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District Of Columbia - District of Columbia County - Historic Districts
District of Columbia County District Of Columbia (Historic Districts) has 50 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 10 places of National significance and 28 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Armed Forces Retirement Home--Washington, Causeway, The, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Historic District (Boundary Increase) and Cleveland Park Historic District.

Several famous people are associated with these District of Columbia County historic places including et al. Barton Clara, Joseph Edward Davies, Abraham Lincoln and Leonard Neale.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the District of Columbia County places including Ellen Shipman, FHwA, Withers & Co. Vaux, William H. Degges, Benjamin Wright, Charles Adam Platt, George S. Cooper, NPS, Francis R. Allen and Daniel Chester French. Prominent architectural styles found in District of Columbia Country are Late Victorian, Colonial Revival and Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals.

Anacostia Historic District (added 1978 - - #78003050)
Roughly bounded by Good Hope Rd., 16th St., Mapleview , Washington
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Italianate
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
Armed Forces Retirement Home--Washington (added 2007 - - #07001237)
Also known as United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home
3700 N Capitol St NW , Washington
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Historic Significance:
Person, Event, Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Degges, William H., et.al.
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
Historic Person:
Lincoln, Abraham
Area of Significance:
Entertainment/Recreation, Agriculture, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Military, Politics/Government, Social History, Health/Medicine
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic, Government, Health Care, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Religion, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Auditorium, Government Office, Hospital, Natural Feature, Religious Structure, Road-Related, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Health Care, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Religion, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Auditorium, Horticulture Facility, Hospital, Natural Feature, Religious Structure, Road-Related, Single Dwelling
Blagden Alley--Naylor Court Historic District (added 1990 - - #90001734)
Also known as See Also:Bruce, Blanch K., House
Bounded by O, 9th, M, & 10th Sts. NW. , Washington
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Mid 19th Century Revival, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Social History, Black, Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
State, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling
Bloomingdale Historic District (added 2018 - - #100003129)
Washington, Washington
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Row House, Apartment, Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Black
Period of Significance:
1891-1948 AD
Capitol Hill Historic District (added 1976 - - #76002127)
Also known as See Also:Marine Corps Commandant's House;U.S. Marine Barrack
Roughly bounded by Virginia Ave., SE., S. Capitol St., F St. NE., and 14th Sts. SE & NE. , Washington
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Romanesque, Other, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Military
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Federal, Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Capitol Hill Historic District (Boundary Increase II) (added 2015 - - #15000741)
Squares 752, 753, 777, 788 bounded by 2nd, 4th & F Sts., NE., Washington
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Atkinson, Frederick G., et al.
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1750-1949 AD
Causeway, The (added 1990 - - #90000910)
Also known as Tregaron;See Also:Cleveland Park Historic District
3029 Klingle Rd., NW. , Washington
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Shipman,Ellen, Platt,Charles Adam
Architectural Style:
Other, Colonial Revival
Historic Person:
Davies,Joseph Edward
Significant Year:
1912, 1941
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Landscape Architecture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
School
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park (added 1966 - - #66000036)
Also known as Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Bordering the Potomac River from Georgetown, D.C. to Cumberland, Maryland , Washington
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Wright,Benjamin, Multiple
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Engineering, Conservation, Economics, Military, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 2015 - - #14001236)
Address Restricted, Washington
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Area of Significance:
Transportation, Engineering, Commerce, Military, Prehistoric, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation, Conservation, Agriculture
Civil War Fort Sites (added 1974 - - #74000274)
Also known as See Also:Civil War Fort Sites (Boundary Increase)
Civil War Forts from Battery Kemble, NW to Fort Gremble, SW , Washington
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Military
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Fortification
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
Civil War Fort Sites (Boundary Increase) (added 1978 - - #78003439)
Also known as Fort Circle;Defenses of Washington;See Also:Civil War Fort S
S of Washington on Rosier Bluff, N of Washington off George Washington Parkway , Washington
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Military
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Fortification
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
Cleveland Park Historic District (added 1987 - - #87000628)
Also known as See Also:Rosedale;Twin Oaks;Causeway,The
Roughly bounded by Tilden St., Connecticut Ave., Klingle Rd., and Wisconsin Ave. , Washington
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Et al., Allen,Francis R.
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman, Queen Anne, Italianate
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Federal, State, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Cloverdale (added 1990 - - #90001115)
Also known as Pierce Shoemaker House
2600 and 2608 Tilden St. NW. , Washington
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Colony Hill Historic District (added 2021 - - #100006546)
1700-1731, 1800-1821, 4501-4520 Hoban Rd. NW, 1801-1820 45th St. NW, 4407-4444 Hadfield Rd. NW, 1701-1717 Foxhall Rd. NW., Washington
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Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Downtown Historic District (added 2001 - - #84003901)
Roughly, Seventh St. from Pennsylvania Ave. to Mt. Vernon Sq., and F St. between Eleventh and Seventh Sts., NW , Washington
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Commerce, European, Asian, Social History, Religion, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Federal, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Government Office, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion
Dupont Circle Historic District (added 1978 - - #78003056)
Also known as See Also:Dupont Circle Historic District(Boundary Increase)
Roughly bounded by Florida and Rhode Island Aves., T, 17th, 21st, and 22nd Sts. , Washington
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Carrere & Hastings, McKim,Mead & White
Architectural Style:
Romanesque, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
State, Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Civic, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Social
Current Sub-function:
Business, Civic, Diplomatic Building, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
Dupont Circle Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 1985 - - #85000238)
Also known as See also:Dupont Circle Historic District (00000000)
Roughly bounded by Florida Ave., 16th, 22nd, and T Sts., Rhode Island Ave. and N St. , Washington
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Dupont Circle Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 2005 - - #05000539)
Various areas within an area roughly bounded by 16th St., T St., Florida, 23rd and M St. NW , Washington
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Mullett, A.B., Wenig, Julius
Architectural Style:
Second Empire, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Hotel, Institutional Housing, Multiple Dwelling, Professional, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Clubhouse, Hotel, Institutional Housing, Meeting Hall, Multiple Dwelling, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
East and West Potomac Parks (added 1973 - - #73000217)
Also known as Potomac Flats
Bounded by Constitution Ave., 17th St., Independence Ave., Washington Channel, Potomac River, and Rock Creek Park , Washington
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Landscape Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1825-1849
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Landscape, Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Forest, Outdoor Recreation, Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Current Function:
Landscape, Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Forest, Outdoor Recreation, Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Eighteen Hundred Block Park Road, NW. (added 1978 - - #78003057)
1801--1869 Park Rd., NW. , Washington
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Emerald Street Historic District (added 2017 - - #100001560)
Washington, Washington
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne, Other
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1893-1898 AD, 1892-1923 AD
Fifteenth Street Financial Historic District (added 2006 - - #84003900)
Also known as See Also:US Treasury Bldg.;Rhodes Tavern;National Metropolit
Fifteenth St., from Pennsylvania Ave. to I St., NW , Washington
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Beaux Arts
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Federal, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Financial Institution
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Financial Institution
Financial Historic District (Additional Documentation and Boundary Increase) (added 2017 - - #100000540)
Fifteenth St., from Pennsylvania Ave. to K, 14th & G Sts. NW., Washington
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Beaux Arts
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1900-1949 AD
Foggy Bottom Historic District (added 1987 - - #87001269)
Bounded by New Hampshire Ave., Twenty-fourth, Twenty-sixth, H, and K Sts., NW , Washington
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Grimm,Norman, McCartney,Peter
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Other-Ethnic
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Fourteenth Street Historic District (added 1994 - - #94000992)
Also known as See Also:72001426;86002923;66000866;76002131;73002096;840008
Roughly bounded by S, 12th, N and 15th Sts., NW. , Washington
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Brown, Glenn, et al.
Architectural Style:
Modern Movement, Late Victorian, Mid 19th Century Revival
Area of Significance:
Black, Transportation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Multiple Dwelling, School, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Business, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
Fourteenth Street Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 2007 - - #07000421)
1400 Blks of P St., Rhode Island Ave., N St. and Massachusetts Ave., NW , Washington
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Speiden & Speiden, et.al.
Architectural Style:
Federal, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Federal, Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Institutional Housing, Multiple Dwelling, Restaurant, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Business, Institutional Housing, Multiple Dwelling, Restaurant, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Foxhall Village Historic District (added 2007 - - #07001221)
Bounded by Reservoir Rd. NW, Glover-Archibald Park, P St. NW & Foxhall Rd. NW. , Washington
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Boss, Harry K., et.al.
Architectural Style:
Tudor Revival
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Gallaudet College Historic District (added 1974 - - #74002160)
Florida Ave. and 7th St., NE. , Washington
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
French,Daniel Chester, Vaux,Withers & Co.
Architectural Style:
Gothic
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
College
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
College
Gallinger Municipal Hospital Psychopathic Ward (added 1989 - - #89000074)
Also known as Buildings 20--23,District of Columbia General Hospital
Reservation 13, 19th St. and Massachusetts Ave., SE , Washington
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Wynne,George E., Ashford,Showden
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Health/Medicine, Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Hospital
Current Function:
Health Care
Current Sub-function:
Clinic
George Washington Memorial Parkway (added 1995 - - #95000605)
Also known as Clara Barton Parkway
Roughly, S side of the Potomac R. from American Legion to Memorial Bridge and N side from Brickyard Rd. to Chain Bridge , Washington
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
FHwA, NPS
Architectural Style:
Other
Historic Person:
Barton Clara, et al.
Significant Year:
1930, 1966
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Landscape Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Landscape, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Park, Road-Related
Current Function:
Landscape, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Park, Road-Related
George Washington University--Old West End Historic District (added 2015 - - #14001207)
Washington, District of Columbia
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Federal, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Education
Period of Significance:
1800-1974 AD
Georgetown Academy for Young Ladies (added 1991 - - #90002146)
Also known as Georgetown Visitation Convent and Preparatory School
1524 35th St., NW. , Washington
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Historic Significance:
Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Starkweather,Norris, Pettit,Richard
Architectural Style:
Italianate, Colonial Revival, Federal
Historic Person:
Neale,Leonard,et al.
Significant Year:
1819, 1816
Area of Significance:
Education, Social History, Religion, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Church Related Residence, School
Current Function:
Education, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Church Related Residence, School
Georgetown Historic District (added 1967 - - #67000025)
Also known as See Also:Dumbarton Oaks Park and Montrose Park
Roughly bounded by Whitehaven St., Rock Creek Park, Potomac River, and Georgetown University campus , Washington
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Federal, Colonial Revival, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Business, Single Dwelling
Glenwood Cemetery (added 2017 - - #16000638)
Washington, Washington
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Grant Circle Historic District (added 2015 - - #15000718)
Washington, Washington
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1875-1949 AD
Grant Road Historic District (added 2004 - - #04000116)
4400 and 4500 blks of Grant Rd., NW , Washington
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Burrows, Tyson, Paxton, THomas
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Military, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Greater U Street Historic District (added 1998 - - #98001557)
Roughly bounded by New Hamphire Ave., Florida Ave, 6th St., R St., and 16th St. , Washington
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Owner:
Local, Private
Kalorama Triangle Historic District (added 1987 - - #87000627)
Also known as See Also:Lothrop Mansion
Roughly bounded by Connecticut Ave., Columbia Rd., and Calvert St. , Washington
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Et al., Cooper,George S.
Architectural Style:
Other, Colonial Revival, Mission/Spanish Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
State, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
Kingman Park Historic District (added 2018 - - #100002960)
Washington, District of Columbia
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late 19th And 20th Century American Movements, Other
Area of Significance:
Black, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1928-1968 AD
Kingman Park Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 2021 - - #100006400)
900-2000 blks. of C, D and E Sts. NE; 300 and 400 blks. of 19th and 20th Sts. NE, Washington
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Area of Significance:
Ethnic Heritage-Black, Community Planning And Development
Lafayette Square Historic District (added 1970 - - #70000833)
Also known as See Also:74002155;73002075;74002156;66000858;69000300;730020
Roughly between 15th and 17th Sts. and H St. and State and Treasury Places, exclusive of the White House and its grounds, Washington
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Et al., L'Enfant,Pierre
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian, Federal
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Landscape Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Federal, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Government, Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Government Office, Museum, Plaza, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Government, Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Diplomatic Building, Government Office, Museum, Plaza
Langston Golf Course Historic District (added 1991 - - #91001525)
Also known as Langston Golf Course
Roughly, Anacostia Park N of Benning Rd. , Washington
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Black
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Sport Facility
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Sport Facility
LeDroit Park Historic District (added 1974 - - #74002165)
Bounded roughly by Florida and Rhode Island Aves., 2nd and Elm Sts., Howard University , Washington
File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
McGill,James H.
Architectural Style:
Italian Villa, Gothic
Area of Significance:
Black, Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Logan Circle Historic District (added 1972 - - #72001426)
Jct. of Rhode Island and Vermont Aves. , Washington
MattWade, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Et al, Russel,R.G.
Architectural Style:
Romanesque, Second Empire
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
Massachusetts Avenue Historic District (added 1974 - - #74002166)
Also known as See Also:73002073;71000993;73002079;73002076;73002091;730020
Both sides of Massachusetts Ave. between 17th St. and Observatory Circle, NW , Washington
APK, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian, Beaux Arts
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Government
Historic Sub-function:
Diplomatic Building, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Social
Current Sub-function:
Civic, Diplomatic Building, Organizational, Professional, Single Dwelling
McMillan Park Reservoir Historic District (added 2013 - - #13000022)
Washington, Washington
Yocahuna, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Renaissance, Colonial Revival
Historic Person:
McMillen, James
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Engineering, Landscape Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-2000 AD
Meridian Hill Park (added 1974 - - #74000273)
Bounded by 16th, Euclid, 15th, and W Sts., NW. , Washington
SchuminWeb, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple, Burnap, George
Architectural Style:
Renaissance, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Area of Significance:
Landscape Architecture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Park
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
Montrose Park (added 2007 - - #07001178)
Also known as Elderslie, Montrose
R St. & Lovers' Ln. (Res. 324) , Washington
APK, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Burnap, George E., et.al.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Social History, Landscape Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Entertainment/Recreation
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Extractive Facility, Horticulture Facility, Manufacturing Facility, Outdoor Recreation, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Monument/Marker, Outdoor Recreation, Park
Mount Pleasant Historic District (added 1987 - - #87001726)
Also known as See also:86002936;86003019;others?
Roughly bounded by Sixteenth & Harvard Sts., Rock Creek Church Rd., & Adams Mill Rd. , Washington
APK, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Mount Vernon Seminary for Girls (added 2016 - - #16000523)
Washington, Washington
Farragutful, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Education, Military, Other
Period of Significance:
1900-1974 AD
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