National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington, D.C.

This is a list of properties and districts in the District of Columbia on the National Register of Historic Places. There are more than 500 listings, including 74 National Historic Landmarks of the United States and another 13 places otherwise designated as historic sites of national importance by Congress or the President.[1]

Contents

The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below), may be seen in a Google map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates".[2]

The list is generally grouped by quadrant. The Northwest Quadrant has almost 400 listings, so is further divided into three parts. The part of the NW Quadrant nearest the National Mall is grouped with the Southwest quadrant and called "central Washington" for the purposes of this list. The following are approximate tallies of current listings by area.[3]

Note that the White House, the Capitol building, and the United States Supreme Court Building are recorded in the National Register's NRIS database as a National Historic Landmarks, but these a matter of law three buildings and associated buildings and grounds are legally exempted from listing in the National Register of Historic Places, according to the Historic Preservation Act of 1966, Section 107 (16 U.S.C. 470g).

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted December 30, 2011.[4]

Current listings by area

Area # of Sites
1 Central 186
2 Western NW Quadrant 105
3 Upper NW Quadrant 162
4 Northeast 48
5 Southeast 35
7 Duplicates (11)
Total: 525

Current listings

Central Washington

Main article: National Register of Historic Places listings in central Washington, D.C.

includes the SW Quadrant and areas in the NW Quadrant east of Rock Creek and south of M Street.

NW quadrant

National Register of Historic Places listings in western Washington, D.C.

includes areas west of Rock Creek

National Register of Historic Places listings in the upper NW Quadrant of Washington, D. C.

includes areas east of Rock Creek and north of M Street.

NE quadrant

[5] Landmark name Image Date listed Location City or town Summary
1 American Revolution Statuary 01978-07-14July 14, 1978 Public buildings and various parks within DC
 Stanton Park 14 statues including 11 in central DC, and the General Nathanael Greene statue in Stanton Park
2 Atlas Theater and Shops 02010-11-10November 10, 2010 1313-33 H Street, NE
 NE
3 Mountjoy Bayly House 01973-07-20July 20, 1973 122 Maryland Ave., NE
 NE
4 Brooks Mansion 01975-07-17July 17, 1975 901 Newton St., NE.
 NE
5 Ralph Bunche House 01993-09-30September 30, 1993 1510 Jackson St., NE.
 NE
6 Capitol Hill Historic District 01976-08-27August 27, 1976 Roughly bounded by Virginia Ave., SE., S. Capitol St., F St. NE., and 14th Sts. SE & NE.
 NE, SE and NW Boundary increase (listed July 3, 2003): Roughly bounded by 7th St. NE, I-295, M St. SE and 11th St. SE
7 Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company Warehouse and Repair Facility 02007-05-14May 14, 2007 1111 N. Capitol St. NE
 NE
8 Children's Country Home 02003-12-09December 9, 2003 1731 Bunker Hill Rd. NE
 NE
9 Civil War Monuments in Washington, DC 01978-09-20September 20, 1978 Various parks within the original boundaries of city
 Various 18 statues about people and topics related to the Civil War, including 1 in Lincoln Park (NE & SE quadrants), 6 in the upper NW quadrant, and 11 in central Washington.
10 Alexander Crummell School 02003-07-25July 25, 2003 Kendall and Gallaudet Sts, NE
 NE
11 Dahlgreen Courts 02010-11-10November 10, 2010 2504-2520 10th St., NE
 Brookland Apartment Buildings in Washington, DC, MPS
12 East Capitol Street Carbarn 01974-02-05February 5, 1974 1400 E. Capitol St., NE.
 NE
13 East Corner Boundary Marker of the Original District of Columbia 01996-11-01November 1, 1996 100 ft. E of jct. of Eastern and Southern Aves.
 NE and SE See List of Boundary Markers of the Original District of Columbia
14 Engine Company 17 02007-06-06June 6, 2007 1227 Monroe St. NE[6]
 NE
15 Engine Company 26 02011-05-18May 18, 2011 1340 Rhode Island Ave., NE
 NE Firehouses in Washington DC MPS
16 Engine Company 26, (Old) 02007-08-08August 8, 2007 2715 22nd St. NE
 NE
17 Engine Company 27 02011-05-18May 18, 2011 4201 Minnesota Ave., NE
 NE Firehouses in Washington DC MPS
18 Engine House No. 10 02008-11-19November 19, 2008 1341 Maryland Ave., NE
 NE
19 First Baptist Church of Deanwood 02008-07-24July 24, 2008 1008 45th St. NE
 NE
20 Franciscan Monastery and Memorial Church of the Holy Land 01992-01-17January 17, 1992 1400 Quincy St., NE.
 NE
21 Gallaudet College Historic District 01966-10-15October 15, 1966 Florida Ave. and 7th St., NE.
 NE
22 Glenwood Cemetery Mortuary Chapel 01989-01-09January 9, 1989 2219 Lincoln Rd., NE
 NE
23 Hecht Company Warehouse 01994-05-25May 25, 1994 1401 New York Ave., NE.
 NE
24 Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens 01978-08-25August 25, 1978 Kenilworth Ave. and Douglas St. NE
 NE
25 Langston Golf Course Historic District 01991-10-15October 15, 1991 Roughly, Anacostia Park N of Benning Rd. NE
 NE
26 Langston Terrace Dwellings 01987-11-12November 12, 1987 N from Benning Rd. to H St., NE
 Kingman Park
27 Mayfair Mansions Apartments 01989-11-01November 1, 1989 3819 Jay St., NE
 Mayfair
28 Newton Theater 02007-06-27June 27, 2007 3601-3611 12th St. NE
 NE
29 Northeast No. 3 Boundary Marker of the Original District of Columbia 01996-11-01November 1, 1996 144 ft. NW of jct. of Eastern Ave. and Chillum Rd.
 NE
30 Northeast No. 4 Boundary Marker of the Original District of Columbia 01996-11-01November 1, 1996 5400 Sargent Rd.
 NE
31 Northeast No. 5 Boundary Marker of the Original District of Columbia 01996-11-01November 1, 1996 4609 Eastern Ave.
 NE
32 Northeast No. 6 Boundary Marker of the Original District of Columbia 01996-11-01November 1, 1996 3601 Eastern Ave.
 NE
33 Northeast No. 7 Boundary Marker of the Original District of Columbia 01996-11-01November 1, 1996 Ft. Lincoln Cemetery
 NE
34 Northeast No. 8 Boundary Marker of the Original District of Columbia 01996-11-01November 1, 1996 Kenilworth Aquatics Gardens, NW of jct. of Eastern and Kenilworth Aves.
 NE
35 Northeast No. 9 Boundary Marker of the Original District of Columbia 01996-11-01November 1, 1996 919 Eastern Ave.
 NE
36 Plymouth Theater 02004-03-03March 3, 2004 1365 H St., NE
 NE
37 President's House, Gallaudet College 01974-02-15February 15, 1974 7th St. and Florida Ave., NE.
 NE
38 Roosevelt Apartment Building 01994-09-07September 7, 1994 1116-1118 F St., NE.
 NE
39 Sewall-Belmont House National Historic Site 01972-06-16June 16, 1972 144 Constitution Ave., NE.
 NE
40 Strand Theater 02008-11-25November 25, 2008 5129-5131 Nannie Helen Burroughs Ave., NE
 NE
41 Trades Hall of National Training School for Women and Girls 01991-07-17July 17, 1991 601 50th St., NE.
 NE
42 Truck House No. 13 02007-06-06June 6, 2007 1342 Florida Ave. NE
 NE
43 U.S. National Arboretum 01973-04-11April 11, 1973 24th and R Sts., NE.
 NE
44 Uline Ice Company Plant and Arena Complex 02007-05-17May 17, 2007 1132, 1140, and 1146 3rd St. NE
 NE
45 Union Station 01969-03-24March 24, 1969 Intersection of Massachusetts and Louisiana Aves. and 1st St., NE.
 NE
46 Union Station Plaza and Columbus Fountain 01980-04-09April 9, 1980 1st St., Massachusetts and Louisiana Aves., NE
 NE
47 United Brick Corporation Brick Complex 01978-10-03October 3, 1978 2801 New York Ave., NE.
 NE
48 Woodward & Lothrop Service Warehouse 02005-02-15February 15, 2005 131 M St. NE
 NE

SE quadrant

[5] Landmark name Image Date listed Location City or town Summary
1 Anacostia Historic District 01978-10-11October 11, 1978 Roughly bounded by Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue; Good Hope Road; 16th Street; Fendall Street; V Street; 15th Street and the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site; Maple View Place
 SE Comprises approximately 20 squares and about 550 buildings built between 1854 and 1930
2 Capitol Hill Historic District 01976-08-27August 27, 1976 Roughly bounded by Virginia Ave., SE., S. Capitol St., F St. NE., and 14th Sts. SE & NE.
 NE, SE and NW Boundary increase (listed July 3, 2003): Roughly bounded by 7th St. NE, I-295, M St. SE and 11th St. SE
3 Christ Church 01969-05-25May 25, 1969 620 G St., SE.
 SE
4 Civil War Monuments in Washington, DC 01978-09-20September 20, 1978 Various parks within the original boundaries of city
 Various 18 statues about people and topics related to the Civil War, including 1 in Lincoln Park (NE & SE quadrants), 6 in the upper NW quadrant, and 11 in central Washington.
5 Commandant's Office, Washington Navy Yard 01973-08-14August 14, 1973 Montgomery Sq. and Dahlgren Ave., SE.
 SE See Washington Navy Yard
Small building at bottom of photo
6 Congressional Cemetery 01969-06-23June 23, 1969 1801 E St., SE.
 SE Designated a National Historic Landmark June 14, 2011[7]
7 Frederick Douglass National Historic Site 01966-10-15October 15, 1966 1411 W St., SE.
 SE
8 Eastern Market 01971-05-27May 27, 1971 7th and C Sts., SE.
 SE Badly damaged by an early-morning fire on April 30, 2007; reopened on June 26, 2009
9 East Corner Boundary Marker of the Original District of Columbia 01996-11-01November 1, 1996 100 ft. E of jct. of Eastern and Southern Aves.
 NE and SE See List of Boundary Markers of the Original District of Columbia
10 Engine Company No. 19 02010-05-10May 10, 2010 2813 Pennsylvania Ave., SE
 SE
11 Engine Company No. 25 02007-06-27June 27, 2007 3203 Martin Luther King Jr., Ave SE
 SE
12 Folger Shakespeare Library 01969-06-23June 23, 1969 201 E. Capitol St., SE.
 SE
13 Friendship House 01973-01-18January 18, 1973 619 D St., SE., or 630 South Carolina Ave., SE.
 SE
14 Gallinger Municipal Hospital Psychopathic Ward 01989-02-27February 27, 1989 Reservation 13, 19th St. and Massachusetts Ave., SE
 SE
15 Main Gate, Washington Navy Yard 01973-08-14August 14, 1973 8th and M Sts., SE.
 SE More commonly known as the Latrobe Gate.
16 Old Naval Hospital 01974-05-03May 3, 1974 921 Pennsylvania Ave., SE.
 SE
17 Quarters A, Washington Navy Yard 01973-08-14August 14, 1973 E of Main Gate and S of M St., SE., in the Navy Yard
 SE
18 Quarters B, Washington Navy Yard 01973-08-14August 14, 1973 Charles Morris Ave., SE.
 SE
19 St. Elizabeths Hospital 01979-04-26April 26, 1979 1100 Alabama Avenue SE.[8]
 SE
20 St. Mark's Church 01973-05-08May 8, 1973 3rd and A Sts., SE.
 SE
21 Saint Paul African Union Methodist Church 02011-07-28July 28, 2011 401 I St., SE.
 SE
22 John Philip Sousa Junior High School 02001-08-07August 7, 2001 3650 Ely Place, SE
 SE In 1950, eleven African American students were denied admission to the newly constructed all-white Sousa school. This action was eventually overturned in the landmark 1954 Supreme Court decision in Bolling v. Sharpe, which made segregated public schools illegal in the District of Columbia. This defeat of the principle of "separate but equal" was a significant landmark in the modern Civil Rights Movement.
23 Southeast No. 1 Boundary Marker of the Original District of Columbia 01996-11-01November 1, 1996 30 ft. south of the junction of Southern Ave. and D St., SE
 SE
24 Southeast No. 2 Boundary Marker of the Original District of Columbia 01996-11-01November 1, 1996 4345 Southern Ave.
 SE
25 Southeast No. 3 Boundary Marker of the Original District of Columbia 01996-11-01November 1, 1996 3908 Southern Ave.
 SE
26 Southeast No. 5 Boundary Marker of the Original District of Columbia 01996-11-01November 1, 1996 280 ft. NE of jct. of Southern Ave. and Valley Terrace
 SE
27 Southeast No. 6 Boundary Marker of the Original District of Columbia 01996-11-01November 1, 1996 901 Southern Ave.
 SE
28 Southeast No. 7 Boundary Marker of the Original District of Columbia 01996-11-01November 1, 1996 25 ft. NE of jct. of Southern Ave. and Indian Head Rd.
 SE
29 Southeast No. 9 Boundary Marker of the Original District of Columbia 01996-11-01November 1, 1996 .225 mi. S of Oxon Cove Br. and 420 ft. E of Shepherd Pkwy.
 SE
30 U.S. Marine Corps Barracks and Commandant's House 01972-12-27December 27, 1972 8th and I Sts., SE
 SE
31 Suitland Parkway 01995-06-02June 2, 1995 From the Anacostia R. in the District of Columbia to Pennsylvania Ave. in Prince George's County, Maryland
 SE
32 Washington and Georgetown Railroad Car House 02006-11-14November 14, 2006 770 M St. SE
 SE Commonly known as the Blue Castle
33 Washington Navy Yard 01973-06-19June 19, 1973 8th and M Sts., SE
 SE
34 Watterston House 01992-01-17January 17, 1992 224 2nd St., SE.
 SE
35 Woodlawn Cemetery 01996-12-20December 20, 1996 4611 Benning Rd., SE
 SE

See also

References

  1. ^ See List of National Historic Landmarks in the District of Columbia.
  2. ^ The latitude and longitude information provided in this table was derived originally from the National Register Information System, which has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. For about 1% of NRIS original coordinates, experience has shown that one or both coordinates are typos or otherwise extremely far off; some corrections may have been made. A more subtle problem causes many locations to be off by up to 150 yards, depending on location in the country: most NRIS coordinates were derived from tracing out latitude and longitudes off of USGS topographical quadrant maps created under the North American Datum of 1927, which differs from the current, highly accurate WGS84 GPS system used by Google maps. Chicago is about right, but NRIS longitudes in Washington are higher by about 4.5 seconds, and are lower by about 2.0 seconds in Maine. Latitudes differ by about 1.0 second in Florida. Some locations in this table may have been corrected to current GPS standards.
  3. ^ These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. There are frequent additions to the listings and occasional delistings and the counts here are approximate and not official. New entries are added to the official Register on a weekly basis. Also, the counts in this table exclude boundary increase and decrease listings which only modify the area covered by an existing property or district, although carrying a separate National Register reference number.
  4. ^ "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions". National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved on December 30, 2011.
  5. ^ Numbers represent an ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmark sites and National Register of Historic Places Districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
  6. ^ District of Columbia Fire Department. "DC FEMS Fire Station Locations". http://fems.dc.gov/fems/cwp/view,a,3,q,636401.asp. Retrieved 2009-12-23. 
  7. ^ "National Register of Historic Places listings - Weekly list of actions taken on properties: 6/13/11 through 6/19/11". June 24, 2011. http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/listings/20110624.htm. Retrieved July 4, 2011. 
  8. ^ District of Columbia Department of Mental Health. "About St. Elizabeths Hospital". http://dmh.dc.gov/dmh/cwp/view,a,3,q,516064.asp. Retrieved 2009-12-23. 
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