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United States Courthouse of the District of Columbia: This courthouse, also known as the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse, is a significant part of DC's legal landscape.
Completed in 1952, the U.S. Courthouse for the District of Columbia was one of the last buildings constructed in the Judiciary Square and Municipal Center complex, which has been an important site for…
United States Chamber of Commerce: This building represents both the influence of the City Beautiful Movement on DC and the role of voluntary associations in lobbying the government.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Building, designed by Cass Gilbert in 1925, is an excellent example of Gilbert's work and of the influence of the City Beautiful Movement and the MacMillan Commission…
United Mine Workers of America (The University Club): Best known for its association with John L. Lewis, this structure is a key part of labor history in DC.
Designed by George Oakley Totten Jr. and constructed in 1912 as the University Club, this building is now more closely associated with the legendary union leader John L. Lewis (1880-1969). A self-made…
United Brick Corporation Kiln Complex: The United Brick Corporation Brick Complex, also known as the New York Avenue Brick Kilns, is a historic industrial site.
Located on the grounds of the National Arboretum, the twelve remaining beehive brick kilns of the United Brick Corporation Brick Complex present a well-integrated and visually unique setting, one…
Union Trust Company: Established in 1890 as Union Trust and Storage Company, the company became the Union Trust Company in 1907.
Organized in 1899, the Union Trust and Storage Company is one of DC’s earliest trust organizations. Operating both as a storage concern and a trust company, the organization served as a depository for…
Union Station and Plaza: This grand train and bus terminal became the gateway to the nation's capital upon its opening in 1907.
One of the first great union terminals, this imperial station with its vast interior spaces was the cornerstone of the McMillan Commission’s efforts to revive Pierre L’Enfant’s original plan of the…
Union Market Historic District: Union Market continues to be a commercial, as well as historic district.
Union Market Terminal is a large complex of wholesale warehouse buildings occupying an approximately forty-acre tract of land located east of Union Station between Florida and New York Avenues NE.…
Ulysses S. Grant Memorial: This grand statue group memorializes General Grant, as well as the men he commanded in the Union Army.
Located at the eastern edge of the National Mall near the base of the Capitol Building, this memorial pays tribute to American Civil War General and 18th U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant. It faces the…
Ulysses Grant School: This Victorian Era public school building is a rare surviving example that maintains many of its original interior finishes.
Foggy Bottom's historic Ulysses Grant School is a three-story, brick masonry public school building constructed in 1882. The robust Victorian Era building was originally named the Analostan School, in…
U.S. Railroad Retirement Board Building (Mary E. Switzer Building): In 1972, this became the first federal building to be named for a woman, Mary E. Switzer.
This federal building was constructed between 1939 and 1940, using the design of architects Charles Z. Klauder and Louis A. Simon. Although it was intended for the Railroad Retirement Board, its first…