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 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 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 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
Mount Vernon Theatre, 918 Ninth Street Northwest, Washington, District...
Significance: The Mount Vernon Theatre, a well designed if short-lived example of the 5c theatre or "Nickelodeon," is a rare survivor of that first building type, once common across the nation, specifically des... More
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
Adobe Structure (Temporary), Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Survey number: HABS DC-855 Building/structure dates: 2004 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 2004 Demolished
Isaac Pierce House, 711 Sixth Street Southeast, Washington, District o...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-7 Survey number: HABS DC-14
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
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
The Broadmoor Apartment Building, 3601 Connecticut Avenue, Washington,...
Significance: The massing is the most striking feature of this vaguely Revivalistic apartment building. Architect Joseph Able designed several of the more notable apartment buildings in Washington. Survey nu... More
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
Philip T. Berry House, 1402 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington...
Significance: This frame dwelling is one of the few detached mansarded homes built in Georgetown, where most were row houses of brick. In excellent condition, it occupies an impressive corner lot. Survey nu... More
Philip T. Berry House, 1402 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington...
Significance: This frame dwelling is one of the few detached mansarded homes built in Georgetown, where most were row houses of brick. In excellent condition, it occupies an impressive corner lot. Survey nu... More
Philip T. Berry House, 1402 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington...
Significance: This frame dwelling is one of the few detached mansarded homes built in Georgetown, where most were row houses of brick. In excellent condition, it occupies an impressive corner lot. Survey nu... More
The Georgetown Market, 3276 M Street Northwest, Washington, District o...
Significance: Built in 1865 on the foundations of the Old Georgetown Market (c. 1796), the Georgetown Market stands on land occupied by earlier structures a butcher's market and the Georgetown debtor's jail o... More
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
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
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
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
1209 Thirty-Fifth Street, Northwest (House), Washington, District of C...
1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-111 Survey number: HABS DC-635 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 67000025
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, 900 Block, Washington, District of Colu...
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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, 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, Washing...
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Nicholas Hedges House, 1069 Thomas Jefferson Street Northwest, Washing...
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1331 N Street, Northwest (Rowhouse), Washington, District of Columbia,...
Significance: 1331 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
1331 N Street, Northwest (Rowhouse), Washington, District of Columbia,...
Significance: 1331 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
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
800 N. Capitol Street, NW (Commercial Building), Washington, District ...
Significance: The HABS Office was located in this ten-story office building from ca. 1992 until summer of 2002. The building was designed by Hartman-Cox Architects and completed in 1991; its design was intended... More
3019 P Street, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columbia, DC
1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-91 Survey number: HABS DC-629 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 67000025
The first edition of Abraham Lincoln's preliminary emancipation procla...
The only known copy.
1206-1242 Pennsylvania Avenue, Southeast (Houses), Washington, Distric...
1990 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-114 Survey number: HABS DC-654 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76002127
Washington Canoe Club, 3700 Water Street Northwest, Washington, Distri...
Significance: The Washington Canoe Club, built in 1904 in the Shingle style, sits along the Potomac River, between it and the tow path of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washingto... More
Washington Canoe Club, 3700 Water Street Northwest, Washington, Distri...
Significance: The Washington Canoe Club, built in 1904 in the Shingle style, sits along the Potomac River, between it and the tow path of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washingto... More
Washington Canoe Club, 3700 Water Street Northwest, Washington, Distri...
Significance: The Washington Canoe Club, built in 1904 in the Shingle style, sits along the Potomac River, between it and the tow path of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washingto... More
Washington Canoe Club, 3700 Water Street Northwest, Washington, Distri...
Significance: The Washington Canoe Club, built in 1904 in the Shingle style, sits along the Potomac River, between it and the tow path of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washingto... More
1308 F Street Northwest (Commercial Building), Washington, District of...
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St. John's Church, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, Distri...
Significance: The original portion (1816) with the major addition (1820) is one of the older existing churches of the city. The central dome and transepts have been modified little from the original work of Be... More
1318 Vermont Avenue, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columb...
Significance: The row house at 1318 Vermont Avenue, NW, attained its prestige as the headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) as as the Washington residence of Mary McLeod Bethune, the educato... More
1318 Vermont Avenue, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columb...
Significance: The row house at 1318 Vermont Avenue, NW, attained its prestige as the headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) as as the Washington residence of Mary McLeod Bethune, the educato... More
U.S. Capitol, Old Supreme Court Chamber, Intersection of North, South,...
Significance: Designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe and is located on the ground floor of the original north wing of the U.S. Capitol. The space occupied what had been the lower part of the two-story Senate Chambe... More
U.S. Capitol, Old Supreme Court Chamber, Intersection of North, South,...
Significance: Designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe and is located on the ground floor of the original north wing of the U.S. Capitol. The space occupied what had been the lower part of the two-story Senate Chambe... More
U.S. Capitol, Old Supreme Court Chamber, Intersection of North, South,...
Significance: Designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe and is located on the ground floor of the original north wing of the U.S. Capitol. The space occupied what had been the lower part of the two-story Senate Chambe... More
W. Taylor Birch House, 3099 Q Street, Northwest, Washington, District ...
Significance: This home is a good example of the "baronial" type residence that was so often built by wealthy businessmen of the period to proclaim their new status. The heavy fortress-like expression of the e... More
W. Taylor Birch House, 3099 Q Street, Northwest, Washington, District ...
Significance: This home is a good example of the "baronial" type residence that was so often built by wealthy businessmen of the period to proclaim their new status. The heavy fortress-like expression of the e... More
Red Cross Building, Southwest corner of Seventeenth & E Streets Northw...
Significance: Headquarters of the nation's largest official relief organization. Building erected with public and private funds and dedicated as a memorial to the nurses of the Civil War. Survey number: HABS... More
U.S. Soldiers Home, Grant Building, Rock Creek Church Road & Upshur St...
See HABS No. DC-353 for list of related structures. Significance: Soldiers Home established by Congress in 1851. Grant Building constructed to serve as quarters and principal mess. Survey number: HABS DC-353-... More
U.S. Soldiers Home, Grant Building, Rock Creek Church Road & Upshur St...
See HABS No. DC-353 for list of related structures. Significance: Soldiers Home established by Congress in 1851. Grant Building constructed to serve as quarters and principal mess. Survey number: HABS DC-353-... More
U.S. Soldiers Home, Grant Building, Rock Creek Church Road & Upshur St...
See HABS No. DC-353 for list of related structures. Significance: Soldiers Home established by Congress in 1851. Grant Building constructed to serve as quarters and principal mess. Survey number: HABS DC-353-... More
U.S. Customhouse & Post Office, 1221 Thirty-first Street Northwest, Wa...
Significance: The structure was designed in 1856-57 by Ammi B. Young, Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury. It was erected in 1857-58, R.R. Scheckeles being the master builder. The cost of the two-story... More
U.S. Customhouse & Post Office, 1221 Thirty-first Street Northwest, Wa...
Significance: The structure was designed in 1856-57 by Ammi B. Young, Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury. It was erected in 1857-58, R.R. Scheckeles being the master builder. The cost of the two-story... More
U.S. Capitol, Old Senate Chamber, Intersection of North, South, & East...
Significance: It is located in the original north wing of the U.S. Capitol. Benjamin H. Latrobe designed the semi-domed, semi-circular space, which was originally constructed in 1809-1810, and reconstructed in ... More
U.S. Capitol, Old Senate Chamber, Intersection of North, South, & East...
Significance: It is located in the original north wing of the U.S. Capitol. Benjamin H. Latrobe designed the semi-domed, semi-circular space, which was originally constructed in 1809-1810, and reconstructed in ... More
Jefferson Memorial, East Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbi...
Significance: One of Washington's largest and most famous memorials, this structure serves as the southern anchor of the city's monumental plan, the other elements of which include the Capitol, Washington Monum... More
Jefferson Memorial, East Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbi...
Significance: One of Washington's largest and most famous memorials, this structure serves as the southern anchor of the city's monumental plan, the other elements of which include the Capitol, Washington Monum... More
Jefferson Memorial, East Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbi...
Significance: One of Washington's largest and most famous memorials, this structure serves as the southern anchor of the city's monumental plan, the other elements of which include the Capitol, Washington Monum... More
Jefferson Memorial, East Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbi...
Significance: One of Washington's largest and most famous memorials, this structure serves as the southern anchor of the city's monumental plan, the other elements of which include the Capitol, Washington Monum... More
Jefferson Memorial, East Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbi...
Significance: One of Washington's largest and most famous memorials, this structure serves as the southern anchor of the city's monumental plan, the other elements of which include the Capitol, Washington Monum... More
Jefferson Memorial, East Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbi...
Significance: One of Washington's largest and most famous memorials, this structure serves as the southern anchor of the city's monumental plan, the other elements of which include the Capitol, Washington Monum... More
Jefferson Memorial, East Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbi...
Significance: One of Washington's largest and most famous memorials, this structure serves as the southern anchor of the city's monumental plan, the other elements of which include the Capitol, Washington Monum... More
Jefferson Memorial, East Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbi...
Significance: One of Washington's largest and most famous memorials, this structure serves as the southern anchor of the city's monumental plan, the other elements of which include the Capitol, Washington Monum... More
Jefferson Memorial, East Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbi...
Significance: One of Washington's largest and most famous memorials, this structure serves as the southern anchor of the city's monumental plan, the other elements of which include the Capitol, Washington Monum... More
Jefferson Memorial, East Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbi...
Significance: One of Washington's largest and most famous memorials, this structure serves as the southern anchor of the city's monumental plan, the other elements of which include the Capitol, Washington Monum... More
Jefferson Memorial, East Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbi...
Significance: One of Washington's largest and most famous memorials, this structure serves as the southern anchor of the city's monumental plan, the other elements of which include the Capitol, Washington Monum... More
Jefferson Memorial, East Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbi...
Significance: One of Washington's largest and most famous memorials, this structure serves as the southern anchor of the city's monumental plan, the other elements of which include the Capitol, Washington Monum... More
Jefferson Memorial, East Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbi...
Significance: One of Washington's largest and most famous memorials, this structure serves as the southern anchor of the city's monumental plan, the other elements of which include the Capitol, Washington Monum... More
Jefferson Memorial, East Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbi...
Significance: One of Washington's largest and most famous memorials, this structure serves as the southern anchor of the city's monumental plan, the other elements of which include the Capitol, Washington Monum... More
U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...
Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More
U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...
Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More
U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...
Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More
U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...
Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More
U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...
Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More
U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...
Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More
U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...
Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More
U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...
Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More
U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...
Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More
U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...
Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More
U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...
Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More
United States Department of Commerce, Bounded by Fourteenth, Fifteenth...
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Rock Creek & Potomac Parkway, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
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Rock Creek & Potomac Parkway, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
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Rock Creek & Potomac Parkway, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
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Rock Creek & Potomac Parkway, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
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Rock Creek & Potomac Parkway, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
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St. Elizabeths Hospital, Hitchcock Hall, 2700 Martin Luther King Jr. A...
For an overview of the Culture and Recreation Buildings, see HABS DC-349-CA Significance: Hitchcock Hall is significant for its association with the daily life of patients and staff on the St. Elizabeths campus... More
City Post Office, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Distr...
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City Post Office, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Distr...
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City Post Office, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Distr...
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City Post Office, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Distr...
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City Post Office, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Distr...
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City Post Office, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Distr...
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City Post Office, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Distr...
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City Post Office, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Distr...
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City Post Office, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Distr...
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Earle Theatre, Thirteenth & E Streets, Northwest, Washington, District...
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Earle Theatre, Thirteenth & E Streets, Northwest, Washington, District...
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Earle Theatre, Thirteenth & E Streets, Northwest, Washington, District...
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Earle Theatre, Thirteenth & E Streets, Northwest, Washington, District...
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Earle Theatre, Thirteenth & E Streets, Northwest, Washington, District...
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