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McLachlen Building: The McLachlen Building is a Beaux-Arts Classical Revival style building, influenced by Chicago commercial precedents.
The McLachlen Building is a significant work of noted and socially prominent Washington architect Jules Henri de Sibour, illustrating the influence of the McMillan Commission Plan on the business…
McMillan Park Reservoir Historic District: The city’s first water treatment plant was both a victory for public health and a monument to the City Beautiful movement.
Constructed over a period of decades at the turn of the 20th century, the McMillan Park Reservoir’s original slow sand filtration system was DC’s first water purification facility. Connected to the…
James McPherson Statue: This early Civil War monument honors General James B. McPherson, the second-highest-ranking Union officer to be killed during the Civil War.
Erected in 1876, this equestrian statue of Major General James B. McPherson serves as the centerpiece of McPherson Square along Vermont Avenue between K and I Streets N.W. General McPherson commanded…
Major General George Gordon Meade Monument: George Meade (1815–1872) was a career military officer from Pennsylvania who is best known for his role as a Union general during the Civil War.
This impressive memorial to George Gordon Meade stands along Pennsylvania Avenue, NW in front of the E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse. Meade was a career U.S. Army officer who led forces…
Mercantile Savings Bank: The bank offered services to small businesses and personal bankers.
With national banks popping up across the city following passage of the National Banking Act of 1863, these institutions helped establish a commercial banking system. However, local residents and…
Meridian Hall: Meridian Hall was commissioned by Mary Foote Henderson to be used as an embassy.
Meridian Hall, like several other mansions in the Meridian Hill Historic District, was commissioned by Mary Foote Henderson, who was the guiding force behind the development of the area as an enclave…
Meridian House: This ornate mansion, built by John Russell Pope, has long housed international diplomatic operations.
Built between 1921 and 1923 by John Russell Pope, Meridian House is an 18th-century French-style mansion, built for Irwin Boyle Laughlin, an American diplomat and an heir of the Jones and Laughlin…
Meridian Manor: Meridian Manor exemplifies the middle-class apartments built in the 1910s and 1920s near the 14th Street streetcar line.
Meridian Manor is a significant example of the speculative middle-class apartment buildings that were constructed in the 1910s and 1920s along the 14th Street streetcar line. Noted architect George T.…
Meridian Mansions (The Envoy): This early-20th century apartment hotel has a storied past, including the founding of Czechoslovakia.
One of the city's finest apartment hotels when opened, Meridian Mansions was built between 1916 and 1918, following the designs of A.H. Sonnemann. This prestigious address has served as home to…
Methodist Cemetery: This one-acre plot in Tenleytown is one of the only surviving community cemeteries in Washington, DC.
Established as a community cemetery in 1855 by twelve residents of Tenleytown, this burial ground is a significant landscape that evokes the geography of early Washington, DC. Shaped as a rectangular…