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Ford's Theater National Historic Site
Ford's Theater was the location of the assassination of Ab...
US Department of Treasury
The present Treasury Building was built over a period of 3...
The Old Executive Office Building
The Old Executive Office Building, now renamed the Eisenho...
Lafayette Square
Lafayette Square is a seven-acre public park located direc...
Franklin Square
Franklin Square is an active and bustling area of downtown...
US Department of the Interior
The U.S. Department of the Interior building covers 5-acre...
Abbe House (Arts Club of Washington)
This elegant Federal town house, built in 1808, was home t...
Foggy Bottom Historic District
The Foggy Bottom Historic District is comprised primarily ...
Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church
The history of the Metropolitan AME Church is very importa...
Mayflower Hotel
Built in 1925, the Mayflower Hotel, an architectural and s...
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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 ...
US Department of Treasury
The present Treasury Building was built over a period of 33 years between 1836 and 1869. The east and center wings, designed by Robert Mills, architect of the Washington Monument and the Patent Office Building, comprise the first part of ...
The Old Executive Office Building
The Old Executive Office Building, now renamed the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, is a National Historic Landmark, that was built between 1871 and 1888. Designed by Alfred B. Mullet in the Second Empire Style, the building first housed the Departments ...
Lafayette Square
Lafayette Square is a seven-acre public park located directly north of the White House on H Street between 15th and 17th Streets, NW. The Square and the surrounding structures were designated a National Historic Landmark District in 1970. Originally planned ...
Franklin Square
Franklin Square is an active and bustling area of downtown Washington, DC. The Franklin School, completed in 1868 and designed by Adolph Cluss, is a focal point of the square. The school was a model of advanced design in its ...
US Department of the Interior
The U.S. Department of the Interior building covers 5-acres on a 2-block site bounded by 18th, 19th, C and E Streets, NW. This project of the Public Works Administration from the Great Depression Era continues to serve its original purpose ...
Abbe House (Arts Club of Washington)
This elegant Federal town house, built in 1808, was home to Cleveland Abbe (1838-1916), father of the United States Weather Bureau, from 1877 to 1909. The house had previously been home to James Monroe while he was Secretary of State ...
Foggy Bottom Historic District
The Foggy Bottom Historic District is comprised primarily of private residences and, except for a single alley warehouse and a few buildings built as corner stores, only rowhouses survive. They form a cohesive neighborhood of modest dwellings, built in a ...
Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church
The history of the Metropolitan AME Church is very important in the development of the AME Church in the District of Columbia. The impetus for the organization of the church was dissatisfaction among the District of Columbia's black community with ...
Mayflower Hotel
Built in 1925, the Mayflower Hotel, an architectural and social landmark in the capital city, was the dream of Washington developer Allen E. Walker, a prominent businessman credited with developing Brookland and large areas of northwest Washington during the boom ...
