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The Octagon House. / 38.8963000°N 77.0415000°W / 38.8963000; -77.0415000. The Octagon House, also known as the Colonel John Tayloe III House, is a house located at 1799 New York Avenue, Northwest in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It was built in 1799 for John Tayloe III, the wealthiest planter in the country, at the ...
Washington, D.C. is a planned city. It was chosen by George Washington as the site for the capital city for the new nation. In 1791, President Washington chose Frenchman Pierre L'Enfant to design the plan for the new city. [ 4] L'Enfant created the L'Enfant Plan to map out the city's streets.
President Lincoln and Soldiers' Home National Monument, sometimes shortened to President Lincoln's Cottage, is a national monument on the grounds of the Soldiers' Home, known today as the Armed Forces Retirement Home. It is located near Brookland in Washington, D.C. President Lincoln's Cottage was formerly known as Anderson Cottage .
December 19, 1960 [ 2] Designated NHLDCP. August 29, 1970. Decatur House is a historic house museum at 748 Jackson Place in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. It is named after its first owner and occupant, the naval officer Stephen Decatur. [ 2] The house (built, 1818) is located at the northwest corner of Lafayette Square, at ...
38°54′05″N 77°02′46″W. / 38.901444°N 77.046167°W / 38.901444; -77.046167 ( Cleveland Abbe House) Cleveland Abbe, a prominent meteorologist who became known as the father of the National Weather Service, lived in this house from 1877 to 1909. Previous occupants in the early decades of the 19th century included James ...
DC was founded in June 1994 by Damon Way, Ken Block and Clayton Blehm. [2] It was originally based in Carlsbad, California, but is now based in Huntington Beach, California. [3] DC originally stood for "Droors Clothing," but since the sale of Droors Clothing [when?], DC no longer has ties to Droors and is simply DC Shoes, Inc. [2]
Holt House is an historic house, located on the grounds of the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. Thought to have been built before 1814, it is one of the most important examples of early Neoclassical architecture in the city, and was one of the major houses in the new national capital when it was built. Since 1889, its caretaker has been the ...
Washington, D.C., isn’t so different; its home prices and rents are substantially more costly than the national averages, homelessness recently rose for the first time in five years, and the ...