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Marine Barracks Historic District: The Marine Barracks Historic District marks the nation’s oldest uninterrupted Marine Corps installation.
The Marine Barracks Historic District is a quadrangle of buildings surrounding a central parade ground, and it includes approximately a dozen buildings built between 1801 and 1935.The Marine Barracks…
Masonic Temple (Museum of Women in the Arts): Prior to becoming the home of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, this temple served as the headquarters of DC's Grand Lodge for over eighty years.
Designed by Wood, Donn and Deming between 1903 to 1907, the grand Masonic Temple served throughout most of the twentieth century as the headquarters of DC’s Grand Lodge, which counted many important…
Massachusetts Avenue Historic District: The Massachusetts Avenue Historic District's grandly appointed buildings are widely known as Embassy Row.
Massachusetts Avenue is a boulevard of grand mansions, row houses, and embassies, affectionately known as "Embassy Row." It is among the finest realizations of L'Enfant's Baroque vision of grand…
Mayfair Mansions: The Mayfair Mansions apartment complex represented a significant development in fair housing for African Americans.
Mayfair Mansions, built between 1942 and 1946, was designed by Albert I. Cassell, a Black architect who conceived of a park-like setting, citing the 17 buildings of the complex on angles about a…
Mayflower Hotel: This impressive, ten-story Beaux Arts-style hotel has hosted many international political and diplomatic figures.
Designed by the New York architectural firm of Warren and Wetmore in association with Washington architect Robert F. Beresford, the Mayflower is a large, first-class hotel by a firm noted as national…
Henry McCleery House
With the continued growth of Georgetown’s residential footprint, the Henry McCleery House exemplifies the development of the neighborhood’s distinctive character. The house is believed to have been…
General George B. McClellan Statue: This statue honors politician and Civil War general George B. McClellan, best known for commanding the Union army at the Battle of Antietam.
This bronze equestrian statue of General George B. McClellan stands at the crest of a hill overlooking Connecticut Avenue in the Kalorama Triangle neighborhood of Northwest Washington. McClellan rose…
McCormick Apartments: The McCormick Apartments is most notable for one of its tenants, Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon.
The McCormick Apartments is a landmark apartment building on Embassy Row whose inhabitants once included Andrew W. Mellon. It consists of four stories, a mansard, and a raised basement. The top-floor…
Robert S. McCormick House (Brazilian Embassy): The house exemplifies residential development in the area.
Originally owned by Robert S. McCormick and his wife, Katherine, the McCormick House’s distinct architecture and location tuned in to the future of major development along Massachusetts Avenue NW,…
McGill Building (1891 - 1973): This Romanesque Revival style commercial building is notable in both construction and demolition.
Designed by Paul J. Pelz (1841-1918), this Romanesque Revival style building was demolished just as the plan to preserve it was beginning. Built in 1891, the McGill Building (named for Architect James…