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Lafayette Building (Export-Import Bank): Constructed in 1940, this government building ultimately housed the financial minds that contributed to an Allied victory in World War II.
Designed in 1939 in the Stripped Classical style, this limestone-clad office building is twelve stories tall, and centrally located near the White House, between McPherson and Lafayette squares. The…
National War College: Established as the Army War College, it played a significant role in America's military development in the early 1900s.
In 1898, the Spanish-American War exposed the U.S. military's weaknesses through uncoordinated Army units and internal issues of communication. Despite America's ultimate victory, Secretary of War…
Lucy Diggs Slowe and Mary Burrill House: Lucy Diggs Slowe and Mary Powell Burrill lived here as a couple for 15 years.
This cross-gabled Queen Anne frame house at 1256 Kearny Street NE was built for prosperous Irish immigrants James T. and Hannah Ward. The house was probably completed in 1893, and the couple remained…
Sewall-Belmont House National Historic Site: This National Historic Site and National Monument served as the headquarters for the National Woman's Party for nearly 90 years.
The Sewall–Belmont House National Historic Site served as the headquarters for the National Woman's Party (NWP) for nearly 90 years, starting in 1929. Originally founded by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns…
Mary Church Terrell House: This was the home of distinguished civil rights activist, suffragist, and educator Mary Church Terrell, who served as the first president of the National Association of Colored Women.
Mary Church Terrell (1863-1954) earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at Oberlin College during the 1880s and taught in Ohio and Washington, DC. Following the completion of her graduate degree,…
Blair House: Also known as the President’s Guest House, the Blair House has hosted many visiting dignitaries.
Built in 1824 for Dr. Joseph Lovell, the first Surgeon General of the United States who organized the Army Corps of Engineers, the Blair House serves as the official guest house of the President of…
Mountjoy Bayly House: This early Capitol Hill residence has long been a site of progressive reform and organizing.
The Mountjoy Bayly House (also known as the Bayly House, Hiram W. Johnson House, Chaplains Memorial Building, and Parkington) was built in 1822 for the second Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, General…
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…
Marine Barracks, Main Gate: The Main Gate stands at the entrance to DC’s historic Marine Barracks.
The Main Gate serves as the entrance to the Marine Barracks Historic District. The US Marine Corps Barracks and Commandant’s House comprise the nation’s oldest continually active Marine Corps…
Thomas Beall House (Newton D. Baker House): This grand Federal style mansion, built in 1794, is best known as the residence of Secretary of War Newton D. Baker.
Thomas Beall constructed this grand Federal style house, typical of Northeast seacoast mansions, as an investment in about 1794. From 1916 to 1920, it was the residence of Newton D. Baker, considered…