Sewall-Belmont House

The Sewall-Belmont House was built on a tract of land originally granted to the second Lord Baltimore by King Charles of England. The property was divided several times, and it was Daniel Carroll who ultimately ceded much of the land ...

Library of Congress

In 1800, Congress voted to buy books and create a library for its use. From 1800 to 1814, the Library of Congress was housed in various spaces in the Capitol until it was burned by the British in the War ...

Capitol Hill Historic District

The Capitol Hill Historic District takes its name from the hill, which rises in the center of the Federal City and extends eastward. This hill, which in 1790 was called Jenkins Hill or Jenkins Heights, was the site chosen by ...

Ralph Bunche House

This house was the residence of Dr. Ralph Bunche, the distinguished African American diplomat and scholar, from 1941 to 1947. The home was designed for him by Hilyard R. Robinson, a noted Washington architect, in the International Style. Ralph Johnson ...

Congressional Cemetery

Historic Congressional Cemetery was founded in 1807 by eight civic-minded residents of the new Capitol Hill neighborhood who recognized the need for a local burial ground. Its first burials included the master stone mason of the new United States Capitol ...

Gallaudet University

Gallaudet College, founded in 1864 as the National Deaf Mute College, has been since its inception the only university in the United States devoted specifically to the education of the deaf.

The historic district consists of most of the original ...

Union Station

Union Station was crucial to the development of modern Washington. When the Pennsylvania and Baltimore & Ohio Railroads announced in 1901 that they planned to build a new terminal, people in the city celebrated for two reasons. The decision meant, ...

Blue Angels Hangar

The Blue Angels hangar located on Naval Air Station Pensacola.

Butch Voris founded the Blue Angels in 1946 and built the team into a nationally-recognized flight exhibition team for the Navy. Voris decided everything from the team members, to the flight ...

Russell and Cannon Congressional Office Buildings

These first congressional office buildings are a set of nonidentical neoclassical twins that provide a visually appealing background for the United States Capitol. Both buildings are the oldest of the congressional office buildings, as well as fine examples of the ...

US Capitol

The United States Capitol is among the most symbolically important and architecturally impressive buildings in the nation. It has housed the meeting chambers of the House of Representatives and the Senate for two centuries. The Capitol, which was started in ...