US Supreme Court

The Supreme Court Building, constructed between 1932--1935, was designed by noted architect Cass Gilbert, who is best known as the architect for the Woolworth Building in New York. The first session of the Supreme Court was convened on February 1, ...

Capitol Hill Historic District

The Capitol Hill Historic District takes its name from the hill, which rises in the center of the Federal City and extends eastward. This hill, which in 1790 was called Jenkins Hill or Jenkins Heights, was the site chosen by ...

Ralph Bunche House

This house was the residence of Dr. Ralph Bunche, the distinguished African American diplomat and scholar, from 1941 to 1947. The home was designed for him by Hilyard R. Robinson, a noted Washington architect, in the International Style. Ralph Johnson ...

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 ...

Gallaudet University

Gallaudet College, founded in 1864 as the National Deaf Mute College, has been since its inception the only university in the United States devoted specifically to the education of the deaf.

The historic district consists of most of the original ...

Blue Angels Hangar

The Blue Angels hangar located on Naval Air Station Pensacola.

Butch Voris founded the Blue Angels in 1946 and built the team into a nationally-recognized flight exhibition team for the Navy. Voris decided everything from the team members, to the flight ...

Forsyth-Simpson Mill

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 ...

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 ...

Memorial Bridge

Arlington Memorial Bridge and its related architectural, engineering, sculptural, and landscape features are significant as important elements in the Neo-classical urban design of the National Capital as it evolved during the first third of the 20th century. Successfully integrated with ...