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Old City Hall (District of Columbia Court of Appeals): The Old City Hall was the first public building that the federal government erected for the District of Columbia.
The first building constructed by the federal government for Washington, DC, the Old City Hall began construction in 1820, after designs by architect George Hadfield. Construction proceeded fitfully…
Octagon House (John Tayloe House): The Octagon is noteworthy for both its innovative architecture and its historical inhabitants.
Funded by one of the newly created Federal City’s leading families, Octagon House was physically constructed with enslaved labor. Originally built between 1799 and 1800 as a town residence for Colonel…
National Training School for Women and Girls
Founded in 1909, the National Training School for Women and Girls educated Black women from around the world. Unlike other prominent Black schools, such as the Tuskegee Institute, the founders did not…
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…
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…
Library of Congress (Jefferson Building): Established in 1800, the Library of Congress ranks as one of the largest and finest libraries in the world.
Founded in 1880, the original Library of Congress collection included 740 books and three maps. This collection lived in the Capitol until 1814, when invading British troops burned the Capitol and…
Charles Evans Hughes House (Chancery of Burma): Now the Chancery of Burma, this house is notable for its association with Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes.
Built in 1907 for A. Clifford and Alice Pike Barney by George Oakley Totten, this house is most notable as the home of Charles Evans Hughes—a statesman and juror of the highest order, a leader in the…
Howard University: This Historic District and National Historic Landmark encompasses three significant buildings on the Main Yard.
These three buildings on Howard University’s Main Yard are nationally significant as the setting for the institution’s role in the legal establishment of racially desegregated public education, and…
General Oliver Otis Howard House: Built in 1867, this building is the sole survivor of the four original structures that comprised early Howard University.
The General Oliver Otis Howard House (1830-1909), today known as Howard Hall, was one of four early campus buildings at Howard University and the only one to survive to the present. Built in 1867, it…
Gunboat Philadelphia: Philadelphia is the only extant Continental Army gunboat built and manned by Americans during the Revolutionary War.
The United States Gundelo Philadelphia is the only surviving gunboat built and manned by American forces during the Revolutionary War. Further, the vessel is one of the 15 small craft with which…