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  2. National Mall - Wikipedia

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    The Smithsonian Institution Building ("The Castle"), constructed from 1847 to 1855, is the oldest building now present on the National Mall (proper). [44] The Washington Monument, whose construction began in 1848 and reached completion in 1888, stands near the planned site of its namesake's equestrian statue. [45]

  3. Temporary buildings of the National Mall - Wikipedia

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    Buildings T and U were demolished in 1958 to make way for the construction of the National Museum of American History. [11] The buildings near 7th Street were demolished beginning in 1966. [12] Building E was the last temporary building on the Mall to be demolished, in 1971; part of the National Air and Space Museum would occupy its spot. [13] [14]

  4. Main Navy and Munitions Buildings - Wikipedia

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    The Main Navy and Munitions Buildings were constructed in 1918 along Constitution Avenue (then known as B Street) on Washington, D.C.'s National Mall (Potomac Park) as the largest of a set of temporary war buildings on the National Mall. Both buildings were constructed by the Navy's Bureau of Yards and Docks, with the United States Department ...

  5. Smithsonian Institution Building - Wikipedia

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    View facing northeast, 1864. The Smithsonian Institution Building, more commonly known as the Smithsonian Castle or simply The Castle, is a building on the National Mall housing the Smithsonian Institution's administrative offices and information center.

  6. Washington Monument - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Lockkeeper's House (Washington, D.C.) - Wikipedia

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    The Lockkeeper's House is the oldest building on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. [2] It was built in 1837 [2] at what is now the southwest corner of 17th Street, NW and Constitution Avenue, NW, near Constitution Gardens.

  8. The Ellipse - Wikipedia

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    The Ellipse, sometimes referred to as President's Park South, is a 52-acre (21 ha) park south of the White House fence and north of Constitution Avenue and the National Mall in Washington, D.C., US. The Ellipse is also the name of the five-furlong (1.0 km) circumference street within the park.

  9. Jamie L. Whitten Building - Wikipedia

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    The Administration Building projects into the National Mall from the larger U.S. Department of Agriculture South Building, and is the only building on the Mall that is not intended for use by the general public. It was the first large Beaux-Arts style building in Washington and set the prototype for the later buildings of the Federal Triangle.

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