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The United States Capitol Complex is a group of twenty buildings, grounds, and facilities in Washington, D.C., that are used by the United States Congress, and federal courts. The buildings and grounds within the complex are managed and supervised by the Architect of the Capitol .
Because the Capitol grounds are outside the normal jurisdiction of Olympia and Thurston County, the sheriff and city police do not investigate crime on the Capitol campus. The Washington State Patrol is responsible for law enforcement and investigations on the Capitol grounds as well as at the Old Capitol Building and adjoining Sylvester Park ...
It is named after former United States Representative (congressman) from Massachusetts and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill Jr. (1912-1994), and located at 200 C Street Southwest in the Southwest Federal Center district, at the foot of Capitol Hill. [1]
The Washington metropolitan area, also referred to as the D.C. area, Greater Washington, the National Capital Region, or locally as the DMV (short for District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia), is the metropolitan area comprising Washington, D.C., the federal capital of the United States, and its surroundings.
An 1800 portrait of the Capitol by William Russell Birch An 1814 portrait by George Munger of the U.S. Capitol after the burning of Washington by the British Army during the War of 1812 Daguerreotype of east side of the Capitol in 1846, by John Plumbe, showing Bulfinch's dome. The Senate (north) wing was completed in 1800.
Map of the United States Capitol Complex. The three Senate office buildings are along Constitution Avenue north of the Capitol: Russell Senate Office Building (RSOB), (built 1903-1908, opened in 1909), [1] named after Senator Richard Russell Jr. (1897-1971), of Georgia in 1972. [2] [3]
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U.S. Capitol Subway between the U.S. Capitol Building and the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The public can travel on the trains — usually during a tour of the Capitol Complex — but must be escorted by a staff member with proper identification. During votes, the House subway is restricted to congressional members.