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Meridian Hill Park
The name Meridian Hill comes from a proposal in the early ...
Mt. Pleasant Historic District
Mount Pleasant is a densely developed urban neighborhood w...
National Trust for Historic Preservation
The National Trust for Historic Preservation headquarters,...
Custom House and Post Office
The building that houses the Custom House and Post Office ...
Tudor Place
Designed by Dr. William Thornton, who also designed the U....
Montrose and Dumbarton Parks
Montrose Park occupies land that belonged to ropemaking ma...
Old Woodley Park Historic District
The neighborhood now known as Old Woodley Park is a distin...
National Zoological Park
The National Zoological Park was planned by F.L. Olmstead ...
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historic Park
The Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) Canal is one of the most int...
Cleveland Park Historic District
Cleveland Park is unusual because of its concentration of ...
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Meridian Hill Park
The name Meridian Hill comes from a proposal in the early 1800s to establish an official meridian or longitudinal base point, for map-making and other purposes, through the mid-point of the White House. A plaque at the upper entrance to ...
Mt. Pleasant Historic District
Mount Pleasant is a densely developed urban neighborhood with a distinct architectural character. It contains a rich array of architectural forms representing every period of its development. Significant vestiges of the village's origins are successfully juxtaposed with the residential, commercial ...
National Trust for Historic Preservation
The National Trust for Historic Preservation headquarters, also known as the McCormick Apartments, was constructed between 1917--1922 and designed by Jules Henri de Sibour. Sibour was commissioned by Chicago-based millionaire Stanley McCormick to create "the most luxurious apartment building in ...
Custom House and Post Office
The building that houses the Custom House and Post Office of Georgetown was designed by Ammi B. Young, the Supervising Architect of the Treasury from 1852 to 1862. The Custom House and Post Office is one of a number of ...
Tudor Place
Designed by Dr. William Thornton, who also designed the U.S. Capitol as well as the Octagon House , Tudor Place was the home of Thomas and Martha Custis Peter. Martha Custis Peter was the step-granddaughter of George Washington, who left ...
Montrose and Dumbarton Parks
Montrose Park occupies land that belonged to ropemaking magnate Robert Parrott during the early 19th century. Parrott generously allowed Georgetown residents to use his tract of land for picnics and meetings. The area became known as Parrott's Woods and by ...
Old Woodley Park Historic District
The neighborhood now known as Old Woodley Park is a distinct urban neighborhood, characterized by stately queues of dignified 20th-century rowhouses carefully articulated in the classical language of architecture, embellished by the rich greenery of street landscape, and bordered by ...
National Zoological Park
The National Zoological Park was planned by F.L. Olmstead & Co., one of the most influential and prolific American landscape architectural firms in history, and its location in the spacious and picturesque Rock Creek Valley marked an important departure from ...
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historic Park
The Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) Canal is one of the most intact and impressive survivals of the American canal-building era. The C&O Canal is unique in that it remains virtually unbroken and without substantial modification affecting its original character for ...
Cleveland Park Historic District
Cleveland Park is unusual because of its concentration of architect-designed late Victorian frame houses reminiscent of New England summer homes. Also unusual is the fact that the suburban development that began in 1894 was superimposed upon land previously occupied by ...
