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Young, Browne, Phelps and Spingarn Educational Campus Historic District: This planned school campus includes four Colonial and Classical Revival style schools.
Spingarn Senior High School, Browne Junior High School, Charles Young Elementary School, and Phelps Architecture, Construction and Engineering (formerly Vocational) High School are located on…
Grant Circle Historic District: The Grant Circle Historic District represents a core part of the carefully planned Petworth subdivision.
Grant Circle is a major urban and visual feature of the Petworth neighborhood, marking the intersection of Fifth and Varnum Streets and Illinois and New Hampshire Avenues, N.W. These parks are defined…
Tilden Hall: Built between 1922 and 1924, Tilden Hall was once a "high-class" apartment hotel.
The five-story, Colonial Revival style Tilden Hall apartment building was designed by noted architect Frederick B. Pyle (1867-1934) and constructed between 1922 and 1924 by the P.F. Gormley Company as…
Heurich-Parks House: This house was constructed in 1925 for the family of Christian Heurich Jr., son of the well-known Washington brewer.
Located at 3400 Massachusetts Avenue NW, the Heurich-Parks House is a detached, two-story, compound-plan residence that was initially constructed in 1925, and is characteristic of both the Mission and…
Arlington Memorial Bridge: The Arlington Memorial Bridge spans the Potomac River between the Lincoln Memorial in Washington and Arlington House in Virginia.
Arlington Memorial Bridge is a low, Neoclassical style bridge that was designed by the architecture firm of McKim, Mead & White, and opened in 1932. Nine broad arches cross the river; roadways…
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company, Cleveland-Emerson Exchange: The Cleveland-Emerson Exchange represents a period of suburbanization in the former 19th-century village of Tenleytown.
The Cleveland-Emerson Exchange is an impressive and notable Stripped Classical building with Art Deco detailing located on a prominent corner in DC's Tenleytown neighborhood. The limstone-clad…
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site: The Mary McLeod Bethune Council House preserves Bethune’s legacy as a civil rights leader and educator.
This row house is notable for its significance as the headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) and as the DC residence of Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955), educator and civil rights…
Denrike Building: This office building, on the edge of DC's Financial District, is an early-20th-century example of downtown redevelopment.
The Denrike Building was completed in 1926 and designed by local architect Appleton P. Clark, Jr. Although part of a collection of office buildings in the Financial Historic District, the building’s…
Peirce Springhouse and Barn: The Peirce Springhouse and Barn are part of the remains of the Isaac Peirce Plantation.
The Peirce Springhouse and Barn are part of the remains of the Isaac Peirce Plantation that, during the early 1800s, was a prosperous farm and grist mill operation. The springhouse, used to cool milk…
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…