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  2. List of National Historic Landmarks in Washington, D.C.

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    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 ...

  3. National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington, D.C.

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    Civil War Monuments in Washington, DC: SE, NE, Upper NW, and Central. Capitol Hill Historic District: SE, NE, and Central. Dumbarton Bridge: Upper NW and Western NW. East Corner Boundary Marker of the Original District of Columbia: SE and NE. Massachusetts Avenue Historic District: Upper NW and Western NW. Mount Vernon Square Historic District ...

  4. Lafayette Square Historic District, Washington, D.C. - Wikipedia

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    The Lafayette Square Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District in Washington, D.C., encompassing a portion of the original L'Enfant Plan for the city's core. It includes the 7-acre (2.8 ha) Lafayette Square portion of President's Park, all of the buildings facing it except the White House, and the buildings flanking the White ...

  5. Washington Monument - Wikipedia

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    Print of the proposed Washington Monument by architect Robert Mills, c. 1845 –1848 Bronze statue of George Washington in the monument's western alcove. George Washington (1732–1799), hailed as the father of his country, and as the leader who was "first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen", as Maj. Gen. 'Light-Horse Harry' Lee eulogized at Washington's December ...

  6. Lincoln Memorial - Wikipedia

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    The Lincoln Memorial is a U.S. national memorial that honors the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln.An example of neoclassicism, it is in the form of a classical temple and is located at the western end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Henry Bacon is the memorial's architect and Daniel Chester French designed the large interior statue of a seated Abraham Lincoln (1920 ...

  7. Jefferson Memorial - Wikipedia

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    Jefferson Memorial. /  38.88139°N 77.036528°W  / 38.88139; -77.036528. The Jefferson Memorial is a national memorial in Washington, D.C., built in honor of Thomas Jefferson, the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence, a central intellectual force behind the American Revolution, a founder of the Democratic ...

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