, Between Potomac River & Washington Channel, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Tidal Reservoir, Between Potomac River & Washington Channel, Washingto...

Significance: The Tidal Reservoir is a major element of Potomac Park. Besides providing the park with a picturesque focal point, it serves as a means of flushing waters into the Washington Channel, thereby pre... More

Old Ebbitt Grill, 1427 F Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Old Ebbitt Grill, 1427 F Street Northwest, Washington, District of Col...

Significance: Contains bar and interior woodwork of the demolished Ebbitt Hotel (1872-1926). Survey number: HABS DC-315

507 Eleventh Street, Northwest (Commercial), Square 347, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

507 Eleventh Street, Northwest (Commercial), Square 347, Washington, D...

Significance: Designed in 1932 (D.C. Building Permit No. 152470, April 16, 1932) by Edward Bullock, Jr., 507 Eleventh Street, NW, is a good example of the elegant, stripped classical storefronts constructed in ... More

Capital Traction Company Union Station, 3600 M Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Capital Traction Company Union Station, 3600 M Street Northwest, Washi...

Significance: The union station for the street railway transit system was planned to accommodate four private lines as a transfer and terminal point. The project was the subject of much controversy in Congress... More

Capital Traction Company Union Station, 3600 M Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Capital Traction Company Union Station, 3600 M Street Northwest, Washi...

Significance: The union station for the street railway transit system was planned to accommodate four private lines as a transfer and terminal point. The project was the subject of much controversy in Congress... More

Nicholas Hedges House, 1069 Thomas Jefferson Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Nicholas Hedges House, 1069 Thomas Jefferson Street Northwest, Washing...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Square 347 (Commercial Buildings), Tenth, Eleventh, E, & F Streets, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Square 347 (Commercial Buildings), Tenth, Eleventh, E, & F Streets, No...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Connecticut Avenue Bridge, Spanning Klingle Valley, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Connecticut Avenue Bridge, Spanning Klingle Valley, Washington, Distri...

Significance: This single-arch, steel span was designed by the same eminent designers as the Calvert Street Bridge (HAER No. DC-23), which post-dates it by a few years. Of a different material than other Rock ... More

Connecticut Avenue Bridge, Spanning Klingle Valley, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Connecticut Avenue Bridge, Spanning Klingle Valley, Washington, Distri...

Significance: This single-arch, steel span was designed by the same eminent designers as the Calvert Street Bridge (HAER No. DC-23), which post-dates it by a few years. Of a different material than other Rock ... More

513 Sixth Street Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columbia, DC

513 Sixth Street Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columbia, ...

Significance: One of the few older town houses remaining in the area, illustrating its architectural character before the Civil War. Survey number: HABS DC-226 Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 Initial Cons... More

U.S. General Services Administration, Central Heating Plant, C & D Streets between Twelfth & Thirteenth Streets Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. General Services Administration, Central Heating Plant, C & D Str...

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U.S. General Services Administration, Central Heating Plant, C & D Streets between Twelfth & Thirteenth Streets Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. General Services Administration, Central Heating Plant, C & D Str...

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Le Droit Building, 800-812 F Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Le Droit Building, 800-812 F Street Northwest, Washington, District of...

Significance: A commercial building illustrating the earliest phase of F Street's great age of development as the leading shopping and business street in Washington, with great architectural interest. Surve... More

Rhodes Tavern, 601-603 Fifteenth Street & 1431 F Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Rhodes Tavern, 601-603 Fifteenth Street & 1431 F Street Northwest, Was...

Significance: Earliest commercial building (built as a tavern) remaining in downtown Washington; headquarters for British officers directing the burning of the White House; home of one of the first banks in the... More

Indiana Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Indiana Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Significance: Although little remains of two roadways on L'Enfant's plan that were combined in the twentieth century as Indiana Avenue, both developed early as important city streets. The west segment, original... More

Arthur C. Stanley House, 2370 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Arthur C. Stanley House, 2370 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washingt...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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