Sites tagged "Downtown Historic District": 16
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Atlantic Building: The preserved façade recalls a building that saw many significant historical moments.
When the Atlantic Building was completed in 1888, it was the largest commercial structure in the city and one of the first with a passenger elevator. Located on F Street in the heart of downtown, the…
LeDroit Block (F Street, NW, South Side of 800 Block): This group of five related commercial buildings represent the earliest development of F Street as the city's commercial core.
The LeDroit Block was built after the completion of the large-scale municipal improvements undertaken by the Board of Public Works ibetween 1871 and 1874. It illustrates the renewed civic aspirations…
Saint Mary's Catholic Church (Saint Mary Mother of God): This Catholic church began in the mid-1800s to serve incoming German immigrants in their own language.
Organized in 1845 in the basement of St. Matthew's Church, St. Mary's parish was formed to serve the influx of German Catholic immigrants settling in Washington at the time. Initially located at 15th…
Washington Loan and Trust Company: This 1890s office building is one of DC's most impressive Romanesque Revival buildings.
The Washington Loan and Trust Company Building is prominently situated across from the Old Patent Office. It was home to the city's first trust company, originally organized in 1889 by Brainerd H.…
Temperance Fountain: This monument to temperance has done little to reduce alcohol consumption in DC and has attracted more than its fair share of detractors.
Having made his fortune in dentistry and San Francisco real estate, Dr. Henry D. Cogswell (1820-1900) used his fortunes to advance the temperance cause, or the movement to curb alcohol consumption…
Mary Surratt House: This 1843 boarding house is known for its role in the conspiracy to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln.
The Mary Elizabeth Surratt Boarding House is an 1843 vernacular Greek Revival style dwelling that Mary Surratt operated as a boarding house from September 1864 through April 1865. During this period,…
Saint Patrick’s Church: The first Catholic parish in the federal city, it is located on land purchased in 1794.
This parish was established by Bishop John Carroll in 1794. The initial meeting place of the congregation was a house at the corner of 10th & E streets NW. The congregation worshiped at three other…
Old Patent Office: One of the finest Greek Revival structures in the nation, the Patent Office is now home to the National Portrait Gallery and National Museum of American Art.
While it’s currently the National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Old Patent Office reflects an era when scientific invention propelled the American economy and began to…
Old Masonic Temple: Erected between 1867 and 1869, this fraternal-commercial building is of rare architectural merit.
Designed by Cluss and Kammerheuber, the Old Masonic Temple enjoyed early prominence due to its important location across 9th Street from the old U.S. Patent Office. In scale and dignity it complements…
National Union Building: This tall brownstone building is one of the finest examples of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture in DC.
The National Union Building is a narrow office building built in the Romanesque Revival style in 1890. Designed by famous architect Glenn Brown (1854-1932), the building remains the most important…