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1⁄2 in) Location. Formerly east façade of the United States Capitol. (In storage), Washington, D.C. The Discovery of America is a large marble sculptural group, created by Luigi Persico, which adorned the front of the east façade of the United States Capitol building from 1844 to 1958, before being put into storage.
Added to NRHP. March 24, 1969. The Renwick Gallery is a branch of the Smithsonian American Art Museum located in Washington, D.C. that displays American craft and decorative arts from the 19th to 21st century. The gallery is housed in a National Historic Landmark building that was opened in 1859 on Pennsylvania Avenue and originally housed the ...
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 ...
Coordinates: 38°53′24″N 77°0′32.4″W. The dome of the United States Capitol building at night in 2006. The United States Capitol features a dome situated above its rotunda. The dome is 288 feet (88 m) in height and 96 feet (29 m) in diameter. [ 1] Designed by Thomas U. Walter, the fourth Architect of the Capitol, it was constructed ...
The Freer Gallery of Art is an art museum of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. focusing on Asian art. The Freer and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery together form the National Museum of Asian Art in the United States. [ 2 ] The Freer and Sackler galleries house the largest Asian art research library in the country and contain art ...
Exorcist. steps. Coordinates: 38°54′19.96″N 77°4′12.59″W. The Exorcist steps are concrete stairs, continuing 36th Street, [ 1] descending from the corner of Prospect St and 36th St NW, down to a small parking lot, set back from the intersection of M Street NW, Canal Rd NW, and Whitehurst Freeway NW in the Georgetown neighborhood of ...
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] On March 8, 2004, DC Shoes was acquired by Quiksilver in an $87 million transaction. [4] [5] In 2010, DC Shoes moved from Vista, California, to Quiksilver's headquarters in Huntington Beach. [6]
Previous occupants in the early decades of the 19th century included James Monroe and the British legation. Built ca. 1802 to 1805, this is a fine example of the Federal style of residential architecture . 2. Administration Building, Carnegie Institution of Washington. Administration Building, Carnegie Institution of Washington.