[2] |
Landmark name[3] |
Image |
Date designated[3] |
Quadrant[4][5] |
Description[6] |
001 !1 |
Abbe !Cleveland Abbe House |
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01975-05-15May 15, 1975 |
NW38°54′05″N 77°02′46″W / 38.901444°N 77.046167°W / 38.901444; -77.046167 (Cleveland Abbe House) |
Cleveland Abbe, a prominent 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. |
002 !2 |
Administration Building, Carnegie Institution of Washington |
|
01965-06-23June 23, 1965 |
NW 38°54′39″N 77°02′07″W / 38.910838°N 77.035167°W / 38.910838; -77.035167 (Carnegie Institution) |
|
003 !3 |
American Federation of Labor Building |
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01974-05-30May 30, 1974 |
NW 38°54′12″N 77°01′28″W / 38.903333°N 77.024444°W / 38.903333; -77.024444 (American Federation of Labor Building) |
|
004 !4 |
American Peace Society |
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01974-05-30May 30, 1974 |
NW38°53′58″N 77°02′19″W / 38.899444°N 77.038611°W / 38.899444; -77.038611 (American Federation of Labor Building) |
Headquarters of the American Peace Society from 1911 to 1948, in LaFayette Square Historic District |
005 !5 |
Anderson House |
|
01996-06-19June 19, 1996 |
NW 38°54′39″N 77°02′53″W / 38.91075°N 77.047944°W / 38.91075; -77.047944 (Anderson House) |
|
006 !6 |
Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel, Frederick Douglas Memorial Hall, Founders Library, Howard University |
|
02001-01-03January 3, 2001 |
NW 38°55′23″N 77°01′15″W / 38.923109°N 77.020726°W / 38.923109; -77.020726 (Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel, Frederick Douglas Memorial Hall, Founders Library) |
Three Howard University buildings: Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel, Frederick Douglass Memorial Hall, and Founders Library |
007 !7 |
Arts and Industries Building, Smithsonian Institution |
|
01971-11-11November 11, 1971 |
SW 38°53′13″N 77°01′29″W / 38.886944°N 77.024722°W / 38.886944; -77.024722 (Arts and Industries Building, Smithsonian Institution) |
|
008 !8 |
Ashburton House |
|
01973-11-07November 7, 1973 |
NW38°54′01″N 77°02′09″W / 38.900278°N 77.035833°W / 38.900278; -77.035833 (Ashburton House) |
House on Lafayette Square that was site of 10 months of U.S.-British negotiations leading to the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842. This settled U.S.-Canada border disputes and ended the Aroostook War. |
009 !9 |
Baker !Newton D. Baker House |
|
01976-12-08December 8, 1976 |
NW38°54′25″N 77°03′37″W / 38.906944°N 77.060278°W / 38.906944; -77.060278 (Newton D. Baker House) |
|
010 !10 |
Blair House |
|
01973-10-26October 26, 1973 |
NW38°53′56″N 77°02′19″W / 38.898889°N 77.038611°W / 38.898889; -77.038611 (Blair House) |
|
011 !11 |
Borah !William E. Borah Apartment, Windsor Lodge |
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01976-12-08December 8, 1976 |
NW38°55′03″N 77°02′57″W / 38.9175°N 77.049167°W / 38.9175; -77.049167 (William E. Borah Apartment, Windsor Lodge) |
The home of William E. Borah, a United States Senator from Idaho and a noted isolationist. |
012 !12 |
Bruce !Blanche K. Bruce House |
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01975-05-15May 15, 1975 |
NW38°54′21″N 77°01′29″W / 38.905833°N 77.024722°W / 38.905833; -77.024722 (Blanche K. Bruce House) |
A home of Blanche K. Bruce, who was an African American Senator from Mississippi. |
013 !13 |
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace |
|
01974-05-30May 30, 1974 |
NW38°53′56″N 77°02′19″W / 38.898889°N 77.038611°W / 38.898889; -77.038611 (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) |
|
014 !14 |
Cary !Mary Ann Shadd Cary House |
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01976-12-08December 8, 1976 |
NW38°55′10″N 77°02′08″W / 38.919444°N 77.035556°W / 38.919444; -77.035556 (Mary Ann Shadd Cary House) |
A home of writer and abolitionist Mary Ann Shadd Cary |
015 !15 |
City Hall / D.C. Courthouse |
|
01960-12-19December 19, 1960 |
NW38°53′43″N 77°01′04″W / 38.895278°N 77.017778°W / 38.895278; -77.017778 (District of Columbia City Hall) |
Also known as the Old Courthouse, it was renovated and rededicated on June 17, 2009 as the District of Columbia Court of Appeals |
016 !16 |
Congressional Cemetery |
|
02011-06-14June 14, 2011 |
Anacostia38°52′52″N 76°58′38″W / 38.881111°N 76.977222°W / 38.881111; -76.977222 (Congressional Cemetery) |
Burial place of early city residents and many members of Congress who died in office. |
017 !17 |
Constitution Hall |
|
01985-09-16September 16, 1985 |
NW38°53′38″N 77°02′24″W / 38.894°N 77.04°W / 38.894; -77.04 (Constitution Hall) |
|
018 !18 |
Corcoran Gallery and Corcoran School Of Art |
|
01992-04-27April 27, 1992 |
NW38°53′45″N 77°02′24″W / 38.89578°N 77.039899°W / 38.89578; -77.039899 (Corcoran Gallery and School Of Art) |
|
019 !19 |
Coues !Elliott Coues House |
|
01975-05-15May 15, 1975 |
NW38°54′25″N 77°02′24″W / 38.906944°N 77.04°W / 38.906944; -77.04 (Elliott Coues House) |
Elliott Coues, a leading 19th century ornithologist, led great expansions of the knowledge of North American bird life, helped found the American Ornithologists' Union in 1883, edited approximately 15 volumes of journals, memoirs, and diaries by famous Western explorers and fur traders. He lived in this house from 1887 until his death in 1899. |
020 !20 |
Decatur House |
|
01960-12-19December 19, 1960 |
NW38°53′59″N 77°02′20″W / 38.899706°N 77.038897°W / 38.899706; -77.038897 (Decatur House) |
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. |
021 !21 |
Franklin School |
|
01996-06-19June 19, 1996 |
NW38°54′08″N 77°01′47″W / 38.902222°N 77.029722°W / 38.902222; -77.029722 (Franklin School) |
A nineteenth-century school, site of Alexander Graham Bell's experiments with the photophone. |
022 !22 |
Gallaudet College Historic District |
|
01965-12-21December 21, 1965 |
NE38°54′26″N 76°59′35″W / 38.907222°N 76.993056°W / 38.907222; -76.993056 (Gallaudet College) |
The world's first college for the education of the deaf and hard of hearing. |
023 !23 |
General Federation of Women's Clubs Headquarters |
|
01991-12-04December 4, 1991 |
NW38°54′25″N 77°02′25″W / 38.906944°N 77.040278°W / 38.906944; -77.040278 (General Federation of Women's Clubs Headquarters) |
|
024 !24 |
General Post Office |
|
01971-11-11November 11, 1971 |
NW38°53′48″N 77°01′22″W / 38.896667°N 77.022778°W / 38.896667; -77.022778 (General Post Office) |
This post office is a fine example of restrained Neoclassical design. Built in phases between 1839 and 1866, the building features beautiful scaling and fine details. |
025 !25 |
Georgetown Historic District |
|
01967-05-28May 28, 1967 |
NW38°54′34″N 77°03′54″W / 38.909444°N 77.065°W / 38.909444; -77.065 (Georgetown Historic District)[7] |
|
026 !26 |
Gompers !Samuel Gompers House |
|
01974-05-30May 30, 1974 |
NW38°55′02″N 77°00′46″W / 38.917222°N 77.012778°W / 38.917222; -77.012778 (Samuel Gompers House) |
Samuel Gompers was president of the American Federation of Labor from 1886 until his death in 1924. Gompers helped found the AFL, and vigorously pursued its three goals of higher wages, shorter hours, and better working conditions for American workers. He lived in this three-story brick rowhouse from 1902 to 1917. |
027 !27 |
Grimke !Charlotte Forten Grimke House |
|
01976-05-11May 11, 1976 |
NW38°54′45″N 77°02′13″W / 38.9125°N 77.036944°W / 38.9125; -77.036944 (Charlotte Forten Grimke House) |
A home of Charlotte Forten Grimke, a prominent Abolitionist and educator. |
028 !28 |
Healy Hall, Georgetown University |
|
01987-12-23December 23, 1987 |
NW38°54′26″N 77°04′23″W / 38.907242°N 77.072981°W / 38.907242; -77.072981 (Healy Hall, Georgetown University)[7] |
This large-scale High Victorian Gothic structure is the most prominent building on the Georgetown University campus and a picturesque landmark for all Georgetown. Built from 1877 through 1879, its construction marked the evolution of the school toward true university status. |
029 !29 |
Howard !General Oliver Otis Howard House |
|
01974-05-30May 30, 1974 |
NW38°55′23″N 77°01′20″W / 38.923056°N 77.022222°W / 38.923056; -77.022222 (General Oliver Otis Howard House) |
Located on Howard University campus, a home of Union general and Howard founder Oliver O. Howard. |
030 !30 |
Hughes !Charles Evans Hughes House |
|
01972-11-28November 28, 1972 |
NW38°54′45″N 77°02′58″W / 38.9125°N 77.049444°W / 38.9125; -77.049444 (Charles Evans Hughes House) |
Charles Evans Hughes was a leader in the progressive movement, and 1916 presidential candidate. He held office as Associate Justice and Chief Justice of the United States, as well as multiple executive positions under several Presidents. He lived in this house from 1930 until his death in 1948. |
031 !31 |
Johnson !Hiram W. Johnson House |
|
01976-12-08December 8, 1976 |
NE38°53′29″N 77°00′18″W / 38.891389°N 77.005°W / 38.891389; -77.005 (Hiram W. Johnson House) |
|
032 !32 |
Lafayette Building |
|
02005-09-01September 1, 2005 |
NW38°54′07″N 77°02′05″W / 38.901988°N 77.034588°W / 38.901988; -77.034588 (Lafayette Building) |
Home of Reconstruction Finance Corporation which helped finance the buildup for World War II. |
033 !33 |
Lafayette Square Historic District |
|
01970-08-29August 29, 1970 |
NW[7]38°53′59″N 77°02′12″W / 38.899694°N 77.036528°W / 38.899694; -77.036528 (Lafayette Square Historic District) |
District including LaFayette Square Park, surrounding but excluding the White House. |
034 !34 |
Library Of Congress |
|
01965-12-21December 21, 1965 |
SE38°53′20″N 77°00′16″W / 38.888841°N 77.004531°W / 38.888841; -77.004531 (Library Of Congress) |
|
035 !35 |
Mellon !Andrew Mellon Building |
|
01976-05-11May 11, 1976 |
NW38°54′33″N 77°02′30″W / 38.909167°N 77.041667°W / 38.909167; -77.041667 (Andrew Mellon Building) |
A residence of Andrew W. Mellon. |
036 !36 |
Memorial Continental Hall |
|
01972-11-28November 28, 1972 |
NW38°53′37″N 77°02′25″W / 38.893611°N 77.040278°W / 38.893611; -77.040278 (Memorial Continental Hall) |
|
037 !37 |
Meridian Hill Park |
|
01994-04-19April 19, 1994 |
NW38°55′16″N 77°02′08″W / 38.921236°N 77.035611°W / 38.921236; -77.035611 (Meridian Hill Park) |
|
038 !38 |
National Training School For Women And Girls |
|
01991-07-17July 17, 1991 |
NE38°53′46″N 76°55′48″W / 38.896092°N 76.930031°W / 38.896092; -76.930031 (National Training School For Women And Girls) |
|
039 !39 |
National War College |
|
01972-11-28November 28, 1972 |
SW[8]38°51′48″N 77°01′01″W / 38.863333°N 77.016944°W / 38.863333; -77.016944 (National War College) |
|
040 !40 |
Octagon House |
|
01960-12-19December 19, 1960 |
NW38°53′46″N 77°02′30″W / 38.896089°N 77.041675°W / 38.896089; -77.041675 (Octagon House) |
Plantation owner's home lent to President Madison after the Burning of Washington in 1814. |
041 !41 |
Old Naval Observatory |
|
01965-01-12January 12, 1965 |
NW38°53′42″N 77°03′07″W / 38.895°N 77.051944°W / 38.895; -77.051944 (Old Naval Observatory) |
The original US Naval Observatory, current home of the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; closed to the public. |
042 !42 |
Old Patent Office |
|
01965-01-12January 12, 1965 |
NW38°53′52″N 77°01′23″W / 38.89778°N 77.022936°W / 38.89778; -77.022936 (Old Patent Office) |
Current home of the National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. |
043 !43 |
Pension Building |
|
01985-02-04February 4, 1985 |
NW38°53′51″N 77°01′05″W / 38.8975°N 77.018056°W / 38.8975; -77.018056 (Pension Building) |
|
044 !44 |
Perkins !Frances Perkins House |
|
01992-07-17July 17, 1992 |
NW38°54′55″N 77°03′07″W / 38.915278°N 77.051944°W / 38.915278; -77.051944 (Frances Perkins House) |
A home of Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor and the first woman to serve in the United States Cabinet. |
045 !45 |
PHILADELPHIA (Gundelo) |
|
01961-01-20January 20, 1961 |
NW38°53′28″N 77°01′46″W / 38.891222°N 77.029472°W / 38.891222; -77.029472 (Philadelphia (gundelo)) |
Philadelphia, the only remaining American gunboat from the Revolutionary War, sank in a battle on Lake Champlain in 1776. It was salvaged in remarkably good condition in 1935 and now resides at the National Museum of American History. |
046 !46 |
Red Cross (American National) Headquarters |
|
01965-06-23June 23, 1965 |
NW38°53′41″N 77°02′26″W / 38.894722°N 77.040556°W / 38.894722; -77.040556 (Red Cross (American National) Headquarters) |
|
047 !47 |
Renwick Gallery |
|
01971-11-11November 11, 1971 |
NW38°53′56″N 77°02′22″W / 38.898867°N 77.039447°W / 38.898867; -77.039447 (Renwick Gallery) |
|
048 !48 |
Richards !Zalmon Richards House |
|
01965-12-21December 21, 1965 |
NW38°54′42″N 77°01′49″W / 38.911667°N 77.030278°W / 38.911667; -77.030278 (Zalmon Richards House) |
A home of National Education Association founder Zalmon Richards. |
049 !49 |
Saint Elizabeth !St. Elizabeth's Hospital |
|
01990-12-14December 14, 1990 |
SE38°50′57″N 76°59′23″W / 38.8492°N 76.9896°W / 38.8492; -76.9896 (St. Elizabeth's Hospital) |
|
050 !50 |
Saint John !St. John's Church |
|
01960-12-19December 19, 1960 |
NW38°54′01″N 77°02′07″W / 38.900278°N 77.035278°W / 38.900278; -77.035278 (St. John's Church) |
|
051 !51 |
Saint Luke !St. Luke's Episcopal Church |
|
01976-05-11May 11, 1976 |
NW38°54′37″N 77°02′05″W / 38.910278°N 77.034722°W / 38.910278; -77.034722 (St. Luke's Episcopal Church) |
The first African-American Episcopal church in Washington, DC. |
052 !52 |
SEQUOIA (Yacht) |
|
01987-12-23December 23, 1987 |
SE38°52′32″N 77°01′20″W / 38.875667°N 77.022361°W / 38.875667; -77.022361 (Seqouia (yacht)) |
The former Presidential yacht, moored at the Washington Marina |
053 !53 |
Sewall-Belmont House |
|
01974-05-30May 30, 1974 |
NE38°53′31″N 77°00′13″W / 38.891944°N 77.003611°W / 38.891944; -77.003611 (Sewall-Belmont House) |
Headquarters of the National Women's Party and home to a museum of the Suffrage movement. |
054 !54 |
Smithsonian Institution Building |
|
01965-01-12January 12, 1965 |
SW38°53′19″N 77°01′35″W / 38.888589°N 77.026392°W / 38.888589; -77.026392 (Smithsonian Institution Building) |
|
055 !55 |
Sousa !John Philip Sousa Junior High School |
|
02001-08-07August 7, 2001 |
SE38°53′01″N 76°57′09″W / 38.8837°N 76.9524°W / 38.8837; -76.9524 (John Philip Sousa Junior High School) |
In 1950, eleven black 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. |
056 !56 |
State, War, And Navy Building |
|
01971-11-11November 11, 1971 |
NW38°53′51″N 77°02′21″W / 38.897567°N 77.039147°W / 38.897567; -77.039147 (State, War, And Navy Building) |
|
057 !57 |
Supreme Court Building |
|
01987-05-04May 4, 1987 |
NE38°53′27″N 77°00′16″W / 38.890833°N 77.004444°W / 38.890833; -77.004444 (Supreme Court Building) |
|
058 !58 |
Terrell !Mary Church Terrell House |
|
01975-05-15May 15, 1975 |
NW38°54′56″N 77°01′00″W / 38.915556°N 77.016667°W / 38.915556; -77.016667 (Mary Church Terrell House) |
A home of Mary Church Terrell, abolitionist and first African-American woman to serve on a school board. |
059 !59 |
Tudor Place |
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01960-12-19December 19, 1960 |
NW38°54′39″N 77°03′48″W / 38.910808°N 77.063339°W / 38.910808; -77.063339 (Tudor Place) |
A home, designed by Capitol designer Dr. William Thornton, and containing a collection of artifacts of George Washington and Martha Washington. |
060 !60 |
Twelfth Street YMCA Building |
|
01994-10-12October 12, 1994 |
NW38°54′53″N 77°02′25″W / 38.914722°N 77.040278°W / 38.914722; -77.040278 (Twelfth Street YMCA Building) |
NHRP 83003523. The earliest "Y" built by and expressly for African Americans. |
061 !61 |
Oscar W. Underwood House |
|
01960-12-19December 19, 1960 |
NW38°53′53″N 77°02′43″W / 38.898056°N 77.045278°W / 38.898056; -77.045278 (Underwood (Oscar W.) House) |
A home of Oscar W. Underwood, United States Senator from Alabama. |
062 !62 |
United Mine Workers of America Building |
|
02005-04-05April 5, 2005 |
NW38°54′08″N 77°02′13″W / 38.902222°N 77.036944°W / 38.902222; -77.036944 (United Mine Workers of America Building) |
|
063 !63 |
United States Capitol |
|
01960-12-19December 19, 1960 |
NW, NE, SE, SW 38°53′23″N 77°00′32″W / 38.889722°N 77.008889°W / 38.889722; -77.008889 (United States Capitol)[7] |
|
064 !64 |
United States Department of the Treasury |
|
01971-11-11November 11, 1971 |
NW38°53′51″N 77°02′03″W / 38.8975°N 77.0343°W / 38.8975; -77.0343 (United States Department of the Treasury) |
|
065 !65 |
United States Marine Corps Barrack and Commandant's House |
|
01976-05-11May 11, 1976 |
SE38°52′49″N 76°59′38″W / 38.88039°N 76.99386°W / 38.88039; -76.99386 (United States Marine Corps Barrack and Commandant's House) |
|
066 !66 |
United States Soldier's Home |
|
01973-11-07November 7, 1973 |
NW38°56′30″N 77°00′42″W / 38.941667°N 77.011667°W / 38.941667; -77.011667 (United States Soldier's Home) |
|
067 !67 |
Volta Bureau |
|
01972-11-28November 28, 1972 |
NW38°54′34″N 77°04′09″W / 38.909444°N 77.069167°W / 38.909444; -77.069167 (Volta Bureau) |
Founded in 1887 by Alexander Graham Bell "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge relating to the Deaf"; merged with the American Association for the Promotion and Teaching of Speech to the Deaf in 1908, and operates today as the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. |
068 !68 |
Washington Aqueduct |
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01973-11-07November 7, 1973 |
NW38°56′15″N 77°06′51″W / 38.9375°N 77.114167°W / 38.9375; -77.114167 (Washington Aqueduct) |
Extends into Montgomery County, Maryland. |
069 !69 |
Washington Navy Yard |
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01976-05-11May 11, 1976 |
SE38°52′24″N 76°59′49″W / 38.873333°N 76.996944°W / 38.873333; -76.996944 (Washington Navy Yard) |
|
070 !70 |
White AAA !White House |
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01960-12-19December 19, 1960 |
NW38°53′52″N 77°02′12″W / 38.89767°N 77.03655°W / 38.89767; -77.03655 (White House) |
Residence of the President of the United States |
071 !71 |
White David !David White House |
|
01976-01-07January 7, 1976 |
NW38°55′32″N 77°02′04″W / 38.925556°N 77.034444°W / 38.925556; -77.034444 (David White House) |
Geologist David White of the United States Geological Survey lived in this house from 1910 to 1925. His researches into the distribution of petroleum resources became essential to the oil industry. |
072 !72 |
Wilson !Woodrow Wilson House |
|
01964-07-19July 19, 1964 |
NW38°54′51″N 77°03′05″W / 38.9141°N 77.05141°W / 38.9141; -77.05141 (Woodrow Wilson House) |
A home of Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States. |
073 !73 |
Woodson !Carter G. Woodson House |
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01976-05-11May 11, 1976 |
NW38°54′36″N 77°01′27″W / 38.91°N 77.024167°W / 38.91; -77.024167 (Carter G. Woodson House) |
A home of Carter G. Woodson, the "Father of Black History". |
074 !74 |
Woodward !Robert Simpson Woodward House |
|
01976-01-07January 7, 1976 |
NW38°54′32″N 77°02′11″W / 38.908889°N 77.036389°W / 38.908889; -77.036389 (Robert Simpson Woodward House) |
From 1904 to 1914, this was the home of Robert Simpson Woodward, the first President of the Carnegie Institution during the same period. Woodward had made his name as a leading geologist and mathematician. |