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The Progressive National Baptist Convention and National Training School for Women and Girls Historic District: The buildings and archway date to the school founded by civil rights and education leader Nannie Helen Burroughs.
Nannie Helen Burroughs, a leader in advocating for African American women’s education and a civil rights activist, combined her education and leadership roles in the National Baptist Convention with…
Washington Monument & Grounds Historic District: The Washington Monument and Grounds Historic District is locally and nationally significant for its historical and archeological importance in the D.C. landscape.
Constructed in two phases between 1848 and 1885, the Washington Monument stands as a memorial to America’s first president: George Washington. The surrounding historic district is located in the…
Civil War Fort Sites and Fort Circle Park Historic District: These sites constitute some 1,300 acres of federal park land and compose a valuable cultural resource.
As the seat of the Union at the intersection of the North and the South, Washington D.C. played a pivotal role in the Civil War. Throughout the progression of the conflict, D.C. constructed numerous…
Washington National Cathedral and Close Historic District: The enclosed grounds of Washington Cathedral hold landscaped gardens and prominent educational institutions.
The Washington National Cathedral has been a landmark of religious significance for over a century, and its surrounding structures date back to the early twentieth century. The Cathedral Close (an…
President's Park South Historic District: This 82-acre park includes the lands surrounding the White House and numerous significant memorials, monuments, and statues.
President’s Park South constituted a signal piece of L’Enfant’s early city plan for Washington, and was acquired by the Federal Government in the 1790s. L’Enfant initially envisioned a large, 80-acre…
Bloomingdale Historic District: Bloomingdale is significant for its status as one of DC’s largest cohesive row house neighborhoods.
The Bloomingdale Historic District is a group of 1,692 contributing resources bounded by Channing Street to the north; North Capital Street to the east; Florida Avenue to the south; and 2nd Street to…
Colony Hill Historic District: Colony Hill represents an outstanding example of a twentieth century planned community in Washington, D.C. with many Colonial Revival style homes.
In the 1930s, Colony Hill – near Reservoir and Foxhall roads – emerged as a distinctive suburban development built in an architectural style that echoed the Georgian and Federal styles of the early…
Kingman Park Historic District: Kingman Park fostered an African American community in Northeast DC, while engendering the further growth of segregated residential, educational, and recreational institutions.
The Kingman Park Historic District, located at the northeastern end of today’s Capitol Hill, was principally developed during the late 1920s through 1940s as a residential neighborhood for African…
Union Market Historic District: Union Market continues to be a commercial, as well as historic district.
Union Market Terminal is a large complex of wholesale warehouse buildings occupying an approximately forty-acre tract of land located east of Union Station between Florida and New York Avenues NE.…
Smithsonian Quadrangle Historic District: The Smithsonian Quadrangle adapted to urban renewal and the development of the National Mall.
The Smithsonian Quadrangle features four buildings in a campus-like setting on the south side of the National Mall: the Smithsonian Castle (1847-55), the Arts and Industries Building (1879-81), the…