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Constitution Ave. between 7th and 9th Sts., NW. 38°53′33″N 77°01′24″W / 38.8925°N 77.023333°W / 38.8925; -77.023333 ( National A building of records where several key U.S. documents including The United States Bill of Rights , The United States Declaration of Independence , and The Constitution of the United States .
Map of the boundary stones. The District of Columbia (initially, the Territory of Columbia) was originally specified to be a square 100 square miles (260 km 2) in area, with the axes between the corners of the square running north-south and east-west, The square had its southern corner at the southern tip of Jones Point in Alexandria, Virginia, at the confluence of the Potomac River and ...
In 1880, the west gatehouse was relocated at Constitution Avenue and 17th Street NW, and the east gatehouse at Constitution and 15th. They are placed to flank the White House – Washington Monument axis, which runs roughly along the axis of 16th Street, just south of The Ellipse in President's Park. [3]
The Kalorama Triangle Historic District is a mostly residential neighborhood and a historic district in the northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. The entire Kalorama Triangle neighborhood was listed on the District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites (DCIHS) and National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1987.
The Washington Monument is an obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built to commemorate George Washington, a Founding Father of the United States, victorious commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783 in the American Revolutionary War, and the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.
The marker on The Extra Mile, depicting W. E. B. Du Bois (left) and Mary White Ovington (right) in 2006. The Extra Mile – Points of Light Volunteer Pathway is a memorial in Washington D.C. Located adjacent to the White House, the monument is composed of 34 bronze medallions honoring people who "through their caring and personal sacrifice, reached out to others, building their dreams into ...
The name "Federal Triangle" appears to have been a journalistic invention. [2] The press wrote of a "Pennsylvania Avenue Triangle" as early as November 18, 1926, [3] and use of this name continued as late as June 1929, [4] [5] [6] but by 1927, it was more common for the news media to refer to the area as "the Triangle". [7]
Washington Monument: 555 (169) 3 1884 Tallest concrete structure in the District. Was the tallest structure in the world from 1884 until 1889, and the tallest monument in the U.S. until the completion of San Jacinto in 1939. [17] [18] Washington Police Department Tower [19] 506 (154) 0 WETA-FM [20] 495 (151) 0 2014 WAVA-FM Tower [21] 457 (139) 0