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March 9, 1977. The Sixteenth Street Historic District is a 1.25-mile (2.01 km) linear historic district in Washington, D.C., that includes all structures along 16th Street NW between H Street and Florida Avenue. The district's southern boundary is bordered by Lafayette Square, just north of the White House, and Meridian Hill Park on its ...
On May 31, 1911, 110 years after the founding of the Supreme Council, Grand Commander James D. Richardson broke ground on the spot where the House of the Temple now stands in Washington, D.C. Grand Master J. Claude Keiper, of the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia, laid the cornerstone in the northeast corner on October 18, 1911.
1791. 16th Street Northwest, briefly known as the Avenue of the Presidents, [2][3] is a prominent north-south boulevard in Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. The street was laid out as part of the 1791 L'Enfant Plan, which served as the original blueprint for the city. The street begins just north of the White House, across from ...
Kimpton Banneker Hotel. / 38.9082; -77.0362. Kimpton Banneker Hotel is a 144-room boutique hotel located at 16th Street Northwest and Rhode Island Avenue in Washington, D.C. [ 1] It is located at Scott Circle across from the Australian embassy. [ 2] Originally a 1967 apartment building and then a Quality hotel, it opened as the Kimpton Rouge ...
Sixteenth Street Heights is next to Rock Creek Park, a 1,754-acre (7.1 km 2) national park that bisects the District of Columbia. Park facilities near 16th Street Heights include the Carter Barron Amphitheater and the William H.G. Fitzgerald Tennis Center, which is the home of the Citi Open tournament (formerly, Legg Mason Tennis Classic).
Embassy Building No. 10 is a historic building located at 3149 16th Street NW Washington, D.C., in the Columbia Heights neighborhood. Although as the name implies it was built to be a foreign mission, it was never in fact used as such; instead, it served as the central office of the District's municipal parks department for nearly seventy years.
Designated CP. August 25, 1978 [1] The Toutorsky Mansion, also called the Brown-Toutorsky House, is a five-story, 18-room house located at 1720 16th Street, NW in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Since 2012, it has housed the Embassy of the Republic of the Congo. The 12,000-square-foot (1,100 m 2) mansion was completed in 1894 ...
The World War I 16th Street Memorial Trees, honoring the lives of District of Columbia residents killed in World War I, are located on 16th Street NW in Washington, D.C., between Alaska Avenue and Varnum Street. A gift to the city from the D.C. department of the American Legion, the memorial originally consisted of 507 trees and markers, one ...