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Arlington House: Capital City Slavery Tour
Constructed between 1808 and 1818 through the use of enslaved labor, Arlington House was built for George Washington Parke Custis, grandson of George and Martha Washington. Originally named Mount…
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…
Armed Forces Retirement Home Historic District: The 272-acre Armed Forces Retirement Home Historic District represents an early American military asylum.
The Armed Forces Retirement Home Historic District includes a collection of 19th- and early-20th-century buildings, as well as an extensive historic landscapes. Dating from 1842 to 1951, the focal…
Armstrong Manual Training School: The Armstrong Manual Training School is illustrative of the national campaign for vocational training for African Americans promoted by Booker T. Washington.
At the beginning of the twentieth century, Armstrong Manual Training School and M Street High School were the only two high schools in DC that admitted black students. From its founding, Armstrong…
Army and Navy Club: Since 1911, the Army and Navy Club has served as a social space for Army, Navy, and Marines officers.
The Army and Navy Club was founded in 1885 as the United Service Club. Initially, membership was limited to war veterans, but later extended its membership eligibility to all officers and ex-officers…
Artemas Ward Statue: Dedicated in 1938, this statue commemorates Revolutionary War Major General Artemas Ward.
This memorial honors Massachusetts native Major General Artemas Ward, an experienced military leader who was second-in-command to General George Washington at the creation of the Continental Army.…
Arts and Industries Building: Constructed between 1879 and 1881, this is the nation’s best-preserved example of nineteenth-century world’s fair architecture.
Designed by Cluss & Schulze and built to house the international exhibits left over from the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876, the Smithsonian Institution's Arts and Industries Building…
Arts Club of Washington (Cleveland Abbe House and General Robert MacFeely House): The Arts Club of Washington comprises two historic homes from the nineteenth century.
The Arts Club of Washington encompasses two adjoining historic buildings: the Cleveland Abbe House (also known as the Timothy Caldwell House and Caldwell-Monroe House) at 2017 I Street NW and the…
Asbury United Methodist Church: Asbury United Methodist Church is the third sanctuary of one of the city's most influential African American churches.
Asbury United Methodist Church reflects important themes in the city’s social history including abolition, emancipation, reconstruction, and the civil rights movement. It is the city’s oldest African…
Ashburton House: Ashburton House is notable as a space of British-American negotiations and treatymaking.
Built in 1836, Ashburton House served as a home for British diplomats. For instance, the residence hosted the ten month American-British negotiations that eventually led to the Webster-Ashburton…