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Bowie-Sevier House
In the early 1800s, Washington Bowie, a merchant, real estate speculator, church vestryman, officer of the militia bank, and one of Georgetown's wealthiest men in the first decades of the 19th…
Brickyard Hill House: This early-nineteenth century house is likely the oldest dwelling around the Georgetown waterfront.
The double wooden house on the top of Brickyard Hill is a Georgetown landmark and probably the oldest house in the waterfront area. It was built on what was known as Peter's Square at some time prior…
British Embassy: Upon its construction in 1931, the British Embassy became the first embassy on what would become Embassy Row.
During the early 20th century, the British government procured a large tract of land off of Massachusetts Avenue in order to establish their new embassy. At the time, the area was underdeveloped in…
Brodhead-Bell-Morton Mansion: This Beaux-Arts mansion was once owned by a vice president and is now the Embassy of Hungary.
The Brodhead-Bell-Morton mansion just northeast of Scott Circle is architecturally significant for its grand Beaux-Arts style. It speaks to a time — the turn of the 20th century — when Massachusetts…
Brookland Bowling Alley: The Brookland Bowling Alley, with its distinctive Art Deco style, is a rare surviving bowling alley in the city.
The Brookland Bowling Alley was constructed in 1938-1939 for the Brookland Recreation Center, Inc. to accommodate lanes for duckpin bowling. The building’s designer was William Edward St. Cyr…
Brooks Mansion: Brooks Mansion and its grounds are a Brookland landmark, occupying an entire square in the neighborhood.
Brooks Mansion is a Greek Revival-style plantation house built by wealthy landowners Ann and Jehiel Brooks around 1840. A large eastern addition to this house was built by the Marist Society, which…
Brownley Confectionery Building: The Brownley Confectionery Building is one of DC's finest extant examples of Art Deco style commercial architecture.
Constructed in 1932 as Brownley's Confectionery, the building was designed by the locally prominent architectural firm of Porter & Lockie, notable for its use of Art Deco design motifs in…
Buchanan School Plaza (Peter Bug Shoe Academy): The playground gave children more freedom to play how they wanted without risking their safety.
While the Buchanan School Plaza in the Capitol Hill neighborhood has shrunk greatly since its construction, the original playground and park facilities built in 1968 represented major changes in…
Bulfinch Gateposts and Gatehouses: Though they have left the grounds, these gateposts and gatehouses were originally designed as part of the Capitol.
Originally designed by Charles Bulfinch, who succeeded Benjamin Henry Latrobe as the Architect of the Capitol, as part of the grounds for the restored Capitol, these gateposts and gatehouses have…
Bunker Hill Elementary School: This Colonial Revival style building is one of the District's best examples of an “extensible” school.
Established in 1883, Bunker Hill Elementary School's first building, a one-room brick structure, was used to educate white students before being reassigned to the city’s “colored” school division. A…