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Between 1921 and 1922, the building was used for committee and subcommittee hearings throughout the Washington Naval Conference while closely guarded by marines with fixed bayonets. [ 5 ] The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1969, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2021, for its architecture and ...
The Lincoln Theatre opened in 1921, and Howard Theatre in 1926. [11] Duke Ellington's childhood home was located on 13th street between T and S Streets. The Green Book, a travel guide for black travelers (1933–1963) listed many sites along U Street NW by Green Book Travelers. [12]
On the north, M or O Street NW according to the source, and the Shaw neighborhood; From the eastern boundary of the square to New Jersey Ave. is the Mount Vernon Triangle neighborhood, often mentioned together with the Mount Vernon Square neighborhood; On the west, either Thomas Circle or 10th St. NW and the Logan Circle neighborhood
The blocks surrounding the circle were fully developed by 1920, [8] and the 40-foot (12 m) roadway around it paved in 1921. [ 9 ] The 1.8-acre (7,300 m 2 ) park within the circle is owned and administered by the National Park Service through its Rock Creek Park unit.
1921 in the United States by state or territory (52 C) 1921 disestablishments in the United States (27 C, 23 P) 1921 establishments in the United States (55 C, 30 P)
2009 Massachusetts Ave NW: Hershell Main House, later Alice Roosevelt Longworth house (built 1881, front rebuilt 1910), now the Washington Legal Foundation; 2015 Massachusetts Ave NW: Embassy Row Hotel, rebranded The Ven Embassy Row in late 2020 (arch. Fischer and Elmore, 1971) 2025 Massachusetts Ave NW: Samuel M. Bryan House (arch. W.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad converted a house at the corner of 2nd Street NW and Pennsylvania Avenue into the city's first train station. [41] It was abandoned in 1851 when the station moved to a more long-lasting location at New Jersey Avenue and C Street NW. [42] The same year, the National Theatre opened on December 7. [43]
The Herbert C. Hoover Building is the Washington, D.C. headquarters of the United States Department of Commerce.. The building is located at 1401 Constitution Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C., on the block bounded by Constitution Avenue NW to the south, Pennsylvania Avenue NW to the north, 15th Street NW to the west, and 14th Street NW to the east.