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Department of Agriculture (Administration Building): The Jamie L. Whitten Building is the main administrative building for the US Department of Agriculture.
The Department of Agriculture Administration Building is an extremely long building of white marble located on the National Mall. When it was built, it became one of the first government buildings to…
Department of Agriculture South Building: The South Building was built between 1930 and 1936 to house the expanded offices of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
One of the largest and most significant examples of Federal government expansion during the 1930s, this south building was built as an office and laboratory annex to the Department of Agriculture. Its…
Department of Housing and Urban Development (Robert C. Weaver Federal Building): This was the first federal building built under the Kennedy-era "Guiding Principles for Federal Architecture."
Introduced by President John F. Kennedy and written by Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York, a lifelong advocate for urban design excellence, the "Guiding Principles for Federal Architecture"…
Department of the Interior (New Interior Building): Commissioned by the FDR administration, the Department of the Interior features a large collection of New Deal art inside.
Commissioned by the Roosevelt administration in 1934, designed by architect Waddy Butler Wood, and supervised throughout by Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes, the Interior Building was…
District Building (John A. Wilson Building): The District Building is DC's city hall.
Built between 1904 and 1908, the District Building occupies an entire city block between E and D streets, south of Pennsylvania Avenue NW. The building is an excellent example of Beaux-Arts…
District of Columbia Paper Manufacturing Company (Paper Mill): This building illustrates the history of the Georgetown waterfront.
The District of Columbia Paper Manufacturing Company was built between 1900 and 1902 and is located in the Georgetown Historic District. It is located on K Street and overlooks the Potomac River. The…
Francis Dodge House (Hammond Court): A prime example of Italianate design built in 1852
The Francis Dodge House (Hammond Court) is situated within the Georgetown Historic District, and is a prime example of Italianate design, a style that was popular in the United States in the decades…
Robert Dodge House: This Italianate style home was designed by the influential team of Downing & Vaux.
Designed by Andrew Jackson Downing and Calvert Vaux in 1852, the Robert Dodge House is the second in a pair of homes that were built for the Dodge brothers, the other being the Francis Dodge House…
Dodge Warehouses (and Adjacent Structures): The Dodge Warehouse is a historic utilitarian building, a remnant of the Federal era in Georgetown.
The Dodge Warehouse is among the last Federal-era commercial buildings on the Georgetown waterfront. It was owned from 1807 to 1851 by Francis Dodge, a native of Newburyport, Massachusetts, and…
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site: The legacy of abolitionist and civil rights activist Frederick Douglass is preserved at his former residence in Anacostia.
"The American people have this lesson to learn: that where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized…