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Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company Warehouse: The Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company Warehouse and Repair Facility is an Art Deco industrial building.
The Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company’s four-story reinforced concrete warehouse and repair facility was built between 1926 and 1927, and served for many years as the central location for…
Chevy Chase Arcade (and Interior of Arcade): The Chevy Chase Arcade is an excellent example of a small-scale commercial arcade — unique in Washington, DC.
A notable landmark in the Chevy Chase commercial strip, the Chevy Chase Arcade was planned by the Chevy Chase Land Company as one of four business centers, alternating with apartments, along…
Chevy Chase Theater (Avalon Theater): The Chevy Chase Theater is the city's oldest continuously operating neighborhood theater, a rare local example of an early neighborhood movie house.
Built in 1922 by noted local architects Upman and Adams, the Chevy Chase Theater reflects a "high-style" example of a neighborhood movie house. The main auditorium features a stage, organ screens, and…
Children’s Country Home: Founded in 1883 as the Children's Country Home, this site served as a charitable convalescent care institution.
The Hospital for Sick Children is located at 1731 Bunker Hill Road, N.E. in the Brookland neighborhood in Washington, D.C. The hospital building sits on an approximately four-acre pentagonal tract of…
Christ Church: Founded in 1817, Christ Church is Georgetown's second Protestant Episcopal congregation.
Christ Church was founded in 1817 when a group of prominent Georgetown citizens met to organize a new congregation for an additional Protestant Episcopal Church. Up until that time, St. John's Church…
Christ Church, Washington Parish (Christ Church Navy Yard): Incorporated in 1794, Christ Church was the City's first Episcopal parish.
The first section of Christ Church was built in 1806-1807. Designed by architect Robert Alexander (but attributed to Benjamin Latrobe), the structure features a battlement facade, possibly copied from…
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Washington Chapel): The church's distinct architecture was influenced by the Salt Lake Temple.
The Washington Chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, also known as the Mormons, was constructed in emulation of the church’s temple in Salt Lake City, Utah, but retains its own…
Church of the Ascension and Saint Agnes: The Church of the Ascension and Saint Agnes was built between 1874 and 1875 and has since served as a significant architectural presence on Massachusetts Avenue.
The Church of the Ascension and Saint Agnes is an excellent and well-preserved example of the High Victorian Gothic design, and is the work of noted Baltimore architects Dixon &…
City Post Office: Built between 1911 and 1914, the Washington City Post Office exemplifies Beaux Arts architecture.
The grand, Beaux Arts-style Washington City Post Office, built between 1911 and 1914, is notable both for its individual design as a monumental public service building and for its important…
City Tavern: Constructed between 1795-1796, City Tavern is a rare surviving example of a federal period tavern.
From 1796 through the mid-nineteenth century, the City Tavern provided a focus for community activity in Georgetown as a site of community meetings, business functions, and transportation. The…