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American Federation of Labor: From 1916 to 1946, this was the home of the labor movement in America.
For 40 years, this building served as the headquarters of the pioneering labor organization the American Federation of Labor, which was founded in 1881 and led by Samuel Gompers. The American…
American Institute of Pharmacy (American Pharmacists Association): This 1932 building exemplifies the Beaux-Arts ideals emphasized in the McMillan Plan of 1901.
The American Institute of Pharmacy, designed by New York architect John Russell Pope and built in 1932, is one of the row of monumental buildings developed to extend the Mall to the Potomac and frame…
American Peace Society (Charles C. Glover House): This 1870s Victorian townhouse served as the home of the American Peace Society for 37 years, from 1911 until 1948.
Built in 1878 for banker Charles Carroll Glover, this large Victorian townhouse was designated as a National Historic Landmark due to its association with the American Peace Society, which used the…
American Red Cross National Headquarters: The American Red Cross, the nation's largest official relief organization, is headquartered on this property.
The American Red Cross was founded by Clara Barton in 1881 and chartered by Congress in 1900. The building was built as a memorial to the women of the Civil War thanks to U.S. and private funds. It…
American Revolution Statuary: This collection of heroic outdoor statues commemorates figures of the American Revolutionary War.
After designating Washington, D.C., as the nation’s capital, honoring those that helped to found the country became an important task. Throughout the nineteenth and into the early twentieth centuries,…
American Security and Trust Company: This bank building was constructed for the American Security and Trust Company and now houses a museum.
The American Security Bank was founded in 1889 in Alexandria, Virginia, as a banking and trust firm, with an additional branch in DC. It was the second trust company established in DC and the first to…
Anacostia Historic District
Initially incorporated under the name Union Town, Anacostia began as a working-class community removed from the city and dominated by Navy Yard employees. In the latter half of the nineteenth century,…
Larz Anderson House (Society of the Cincinnati): Originally commissioned for lavish entertaining, this limestone edifice from 1902-05 was one of the largest and costliest private homes in the city.
Built for diplomat Larz Anderson and his wife Isabel Weld Perkins Anderson, an author, philanthropist, and heiress to a trading fortune, the Anderson House also served as the temporary residence of…
Cady-Lee House: This 22-room Queen Anne-style frame house is one of the largest and most elaborate Victorian houses built in the then-new commuter suburb of Takoma Park.
Built in 1887 by Washington real estate and insurance salesman Henry Cady and his wife, Lucinda, the Cady-Lee House remained in the family until the death of their daughter Mary Cady Lee in 1975. The…
The Cairo Apartment Building: Despite its high-society ties, the Cairo’s most important—and controversial—legacy in DC is its height.
Thomas Franklin Schneider returned from the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition with plenty of inspiration. The towering, state-of-the-art commercial structures Schneider had seen in Chicago were unlike…