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Congressional Cemetery
Historic Congressional Cemetery was founded in 1807 by eig...
Russell and Cannon Congressional Office Buildings
These first congressional office buildings are a set of no...
US Capitol
The United States Capitol is among the most symbolically i...
National Archives
The National Archives, occupied in 1935, is the repository...
Smithsonian Institute -- The Castle
The Smithsonian Institution Building, a National Historic ...
Lincoln Memorial
The Lincoln Memorial stands at the west end of the Nationa...
The Federal Triangle Historic District
The Federal Triangle is located between Pennsylvania Avenu...
Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site and Old Post Office
Pennsylvania Avenue is certainly among the world's most fa...
800 Block of F Street, Washington, DC
The 800 Block of F Street, NW is representative of the ear...
Ford's Theater National Historic Site
Ford's Theater was the location of the assassination of Ab...
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Congressional Cemetery
Historic Congressional Cemetery was founded in 1807 by eight civic-minded residents of the new Capitol Hill neighborhood who recognized the need for a local burial ground. Its first burials included the master stone mason of the new United States Capitol ...
Russell and Cannon Congressional Office Buildings
These first congressional office buildings are a set of nonidentical neoclassical twins that provide a visually appealing background for the United States Capitol. Both buildings are the oldest of the congressional office buildings, as well as fine examples of the ...
US Capitol
The United States Capitol is among the most symbolically important and architecturally impressive buildings in the nation. It has housed the meeting chambers of the House of Representatives and the Senate for two centuries. The Capitol, which was started in ...
National Archives
The National Archives, occupied in 1935, is the repository of the more valuable and rare documents of this Government as well as a reference library. On display in the Exhibition Hall are the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and the ...
Smithsonian Institute -- The Castle
The Smithsonian Institution Building, a National Historic Landmark, was designed by the prominent New York architect, James Renwick, Jr., who would later design the Renwick Gallery (originally the Corcoran Gallery of Art) in Washington, and erected on the Mall between ...
Lincoln Memorial
The Lincoln Memorial stands at the west end of the National Mall as a neoclassical monument to the 16th President. The memorial, designed by Henry Bacon, after ancient Greek temples, stands 190 feet long, 119 feet wide, and almost 100 ...
The Federal Triangle Historic District
The Federal Triangle is located between Pennsylvania Avenue, Constitution Avenue and 15th Street, NW and is part of the Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site. It is comprised of a unified group of important and prominent Federal office buildings. The 1926 ...
Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site and Old Post Office
Pennsylvania Avenue is certainly among the world's most famous streets. While the Avenue serves work-a-day Washington as a major east-west transit route, it is known the world over as the heart of the Nation's Capital. Many Presidential inauguration parades and ...
800 Block of F Street, Washington, DC
The 800 Block of F Street, NW is representative of the earliest development of F Street as the commercial core of Washington, DC It typifies the growth of Washington from its sleepy southern village days to an advanced and enterprising ...
Ford's Theater National Historic Site
Ford's Theater was the location of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln on the night of April 14, 1865, while the President and Mrs. Lincoln were attending a performance of the play, "Our American Cousin." Actor John Wilkes Booth, in this ...
