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201 E Capitol St SE (at 2nd St SE), Washington, D.C.
Library · Capitol Hill · 13 tips and reviews
DC Preservation League: Exceptional modern classical structure housing the world'st largest collection of Shakespearana. Buit in 1929-32, with Paul Cret as lead architect and Alexander B. Trowbridge as consulting architect.
Park · Northwest Washington · 144 tips and reviews
DC Preservation League: Notable for its superior examples of Victorian rowhouses and turn-of-the-century Beaux-Arts mansions. Designated June 1977 with nearly 3100 protected buildings within its district boundaries.
DC Preservation League: Home since 1886 of one of city's oldest private social clubs (formed 1884); elite membership of 50 men hasincluded many influential diplomats, politicians, businessmen and other notables. Built 1864
1500 Pennsylvania Ave NW (at 15th St NW), Washington, D.C.
Government Building · Northwest Washington · 24 tips and reviews
DC Preservation League: The Treasury building is the home of the federal government’s second department, established in 1789. The building was erected between 1836 and 1869, and is the work of five major American architects.
Art Museum · Downtown-Penn Quarter-Chinatown · 183 tips and reviews
DC Preservation League: Patent Office Building was built between 1836-1867. It served as a temporary barracks and hospital during the Civil War and was the site of Lincoln’s 2nd inaugural ball.
DC Preservation League: The park was redesigned by Andrew Jackson Downing in 1851-52. The statue of Andrew Jackson was erected in the center of the park in 1853, but Jackson’s design was not completed until 1872.
DC Preservation League: The original appropriation known as President’s Park is now divided into three distinct spaces: the White House Grounds, the Ellipse, and Lafayette Square