National Register of Historic Places listings in central Washington, D.C. facts for kids
This is a list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the central area of Washington, D.C. For the purposes of this list central Washington, D. C. is defined as all of the Northwest quadrant east of Rock Creek and south of M Street and all of the Southwest quadrant. This includes the National Mall, Downtown, the Penn Quarter, the Monumental Core and most of the popular tourist sites in Washington.
Current listings
Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Location | Neighborhood | Description | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2nd Baptist Church |
(#04000625) |
816 3rd St. NW 38°54′09″N 77°00′57″W / 38.9025°N 77.015833°W |
Mount Vernon Triangle | ||
2 | 2000 Block of Eye Street, NW |
(#77001496) |
South side of 2000 block of Eye St., NW. 38°54′00″N 77°02′46″W / 38.900000°N 77.046111°W |
George Washington University | Currently owned and operated by George Washington University for retail and commercial spaces. | |
3 | Adas Israel Synagogue |
(#69000288) |
3rd and G Sts., NW. 38°53′52″N 77°01′11″W / 38.897778°N 77.019722°W |
Downtown East | Now The Lillian & Albert Small Jewish Museum | |
4 | Alibi Club |
(#94001221) |
1806 Eye St., NW. 38°54′04″N 77°02′32″W / 38.901111°N 77.042222°W |
Golden Triangle | ||
5 | American Federation of Labor Building |
(#74002154) |
901 Massachusetts Ave., NW. 38°54′12″N 77°01′28″W / 38.903333°N 77.024444°W |
Mount Vernon Square | ||
6 | American Institute of Pharmacy Building |
(#77001497) |
2215 Constitution Ave., NW. 38°53′34″N 77°02′59″W / 38.892778°N 77.049722°W |
Monumental Core | ||
7 | American Peace Society |
(#74002155) |
734 Jackson Pl., NW. 38°53′58″N 77°02′19″W / 38.899444°N 77.038611°W |
Monumental Core | Headquarters of the American Peace Society from 1911 to 1948; in the Lafayette Square Historic District | |
8 | American Red Cross National Headquarters |
(#66000853) |
17th and D Sts., NW 38°53′41″N 77°02′26″W / 38.894722°N 77.040556°W |
Monumental Core | ||
9 | American Revolution Statuary |
(#78000256) |
Public buildings and various parks within DC 38°53′54″N 77°02′16″W / 38.898333°N 77.037778°W |
Monumental Core | 11 statues in central DC, including G. Washington, B. Franklin, N. Hale, J.P. Jones, J. Barry, E. Burke, C. Pulaski, de Lafayette, T. Kosciuszko, von Steuben, and de Rochambeau and 3 statues in other districts | |
10 | American Security and Trust Company Building |
(#73002070) |
15th and Pennsylvania Ave., NW. 38°53′56″N 77°02′03″W / 38.898889°N 77.034167°W |
Golden Triangle | ||
11 | Elizabeth Arden Building |
(#03000778) |
1147 Connecticut Ave. 38°54′18″N 77°02′28″W / 38.905000°N 77.041111°W |
Golden Triangle | ||
12 | Arlington Memorial Bridge |
(#80000346) |
Spans the Potomac River 38°53′12″N 77°03′39″W / 38.886667°N 77.060833°W |
Monumental Core | Extends into Arlington County, Virginia | |
13 | Arts and Industries Building |
(#71000994) |
900 Jefferson Dr., SW. 38°53′13″N 77°01′29″W / 38.886944°N 77.024722°W |
Southwest Federal Center | ||
14 | Arts Club of Washington |
(#69000289) |
2017 I St., NW. 38°54′05″N 77°02′46″W / 38.901389°N 77.046111°W |
Golden Triangle | Cleveland Abbe, a meteorologist who became known as the father of the National Weather Service, lived in this house from 1877 to 1909. Previous occupants in the early decades of the 19th century included James Monroe and the British legation. Built ca. 1802 to 1805, this is a fine example of the Federal style of residential architecture. | |
15 | Asbury United Methodist Church |
(#86003029) |
Eleventh and K Sts. NW 38°54′08″N 77°01′39″W / 38.902222°N 77.027500°W |
Downtown | ||
16 | Ashburton House |
(#73002071) |
1525 H St., NW. 38°54′01″N 77°02′09″W / 38.900278°N 77.035833°W |
Golden Triangle | ||
17 | Auditor's Building Complex |
(#78003051) |
14th St. and Independence Ave. 38°53′10″N 77°02′01″W / 38.886111°N 77.033611°W |
Southwest Federal Center | ||
18 | Augusta Apartment Building |
(#94001032) |
1151 New Jersey Ave. (216 New York Ave.), NW. 38°54′19″N 77°00′52″W / 38.905278°N 77.014444°W |
North Capitol Street | ||
19 | Bachelor Apartment House |
(#78003052) |
1737 H St., NW. 38°54′01″N 77°02′30″W / 38.900278°N 77.041667°W |
Golden Triangle | ||
20 | Barr Building |
(#12001165) |
910 17th St., NW 38°54′07″N 77°02′24″W / 38.901913°N 77.039922°W |
Golden Triangle | ||
21 | Blair House |
(#66000963) |
1651 Pennsylvania Ave., NW 38°53′56″N 77°02′19″W / 38.898889°N 77.038617°W |
Monumental Core | ||
22 | Bond Building |
(#83001415) |
1404 New York Ave., NW 38°53′56″N 77°01′57″W / 38.898889°N 77.0325000°W |
Downtown | ||
23 | Brownley Confectionery Building |
(#94001408) |
1309 F St., NW. 38°53′51″N 77°01′50″W / 38.897500°N 77.030556°W |
Downtown | ||
24 | Buildings at 1000 Block of Seventh Street, and 649–651 New York Avenue NW |
(#84000861) |
1005–1035 7th St., and 649–651 New York Ave. NW 38°54′12″N 77°01′19″W / 38.903333°N 77.021944°W |
Mount Vernon Square | 649 New York Avenue, NW | |
25 | Bulletin Building |
(#07000422) |
717 6th St., NW 38°53′56″N 77°01′11″W / 38.898889°N 77.019722°W |
Chinatown | ||
26 | Capitol Hill Historic District |
(#76002127) |
Roughly bounded by Virginia Ave., SE., S. Capitol St., F St., NE., and 14th Sts., SE. and NE.; also roughly bounded by 7th St., NE., Interstate 295, M St., SE., and 11th St., SE.; also squares 752, 753, 777, and 788 bounded by 2nd, 4th, and F Sts., NE. 38°53′13″N 76°59′51″W / 38.886944°N 76.997500°W |
NE, SE and NW | Second and third locations represent boundary increases of July 3, 2003 and October 21, 2015 | |
27 | Carlton Hotel |
(#90000911) |
923 16th St., NW. 38°54′07″N 77°02′11″W / 38.901944°N 77.036389°W |
Golden Triangle | ||
28 | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace |
(#74002156) |
700 Jackson Pl., NW 38°53′56″N 77°02′19″W / 38.898889°N 77.038611°W |
Monumental Core | ||
29 | Central National Bank |
(#95000526) |
633 Pennsylvania Ave., NW. 38°53′36″N 77°01′16″W / 38.893333°N 77.021111°W |
Penn Quarter | ||
30 | Central Heating Plant |
(#07000637) |
325 13th St., SW. 38°53′08″N 77°01′44″W / 38.885556°N 77.028889°W |
Southwest Federal Center | ||
31 | Central Public Library |
(#69000290) |
Mount Vernon Sq., 8th and K Sts., NW. 38°54′08″N 77°01′24″W / 38.902222°N 77.023333°W |
Mount Vernon Square | ||
32 | Champlain Apartment Building |
(#94001042) |
1424 K St., NW. 38°54′09″N 77°01′58″W / 38.902500°N 77.032778°W |
Downtown | ||
33 | Chase's Theater and Riggs Building |
(#78003053) |
1426 G St. NW. and 615-627 15th St. NW. 38°53′53″N 77°02′01″W / 38.898056°N 77.033611°W |
Downtown | ||
34 | Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company Building |
(#88001112) |
730 Twelfth St., NW 38°53′56″N 77°01′42″W / 38.898889°N 77.028333°W |
Downtown | ||
35 | Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, Old Main Building |
(#88000652) |
722 Twelfth St., NW 38°53′56″N 77°01′42″W / 38.898889°N 77.028333°W |
Downtown | ||
36 | Church of the Ascension |
(#84000863) |
1215 Massachusetts Ave. NW 38°54′18″N 77°01′43″W / 38.905000°N 77.028611°W |
Mount Vernon Square | ||
37 | Church of the Epiphany |
(#71000996) |
1317 G St., NW. 38°53′55″N 77°01′51″W / 38.898611°N 77.030833°W |
Downtown | ||
38 | Civil War Fort Sites |
(#74000274) |
Arc of sites surrounding central Washington in Maryland, Virginia, and D.C. 38°49′33″N 77°00′56″W / 38.825778°N 77.0155°W |
All quadrants | At the outset of the Civil War in 1861, Washington became a critical target for rebel attacks but was virtually without protection. The Union Army hastily began construction of a fortified defense line around the city, the physical remnants of which encompass these 19 earthwork forts, including Fort Greble. See also National Register listings in western NW D.C., upper NW D.C., NE D.C., SE D.C., Prince George's County, Maryland, and Fairfax County, Virginia. | |
39 | Civil War Monuments in Washington, DC |
(#78000257) |
Various parks within the original boundaries of city 38°54′20″N 77°01′57″W / 38.905667°N 77.032389°W |
Various | 18 statues about people and topics related to the Civil War, including 11 in central Washington, 6 in the NW quadrant, and 1 in the NE quadrant. | |
40 | Commercial National Bank |
(#91001488) |
1405 G St., NW. 38°53′54″N 77°01′57″W / 38.898333°N 77.032500°W |
Downtown | ||
41 | Concordia German Evangelical Church and Rectory |
(#78003055) |
20th and G Sts., NW. 38°53′52″N 77°02′42″W / 38.897778°N 77.045000°W |
George Washington University | Sits directly north of the President's House of George Washington University, also sits right across the street from Oscar W. Underwood House that serves as part of the George Washington University Law School. | |
42 | Constitution Hall |
(#85002724) |
311 Eighteenth St., NW. 38°53′35″N 77°02′30″W / 38.893056°N 77.041667°W |
Monumental Core | ||
43 | Corcoran Gallery of Art |
(#71000997) |
17th St. at New York Ave., NW. 38°53′44″N 77°02′26″W / 38.895556°N 77.040556°W |
George Washington University | Home to the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at George Washington University. | |
44 | Corcoran Hall |
(#90001545) |
721 21st St., NW. 38°53′57″N 77°02′48″W / 38.899167°N 77.046667°W |
George Washington University | Currently houses faculty offices for the George Washington University physics department | |
45 | Cuban Friendship Urn |
(#07001053) |
Reservation 332, Ohio Dr., at 14th St. Bridge, SW. 38°52′43″N 77°02′18″W / 38.878611°N 77.038333°W |
Southwest Waterfront | ||
46 | Davidson Building |
(#16000683) |
927 15th St., NW. 38°54′08″N 77°02′00″W / 38.902172°N 77.033392°W |
Downtown | ||
47 | Decatur House |
(#66000858) |
748 Jackson Pl., NW. 38°53′59″N 77°02′20″W / 38.899722°N 77.038889°W |
Monumental Core | Federal Style house designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe for naval hero Stephen Decatur across Lafayette Square from the White House. During 1827-1833 was home to successive Secretaries of State Henry Clay, Martin Van Buren, and Judah P. Benjamin. | |
48 | Denrike Building |
(#16000542) |
1010 Vermont Ave., NW 38°54′10″N 77°02′01″W / 38.902794°N 77.033674°W |
Downtown | ||
49 | James C. Dent House |
(#10000880) |
156 Q St., SW. 38°52′14″N 77°00′48″W / 38.870556°N 77.013333°W |
Buzzard Point | ||
50 | District Building |
(#72001422) |
SE corner of 14th and E Sts., NW. 38°53′41″N 77°01′54″W / 38.894722°N 77.031667°W |
Monumental Core | ||
51 | District of Columbia City Hall |
(#66000857) |
4th and E Sts., NW 38°53′43″N 77°01′04″W / 38.895278°N 77.017778°W |
Judiciary Square | ||
52 | District of Columbia Municipal Center and Plaza |
(#100004189) |
300 Indiana Ave. NW (301 C St. NW) 38°53′38″N 77°01′03″W / 38.8939°N 77.0176°W |
Judiciary Square | ||
53 | District of Columbia Pound |
(#14000798) |
820 S. Capitol St., SW., and 9 I St., SW. 38°52′46″N 77°00′34″W / 38.879306°N 77.009306°W |
Southwest Waterfront | ||
54 | District of Columbia Recorder of Deeds |
(#100005181) |
515 D St. NW 38°53′41″N 77°01′11″W / 38.8948°N 77.0196°W |
Judiciary Square | ||
55 | District of Columbia War Memorial |
(#14000388) |
Independence Ave. between 17th and 23rd Sts., SW. 38°53′15″N 77°02′37″W / 38.887500°N 77.043611°W |
Monumental Core | ||
56 | Downtown Historic District |
(#84003901) |
Roughly, Seventh St. from Pennsylvania Ave. to Mt. Vernon Sq., and F St. between Eleventh and Seventh Sts., NW 38°53′50″N 77°01′29″W / 38.897308°N 77.024781°W |
Downtown | ||
57 | Duncanson-Cranch House |
(#73002081) |
468-470 N St., SW. 38°52′29″N 77°01′06″W / 38.874722°N 77.018333°W |
Southwest Waterfront | ||
58 | John J. Earley Office and Studio |
(#10000367) |
2131 G St., NW 38°53′55″N 77°02′53″W / 38.898608°N 77.048128°W |
George Washington University | Part of George Washington University's Columbian College of Arts and Sciences. Currently houses studios for the Theatre and Dance Department. | |
59 | East and West Potomac Parks |
(#73000217) |
Bounded by Constitution Ave., 17th St., Independence Ave., Washington Channel, Potomac River, and Rock Creek Park 38°52′42″N 77°02′08″W / 38.878333°N 77.035556°W |
NW and SW | East Potomac Park and West Potomac Park | |
60 | The Editors Building |
(#15000072) |
1729 H St., NW 38°54′01″N 77°02′28″W / 38.900278°N 77.041111°W |
Downtown | ||
61 | Eight Hundred Block of F St. NW |
(#74002159) |
800-818 F St. and 527 9th St., NW. 38°53′49″N 77°01′26″W / 38.896944°N 77.023889°W |
Penn Quarter | ||
62 | Engine Company 16-Truck Company 3 |
(#11000281) |
1018 13th St., NW 38°54′12″N 77°01′47″W / 38.903333°N 77.029722°W |
Downtown | ||
63 | Engine Company 23 |
(#07000540) |
2119 G St., NW 38°53′52″N 77°02′54″W / 38.897778°N 77.048333°W |
George Washington University | ||
64 | Equitable Co-operative Building Association |
(#94001515) |
915 F St., NW. 38°53′50″N 77°01′29″W / 38.897222°N 77.024722°W |
Chinatown | ||
65 | The Ethelhurst |
(#100004123) |
1025 Fifteenth St., NW 38°54′13″N 77°02′04″W / 38.9036°N 77.0345°W |
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66 | The Everglades |
(#10000368) |
2223 H St., NW 38°53′59″N 77°02′59″W / 38.899628°N 77.049822°W |
George Washington University | Currently Fulbright Hall (residence hall) of George Washington University. | |
67 | Executive Office Building |
(#69000293) |
Pennsylvania Ave. and 17th St., NW 38°53′51″N 77°02′21″W / 38.8975°N 77.039167°W |
Monumental Core | ||
68 | Federal Home Loan Bank Board Building |
(#07000642) |
320 1st St., NW. 38°53′40″N 77°00′45″W / 38.894444°N 77.012500°W |
Downtown East | ||
69 | Federal-American National Bank |
(#94001517) |
615-621 14th St., NW. 38°53′52″N 77°01′54″W / 38.897778°N 77.031667°W |
Downtown | ||
70 | Federal Home Loan Bank Board Building (FHLBB) |
(#16000701) |
1700 G St., NW 38°53′53″N 77°02′24″W / 38.898091°N 77.040089°W |
Monumental Core | ||
71 | Federal Office Building No. 6 |
(#100000956) |
400 Maryland Ave., SW. 38°53′12″N 77°01′08″W / 38.886536°N 77.018948°W |
Southwest Federal Center | ||
72 | Financial Historic District |
(#84003900) |
15th St. from Pennsylvania Ave. to I St., NW.; also K, 14th, and G Sts., NW. 38°53′55″N 77°02′02″W / 38.898611°N 77.033889°W |
Monumental Core, Downtown | Second set of addresses represents a boundary increase of January 12, 2017 | |
73 | The Flagler |
(#10000369) |
736 22nd St., NW 38°53′58″N 77°02′57″W / 38.899372°N 77.049183°W |
George Washington University | ||
74 | Fletcher Chapel |
(#97000834) |
401 New York Ave., NW 38°54′18″N 77°00′59″W / 38.905°N 77.016389°W |
Mount Vernon Square | ||
75 | Foggy Bottom Historic District |
(#87001269) |
Bounded by New Hampshire Ave., Twenty-fourth, Twenty-sixth, H, and K Sts., NW 38°54′02″N 77°03′12″W / 38.900556°N 77.053333°W |
Foggy Bottom | ||
76 | Ford's Theatre National Historic Site |
(#66000034) |
10th St., NW., between E and F Sts. 38°53′47″N 77°01′34″W / 38.896389°N 77.026111°W |
Penn Quarter | ||
77 | Franklin School |
(#73002085) |
13th and K Sts., NW. 38°54′08″N 77°01′47″W / 38.902222°N 77.029722°W |
Downtown | A nineteenth-century school, site of Alexander Graham Bell's experiments with the photophone. | |
78 | Freer Gallery of Art |
(#69000295) |
12th St. and Jefferson Dr., SW. 38°53′17″N 77°01′40″W / 38.888056°N 77.027778°W |
Southwest Federal Center | ||
79 | Friendship Baptist Church |
(#04001236) |
734 1st St., SW. 38°52′49″N 77°00′43″W / 38.880413°N 77.011846°W |
Southwest Waterfront | ||
80 | Garfinckel's Department Store |
(#95000353) |
1401 F St., NW. 38°53′51″N 77°01′56″W / 38.8975°N 77.032222°W |
Downtown | ||
81 | General Post Office |
(#69000311) |
E and F Sts. between 7th and 8th Sts., NW 38°53′48″N 77°01′22″W / 38.896667°N 77.022778°W |
Penn Quarter | ||
82 | Germuiller Row |
(#94001406) |
748 3rd St. and 300-302 H St., NW. 38°53′59″N 77°00′56″W / 38.899722°N 77.015556°W |
Chinatown | ||
83 | Godey Lime Kilns |
(#73000221) |
Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway at 27th and L Sts., NW. 38°54′12″N 77°03′22″W / 38.903333°N 77.056111°W |
West End | ||
84 | Samuel Gompers Memorial |
(#07001054) |
Massachusetts Ave. and 10th and L Sts., NW., Reservation 69 38°54′21″N 77°01′36″W / 38.905833°N 77.026667°W |
Mount Vernon Square | ||
85 | Ulysses S. Grant School |
(#07000447) |
2130 G St. NW 38°53′59″N 77°02′53″W / 38.899722°N 77.048056°W |
George Washington University | ||
86 | Hamilton Hotel |
(#12001194) |
1001 14th St. NW 38°54′10″N 77°01′53″W / 38.902778°N 77.031389°W |
Downtown | ||
87 | Harbour Square |
(#100003158) |
400-560 (even) N St., SW., and 1301-1327 (odd) 4th St., SW. 38°52′26″N 77°01′04″W / 38.8740°N 77.0179°W |
Southwest Waterfront | ||
88 | Harris & Ewing Photographic Studio |
(#94001407) |
1311-1313 F St., NW. 38°53′51″N 77°01′51″W / 38.8975°N 77.030833°W |
Downtown | ||
89 | Harrison Apartment Building |
(#94001036) |
704 3rd St., NW. 38°53′55″N 77°00′56″W / 38.898611°N 77.015556°W |
Chinatown | ||
90 | W. B. Hibbs and Company Building |
(#90002150) |
725 Fifteenth St., NW. 38°53′57″N 77°02′00″W / 38.899167°N 77.033333°W |
Downtown | ||
91 | Hill Building |
(#15000073) |
839 17th or 1636 I Sts., NW. 38°54′04″N 77°02′22″W / 38.901111°N 77.039333°W |
Downtown | ||
92 | Hotel Washington |
(#95000352) |
515 15th St., NW. 38°53′49″N 77°02′01″W / 38.896944°N 77.033611°W |
Downtown | ||
93 | Interior Department Offices |
(#86003160) |
Eighteenth and F Sts. NW 38°53′48″N 77°02′35″W / 38.896667°N 77.043056°W |
Golden Triangle | ||
94 | Jefferson Apartment Building |
(#94001046) |
315 H St., NW. 38°54′01″N 77°00′57″W / 38.900278°N 77.015833°W |
Mount Vernon Triangle | ||
95 | Thomas Jefferson Memorial |
(#66000029) |
S bank of the Tidal Basin 38°52′52″N 77°02′13″W / 38.881111°N 77.036944°W |
Monumental Core | ||
96 | Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove On The Potomac |
(#73002097) |
Lady Byrd Johnson Park, Columbia Island 38°52′42″N 77°03′05″W / 38.878333°N 77.051389°W |
Monumental Core | ||
97 | The Keystone |
(#10000370) |
2150 Pennsylvania Ave., NW 38°54′06″N 77°02′54″W / 38.901672°N 77.0483°W |
George Washington University | Currently the H.B. Burns Memorial Building of George Washington University. | |
98 | Martin Luther King Memorial Library |
(#07001102) |
901 G St. NW. 38°54′02″N 77°01′29″W / 38.900556°N 77.024722°W |
Chinatown | ||
99 | Korean War Veterans Memorial |
(#01000273) |
Southeast of the Lincoln Memorial, off Independence Ave. 38°53′16″N 77°02′50″W / 38.887858°N 77.047336°W |
Monumental Core | ||
100 | Lafayette Building |
(#05001205) |
811 Vermont Ave. NW 38°54′03″N 77°02′05″W / 38.900786°N 77.034589°W |
Golden Triangle | ||
101 | Lafayette Square Historic District |
(#70000833) |
Roughly between 15th and 17th Sts. and H St. and State and Treasury Places, exclusive of the White House and its grounds 38°53′55″N 77°02′11″W / 38.898611°N 77.036389°W |
Monumental Core, Golden Triangle, Downtown | ||
102 | Julius Lansburgh Furniture Co., Inc. |
(#74002164) |
909 F St., NW. 38°53′51″N 77°01′29″W / 38.8975°N 77.024722°W |
Chinatown | Also known as the Old Masonic Temple | |
103 | Thomas Law House |
(#73002093) |
1252 6th St., SW. 38°52′29″N 77°01′09″W / 38.874722°N 77.019167°W |
Southwest Waterfront | ||
104 | L'Enfant Plan of the City of Washington, District of Columbia |
(#97000332) |
Roughly bounded by Florida Ave. from Rock Cr., NW. to 15th St., NE., S to C St., and E to the Anacostia River 38°53′26″N 77°01′13″W / 38.890556°N 77.020278°W |
All | ||
105 | Lenthall Houses |
(#72001425) |
606–610 21St., NW 38°53′52″N 77°02′49″W / 38.897667°N 77.046936°W |
George Washington University | Two of the oldest known houses built in the District of Columbia. Currently a part of George Washington University. | |
106 | Edward Simon Lewis House |
(#73002094) |
456 N St., SW. 38°52′28″N 77°01′05″W / 38.87445°N 77.01805°W |
Southwest Waterfront | ||
107 | Lincoln Memorial |
(#66000030) |
West Potomac Park 38°53′21″N 77°03′00″W / 38.8893°N 77.050111°W |
Monumental Core | ||
108 | Lisner Auditorium |
(#90001548) |
730 21st St., NW. 38°53′57″N 77°02′50″W / 38.899167°N 77.047222°W |
George Washington University | Contains multiple auditoriums used by George Washington University. | |
109 | Lockkeeper's House, C & O Canal Extension |
(#73000218) |
SW corner of 17th St. and Constitution Ave., NW. 38°53′31″N 77°02′24″W / 38.891944°N 77.04°W |
Monumental Core | ||
110 | Luzon Apartment Building |
(#94001035) |
2501 Pennsylvania Ave., NW. 38°54′14″N 77°03′12″W / 38.903889°N 77.053333°W |
West End | ||
111 | M Street High School |
(#86002924) |
128 M St. NW 38°54′19″N 77°00′49″W / 38.905278°N 77.013611°W |
North Capitol Street | ||
112 | Gen. Robert Macfeely House |
(#89001214) |
2015 I St., NW. 38°54′06″N 77°02′44″W / 38.901528°N 77.045556°W |
Golden Triangle | ||
113 | Masonic Temple |
(#86002920) |
801 Thirteenth St., NW 38°54′00″N 77°01′46″W / 38.900000°N 77.029444°W |
Downtown | ||
114 | Mayflower Hotel |
(#83003527) |
1127 Connecticut Ave. NW 38°54′16″N 77°02′23″W / 38.904444°N 77.039722°W |
Golden Triangle | ||
115 | McLachlen Building |
(#86003042) |
1001 G St. NW 38°53′54″N 77°01′35″W / 38.898333°N 77.026389°W |
Downtown | ||
116 | Memorial Continental Hall |
(#72001427) |
17th St., between C and D Sts., NW 38°53′37″N 77°02′25″W / 38.893611°N 77.040278°W |
Monumental Core | ||
117 | Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church |
(#73002102) |
1518 M St., NW. 38°54′19″N 77°02′09″W / 38.905278°N 77.035833°W |
Golden Triangle | Gothic-style church dedicated in 1886; held the funerals of Frederick Douglass and Rosa Parks; on the National Trust for Historic Preservation 2010 list of America's Most Endangered Places | |
118 | Metropolitan Club |
(#95000441) |
1700 H St., NW. 38°54′00″N 77°02′24″W / 38.900000°N 77.040000°W |
Golden Triangle | ||
119 | Milton Hall |
(#10000371) |
2222 I St., NW 38°54′02″N 77°02′59″W / 38.900639°N 77.049817°W |
George Washington University | Currently is Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Hall at George Washington University. | |
120 | Moran Building |
(#83001413) |
501-509 G St., NW 38°53′54″N 77°01′10″W / 38.898333°N 77.019444°W |
Chinatown | ||
121 | Morrison and Clark Houses |
(#90002149) |
1013-1015 L St., NW. 38°54′15″N 77°01′38″W / 38.904167°N 77.027222°W |
Mount Vernon Square | ||
122 | Mount Vernon Memorial Highway |
(#81000079) |
Washington St. and George Washington Memorial Parkway 38°52′38″N 77°02′56″W / 38.877222°N 77.048861°W |
SW | Extends into Alexandria, Virginia | |
123 | Mount Vernon Square Historic District |
(#99001071) |
Roughly bounded by New York Ave., 7th St., N St., and 1st St., NW. 38°54′19″N 77°01′04″W / 38.905278°N 77.017778°W |
Mount Vernon Square | Extends north of M Street | |
124 | Mount Vernon Triangle Historic District |
(#06000191) |
Roughly bounded by the 400 blocks of Massachusetts Ave., NW. and K St., NW., Prather's Alley, and 5th St., NW. 38°54′13″N 77°01′06″W / 38.903611°N 77.018333°W |
Mount Vernon Triangle | ||
125 | Mullett Rowhouses |
(#94001149) |
2517, 2519 and 2525 Pennsylvania Ave., NW. 38°54′15″N 77°03′16″W / 38.904167°N 77.054444°W |
West End | ||
126 | Munson Hall |
(#10000372) |
2212 H St., NW 38°54′02″N 77°02′58″W / 38.900556°N 77.049444°W |
George Washington University | Currently Munson Hall of George Washington University. | |
127 | Myrene Apartment Building |
(#94001041) |
703 6th St., NW. 38°53′55″N 77°01′11″W / 38.898611°N 77.019722°W |
Chinatown | ||
128 | National Academy of Sciences |
(#74002168) |
2101 Constitution Ave., NW. 38°53′34″N 77°02′54″W / 38.892778°N 77.048333°W |
Monumental Core | ||
129 | National Archives |
(#71001004) |
Constitution Ave. between 7th and 9th Sts., NW. 38°53′33″N 77°01′24″W / 38.8925°N 77.023333°W |
Monumental Core | ||
130 | National Bank of Washington, Washington Branch |
(#74002169) |
301 7th St., NW. 38°53′37″N 77°01′16″W / 38.893611°N 77.021111°W |
Penn Quarter | ||
131 | National Mall |
(#66000031) |
Between Independence and Constitution Aves. from the U.S. Capitol to the Washington Monument; also bounded by 3rd St., NW.-SW., Independence Ave., SW., Raoul Wallenberg Pl., SW., the CSX rail line, the Potomac River, and Constitution Ave., NW. 38°53′23″N 77°01′20″W / 38.889722°N 77.022222°W |
NW and SW | Second set of addresses represents a boundary increase of December 8, 2016 | |
132 | National Metropolitan Bank Building |
(#78003059) |
613 15th St., NW. 38°53′52″N 77°02′01″W / 38.897778°N 77.033611°W |
Downtown | ||
133 | National Portrait Gallery |
(#66000902) |
F and G Sts. between 7th and 9th Sts., NW 38°53′52″N 77°01′23″W / 38.897778°N 77.023056°W |
Chinatown | ||
134 | National Savings and Trust Company |
(#72001428) |
New York Ave. and 15th St., NW. 38°53′57″N 77°02′01″W / 38.899167°N 77.033611°W |
Downtown | ||
135 | National Union Building |
(#90001375) |
918 F St., NW 38°53′49″N 77°01′29″W / 38.896944°N 77.024722°W |
Penn Quarter | ||
136 | National War College |
(#72001535) |
P St., within Fort Lesley J. McNair 38°51′47″N 77°01′01″W / 38.863056°N 77.016944°W |
Buzzard Point | ||
137 | Observatory Hill |
(#100000479) |
23rd and E Sts., NW. 38°53′41″N 77°03′05″W / 38.894782°N 77.051449°W |
Observatory Circle | ||
138 | The Octagon |
(#66000863) |
1799 New York Ave., NW 38°53′46″N 77°02′30″W / 38.896111°N 77.041667°W |
Golden Triangle | NHL: Served as the temporary Executive Mansion for Pres. James Madison after White House was burned by the British in the War of 1812 | |
139 | Old Engine Company No. 6 |
(#75002052) |
438 Massachusetts Ave., NW. 38°54′01″N 77°01′03″W / 38.900278°N 77.0175°W |
Chinatown | ||
140 | Old Naval Observatory |
(#66000864) |
23rd and E Sts., NW 38°53′42″N 77°03′07″W / 38.895000°N 77.051944°W |
Monumental Core | ||
141 | Old Post Office and Clock Tower |
(#73002105) |
Pennsylvania Ave. at 12th St., NW. 38°53′38″N 77°01′41″W / 38.893889°N 77.028056°W |
Monumental Core | ||
142 | Oriental Building Association No. 6 Building |
(#04000956) |
600 F St. NW 38°53′56″N 77°01′13″W / 38.898889°N 77.020278°W |
Penn Quarter | ||
143 | Pan American Union |
(#69000298) |
17th St. between C St. and Constitution Ave., NW. 38°53′34″N 77°02′27″W / 38.892778°N 77.040833°W |
Monumental Core | ||
144 | Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site |
(#66000865) |
Roughly bounded by Constitution Ave., F St., 3rd, and 15th Sts. NW 38°53′35″N 77°01′35″W / 38.893056°N 77.026389°W |
Monumental Core, Downtown East, Downtown, Penn Quarter | ||
145 | Pension Building |
(#69000312) |
4th and 5th Sts. between F and G Sts., NW 38°53′51″N 77°01′05″W / 38.8975°N 77.018056°W |
Chinatown | Now the National Building Museum | |
146 | Peyser Building-Security Savings and Commercial Bank |
(#12000777) |
1518 K St., NW 38°54′08″N 77°02′08″W / 38.902347°N 77.035448°W |
Golden Triangle | ||
147 | PHILADELPHIA (gundelo) |
(#66000852) |
National Museum of American History, 14th St. and Constitution Ave., NW 38°53′29″N 77°01′48″W / 38.891389°N 77.030000°W |
Monumental Core | Only surviving American gunboat from the Revolutionary War, fought in Battle of Valcour Island | |
148 | President's Office, George Washington University |
(#90001544) |
2003 G St., NW. and 700 20th St., NW. 38°53′54″N 77°02′43″W / 38.898333°N 77.045278°W |
George Washington University | Part of the George Washington University School of Law. Sits on the historic University Yard with Stockton Hall and Corcoran Hall. | |
149 | President's Park South |
(#80000347) |
Constitution Ave. 38°53′39″N 77°02′13″W / 38.894167°N 77.036944°W |
Mounmental Core | ||
150 | Railroad Retirement Board Building |
(#07000638) |
330 C St., SW. 38°53′08″N 77°01′00″W / 38.885556°N 77.016667°W |
Southwest Federal Center | ||
151 | Randall Junior High School |
(#08001205) |
65 I St., SW. 38°52′45″N 77°00′39″W / 38.8793°N 77.010883°W |
Southwest Waterfront | ||
152 | Real Estate Trust Building-Continental Trust Building |
(#14001166) |
1343 H St., NW 38°54′01″N 77°01′52″W / 38.900278°N 77.031111°W |
Downtown | ||
153 | Renwick Gallery |
(#69000300) |
Northeast corner of 17th St. and Pennsylvania Ave., NW 38°53′56″N 77°02′22″W / 38.898889°N 77.039444°W |
Monumental Core | ||
154 | Rhodes' Tavern |
(#69000301) |
601-603 15th St. and 1431 F St., NW. 38°53′51″N 77°02′01″W / 38.8975°N 77.033611°W |
Downtown | ||
155 | Riggs National Bank |
(#73002113) |
1503-1505 Pennsylvania Ave., NW. 38°53′56″N 77°02′04″W / 38.898889°N 77.034444°W |
Golden Triangle | ||
156 | Riggs National Bank, Washington Loan and Trust Company Branch |
(#71001005) |
SW corner of 9th and F Sts., NW. 38°53′50″N 77°01′29″W / 38.897222°N 77.024722°W |
Penn Quarter | ||
157 | Ringgold-Carroll House |
(#73002114) |
1801 F St., NW. 38°53′51″N 77°02′33″W / 38.897500°N 77.042500°W |
Golden Triangle | ||
158 | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial |
(#01000271) |
Cherry Tree Walk, Tidal Basin 38°53′35″N 77°01′26″W / 38.893056°N 77.023889°W |
Monumental Core | ||
159 | St. Aloysius Catholic Church |
(#73002116) |
N. Capitol and I Sts., NW. 38°54′05″N 77°00′36″W / 38.901389°N 77.010000°W |
North Capitol Street | ||
160 | Saint James Mutual Homes |
(#16000027) |
201-217 P, 1410-1414 3rd, and 220-215-229 O Sts., SW., and 1411-1415 James Creek Parkway, SW. 38°52′21″N 77°00′49″W / 38.872423°N 77.013727°W |
Southwest Waterfront | ||
161 | St. John's Church |
(#66000868) |
16th and H Sts., NW 38°54′01″N 77°02′11″W / 38.900278°N 77.036389°W |
Golden Triangle | ||
162 | St. Mary's Episcopal Church |
(#73002118) |
730 23rd St., NW. 38°53′57″N 77°03′02″W / 38.899167°N 77.050556°W |
George Washington University | ||
163 | General Jose de San Martin Memorial |
(#07001059) |
Reservation 106, Virginia Ave. and 20th St., NW. 38°53′48″N 77°02′44″W / 38.896667°N 77.045556°W |
Monumental Core | ||
164 | B.F. Saul Building |
(#16000685) |
925 15th St., NW. 38°54′07″N 77°02′00″W / 38.902028°N 77.033400°W |
Downtown | ||
165 | Schneider Triangle |
(#82001031) |
Bounded by Washington Circle, New Hampshire Ave. NW, K, 22nd, and L Sts. NW 38°54′11″N 77°02′58″W / 38.903056°N 77.049444°W |
George Washington University | ||
166 | Second National Bank |
(#94001516) |
1331 G St., NW. 38°53′54″N 77°01′52″W / 38.898333°N 77.031111°W |
Downtown | ||
167 | Smithsonian Building |
(#66000867) |
Jefferson Dr. at 10th St., SW. 38°53′19″N 77°01′35″W / 38.888611°N 77.026389°W |
Southwest Federal Center | ||
168 | Social Security Administration Building |
(#07000639) |
330 Independence Ave., SW. 38°52′55″N 77°01′01″W / 38.881944°N 77.016944°W |
Southwest Federal Center | ||
169 | Southeast No. 9 Boundary Marker of the Original District of Columbia |
(#96001242) |
0.225 mile south of the Oxon Cove Bridge and 420 feet east of Shepherd Parkway 38°48′14″N 77°01′27″W / 38.803889°N 77.024167°W |
SW | ||
170 | Southern Railway Building |
(#16000194) |
1500 K St., NW 38°54′08″N 77°02′06″W / 38.902215°N 77.034956°W |
Downtown | ||
171 | Steedman-Ray House |
(#90001376) |
1925 F St., NW 38°53′50″N 77°02′42″W / 38.897222°N 77.045000°W |
George Washington University | This houses the President of George Washington University. Previously, it has been used as an alumni space on the campus. | |
172 | Thaddeus Stevens School |
(#01000706) |
1050 Twenty-First St., NW 38°54′11″N 77°02′49″W / 38.903194°N 77.046944°W |
Golden Triangle | ||
173 | Stockton Hall |
(#90001546) |
720 20th St., NW. 38°53′57″N 77°02′43″W / 38.899167°N 77.045278°W |
George Washington University | Currently part of the George Washington University School of Law. Sits on historic University Yard with Maxwell Woodhull House, President's Office, George Washington University, and Corcoran Hall. | |
174 | Hattie M. Strong Residence Hall |
(#90001547) |
620 21st St., NW. 38°53′52″N 77°02′50″W / 38.897778°N 77.047222°W |
George Washington University | Named after a donation for the construction from Hattie Strong, Hattie M. Strong Residence Hall is a women's residence hall at George Washington University. | |
175 | Sun Building |
(#85000650) |
1317 F St., NW 38°53′48″N 77°01′34″W / 38.896667°N 77.026111°W |
Downtown | ||
176 | Mary E. Surratt House |
(#04000118) |
604 H Street 38°53′58″N 77°01′13″W / 38.899444°N 77.020278°W |
Chinatown | ||
177 | William Syphax School |
(#03000672) |
1360 Half St., SW. 38°52′33″N 77°00′31″W / 38.875833°N 77.008611°W |
Southwest Waterfront | ||
178 | Temperance Fountain |
(#07001061) |
7th St. and Indiana Ave., NW. 38°53′37″N 77°01′19″W / 38.893611°N 77.021944°W |
Penn Quarter | ||
179 | Terminal Refrigerating and Warehouse Company |
(#14000854) |
300 D St., SW. 38°53′04″N 77°00′59″W / 38.884444°N 77.016389°W |
Southwest Federal Center | ||
180 | Tiber Island |
(#12001166) |
401-461 N, 430-490 M, 1201-1265 4th, and 1252 6th Sts., SW. 38°52′32″N 77°01′07″W / 38.875524°N 77.01869°W |
Southwest Waterfront | ||
181 | Titanic Memorial |
(#07001060) |
Reservation 717, Waterfront Park, and Water and P Sts., SW. 38°52′38″N 77°01′16″W / 38.877222°N 77.021111°W |
Southwest Waterfront | ||
182 | Tower Building |
(#95001084) |
1401 K St., NW. 38°54′05″N 77°01′57″W / 38.901389°N 77.032500°W |
Downtown | ||
183 | Town Center East |
(#13001071) |
1001 and 1101 3rd St., SW. 38°52′39″N 77°00′57″W / 38.877449°N 77.015699°W |
Southwest Waterfront | ||
184 | Oscar W. Underwood House |
(#76002132) |
2000 G St., NW 38°53′53″N 77°02′43″W / 38.898056°N 77.045278°W |
George Washington University | This is the home of the Jacob Burns Law Clinics of the George Washington University Law School. | |
185 | Union Trust Building |
(#84000867) |
740 15th St. NW 38°54′00″N 77°02′02″W / 38.900000°N 77.033889°W |
Golden Triangle | ||
186 | United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners-Local 132 |
(#03000945) |
1010 10th St. NW, 1001 K St. NW 38°54′09″N 77°01′35″W / 38.9025°N 77.026389°W |
Downtown | ||
187 | United Mine Workers of America Building |
(#00001032) |
900 Fifteenth St. NW 38°54′08″N 77°02′13″W / 38.902222°N 77.036944°W |
Golden Triangle | ||
188 | U.S. Capitol Gatehouses and Gateposts |
(#73002120) |
7th, 15th, and 17th Sts., and Constitution Ave., NW. 38°53′27″N 77°01′56″W / 38.890833°N 77.032222°W |
Monumental Core | ||
189 | US Chamber of Commerce Building |
(#92000499) |
1615 H St., NW. 38°54′01″N 77°02′17″W / 38.900278°N 77.038056°W |
Golden Triangle | ||
190 | U.S. Civil Service Commission Building |
(#13000713) |
1724 F St., NW 38°53′50″N 77°02′27″W / 38.897104°N 77.040752°W |
Golden Triangle | ||
191 | US Courthouse-District of Columbia |
(#07000640) |
333 Constitution Ave. NW 38°53′22″N 77°01′02″W / 38.889444°N 77.017222°W |
Downtown East | ||
192 | U.S. Court Of Military Appeals |
(#74002174) |
450 E St., NW. 38°53′44″N 77°01′07″W / 38.895556°N 77.018611°W |
Downtown East | ||
193 | U.S. Department of Agriculture Administration Building |
(#74002175) |
12th St. and Jefferson Dr., SW. 38°53′17″N 77°01′49″W / 38.888056°N 77.030278°W |
Southwest Federal Center | ||
194 | U.S. Department of Agriculture Cotton Annex |
(#15000683) |
300 12th St., SW. 38°53′08″N 77°01′40″W / 38.885556°N 77.027778°W |
Southwest Federal Center | ||
195 | U.S. Department of Agriculture South Building |
(#07000643) |
14th St. and Independence Ave., SW. 38°53′12″N 77°01′48″W / 38.886667°N 77.030000°W |
Southwest Federal Center | ||
196 | U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development |
(#08000824) |
451 7th St., SW. 38°53′02″N 77°01′19″W / 38.884017°N 77.022011°W |
Southwest Federal Center | Known as "Robert C. Weaver Federal Building", it was designed by Marcel Breuer | |
197 | US Department of the Interior Building |
(#86002898) |
Eighteenth and C Sts. NW 38°53′41″N 77°01′54″W / 38.894722°N 77.031667°W |
Monumental Core | ||
198 | U.S. Department of State Building |
(#100001481) |
2201 C St. NW. 38°53′40″N 77°02′54″W / 38.8944°N 77.0484°W |
Monumental Core | Known as the Harry S. Truman Building | |
199 | U.S. Department of the Treasury |
(#71001007) |
1500 Pennsylvania Ave., NW 38°53′53″N 77°02′04″W / 38.898056°N 77.034444°W |
Monumental Core | ||
200 | US General Accounting Office Building |
(#95001086) |
441 G St., NW. 38°53′56″N 77°01′04″W / 38.898788°N 77.017671°W |
Chinatown | ||
201 | US Public Health Service Building |
(#07000641) |
1951 Constitution Ave. NW 38°53′34″N 77°02′40″W / 38.892778°N 77.044444°W |
Monumental Core | ||
202 | USS SEQUOIA (yacht) |
(#87002594) |
Gangplank Marina (as of 2010) 38°52′32″N 77°01′21″W / 38.875556°N 77.0225°W |
Southwest Waterfront | ||
203 | U.S. Tax Court |
(#08000821) |
400 2nd St., NW. 38°53′43″N 77°00′52″W / 38.895325°N 77.014547°W |
Downtown East | ||
204 | Vietnam Veterans Memorial |
(#01000285) |
West end of Constitution Gardens 38°53′27″N 77°02′50″W / 38.890833°N 77.047222°W |
Monumental Core | ||
205 | Virginia Interlocking Control Tower |
(#100000846) |
Southeastern corner of 2nd St. and Virginia Ave., SW. 38°53′01″N 77°00′49″W / 38.883546°N 77.013512°W |
Southwest Federal Center | ||
206 | Waggaman-Ray Commercial Row |
(#95000162) |
1141, 1143, and 1145 Connecticut Ave. 38°54′15″N 77°02′28″W / 38.904167°N 77.041111°W |
Golden Triangle | ||
207 | George Washington University-Old West End Historic District |
(#14001207) |
Between F, I, 19th, and 23rd Sts., NW. and Virginia Ave., NW. 38°53′56″N 77°02′51″W / 38.898889°N 77.047500°W |
George Washington University | ||
208 | Washington Monument |
(#66000035) |
The Mall, between 14th and 17th Sts., NW. 38°53′23″N 77°02′09″W / 38.889722°N 77.035833°W |
Monumental Core | ||
209 | Watergate Complex |
(#05000540) |
2500, 2600, 2650, and 2600 Virginia Ave., NW, and 600 and 700 New Hampshire Ave., NW 38°53′56″N 77°03′17″W / 38.898889°N 77.054722°W |
Foggy Bottom | ||
210 | Westory Building |
(#12000778) |
607 14th St., NW 38°53′53″N 77°01′54″W / 38.897964°N 77.031661°W |
Downtown | ||
211 | Margaret Wetzel House |
(#90001542) |
714 21st St., NW. 38°53′56″N 77°02′50″W / 38.898889°N 77.047222°W |
George Washington University | Part of George Washington University for various academic programs. | |
212 | Wheat Row |
(#73002125) |
1315, 1317, 1319, and 1321 4th St., SW. 38°52′26″N 77°01′05″W / 38.873889°N 77.018056°W |
Southwest Waterfront | ||
213 | Emily Wiley House |
(#06000192) |
902 3rd St., NW 38°54′12″N 77°00′56″W / 38.903333°N 77.015556°W |
Mount Vernon Triangle | ||
214 | Willard Hotel |
(#74002177) |
1401-1409 Pennsylvania Ave., NW. 38°53′49″N 77°01′58″W / 38.896944°N 77.032778°W |
Downtown | ||
215 | Winder Building |
(#69000303) |
604 17th St., NW. 38°53′51″N 77°02′25″W / 38.8975°N 77.040278°W |
Golden Triangle | ||
216 | Wire Building |
(#12001195) |
1000 Vermont Ave., NW 38°54′10″N 77°02′02″W / 38.902778°N 77.033944°W |
Downtown | ||
217 | Maxwell Woodhull House |
(#90001543) |
2033 G St., NW. 38°53′54″N 77°02′48″W / 38.898333°N 77.046667°W |
George Washington University | Part of George Washington University, houses the Albert Small Washingtonia Collection. | |
218 | Yale Steam Laundry |
(#99000332) |
437-443 New York Ave., NW. 38°54′17″N 77°01′05″W / 38.904722°N 77.018056°W |
Mount Vernon Square |
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