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

This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in the District of Columbia, of which there are 75. The United States National Historic Landmark program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources according to a list of criteria of national significance.^[1] Washington, D.C. is home to 75 of these landmarks, which reflect the city's status as the national capital. But mixed among the grand government buildings, homes of politicians, military facilities, and museums, the list also includes sites relating to support for the disabled, the Civil Rights Movement, pioneering urban infrastructure, and other historic themes.

The table below lists all 75 of these sites, along with added detail and description.

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[2]	Landmark name[3]	Image	Date designated[3]	Quadrant[4][5]	Description[6]
1	Cleveland Abbe House		01975-05-15 May 15, 1975	NW38°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 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		01965-06-23 June 23, 1965	NW 38°54′39″N 77°02′07″W / 38.910838°N 77.035167°W / 38.910838; -77.035167 (Carnegie Institution)
3	American Federation of Labor Building		01974-05-30 May 30, 1974	38°54′12″N 77°01′28″W / 38.903333°N 77.024444°W / 38.903333; -77.024444 (American Federation of Labor Building)
4	American Peace Society		01974-05-30 May 30, 1974	NW38°53′58″N 77°02′19″W / 38.899444°N 77.038611°W / 38.899444; -77.038611 (American Federation of Labor Building)	Headquarters of the American Peace Society from 1911 to 1948, in LaFayette Square Historic District
5	Anderson House		01996-06-19 June 19, 1996	NW 38°54′39″N 77°02′53″W / 38.91075°N 77.047944°W / 38.91075; -77.047944 (Anderson House)
6	Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel, Frederick Douglas Memorial Hall, Founders Library		02001-01-03 January 3, 2001	NW 38°55′23″N 77°01′15″W / 38.923109°N 77.020726°W / 38.923109; -77.020726 (Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel, Frederick Douglas Memorial Hall, Founders Library)	Three Howard University buildings: Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel, Frederick Douglass Memorial Hall, and Founders Library
7	Army Medical Museum		01965-01-12 January 12, 1965	NW 38°58′37″N 77°01′57″W / 38.976842°N 77.032453°W / 38.976842; -77.032453 (Army Medical Museum)
8	Arts and Industries Building, Smithsonian Institution		01971-11-11 November 11, 1971	SW 38°53′13″N 77°01′29″W / 38.886944°N 77.024722°W / 38.886944; -77.024722 (Arts and Industries Building, Smithsonian Institution)
9	Ashburton House		01973-11-07 November 7, 1973	NW38°54′01″N 77°02′09″W / 38.900278°N 77.035833°W / 38.900278; -77.035833 (Ashburton House)	House on Lafayette Square that was site of 10 months of U.S.-British negotiations leading to the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842. This settled U.S.-Canada border disputes and ended the Aroostook War.
10	Newton D. Baker House		01976-12-08 December 8, 1976	NW38°54′25″N 77°03′37″W / 38.906944°N 77.060278°W / 38.906944; -77.060278 (Newton D. Baker House)
11	Blair House		01973-10-26 October 26, 1973	NW38°53′56″N 77°02′19″W / 38.898889°N 77.038611°W / 38.898889; -77.038611 (Blair House)
12	Borah, William E., Apartment, Windsor Lodge		01976-12-08 December 8, 1976	NW38°55′03″N 77°02′57″W / 38.9175°N 77.049167°W / 38.9175; -77.049167 (William E. Borah Apartment, Windsor Lodge)	The home of William E. Borah, a United States Senator from Idaho and a noted isolationist.
13	Blanche K. Bruce House		01975-05-15 May 15, 1975	NW38°54′21″N 77°01′29″W / 38.905833°N 77.024722°W / 38.905833; -77.024722 (Blanche K. Bruce House)	A home of Blanche K. Bruce, who was an African American Senator from Mississippi.
14	Carnegie Endowment for International Peace		01974-05-30 May 30, 1974	NW38°53′56″N 77°02′19″W / 38.898889°N 77.038611°W / 38.898889; -77.038611 (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)
15	Mary Ann Shadd Cary House		01976-12-08 December 8, 1976	NW38°55′10″N 77°02′08″W / 38.919444°N 77.035556°W / 38.919444; -77.035556 (Mary Ann Shadd Cary House)	A home of writer and abolitionist Mary Ann Shadd Cary
15.5	Congressional Cemetery		02011-06-14 June 14, 2011	Anacostia	Burial place of early city residents and many members of Congress who died in office.
16	District of Columbia City Hall		01960-12-19 December 19, 1960	NW38°53′43″N 77°01′04″W / 38.895278°N 77.017778°W / 38.895278; -77.017778 (District of Columbia City Hall)	Also known as the Old Courthouse, it was renovated and rededicated on June 17, 2009 as the District of Columbia Court of Appeals
17	Constitution Hall		01985-09-16 September 16, 1985	NW38°53′38″N 77°02′24″W / 38.894°N 77.04°W / 38.894; -77.04 (Constitution Hall)
18	Corcoran Gallery and School of Art		01992-04-27 April 27, 1992	NW38°53′45″N 77°02′24″W / 38.89578°N 77.039899°W / 38.89578; -77.039899 (Corcoran Gallery and School of Art)
19	Elliott Coues House		01975-05-15 May 15, 1975	NW38°54′25″N 77°02′24″W / 38.906944°N 77.04°W / 38.906944; -77.04 (Elliott Coues House)	Elliott Coues, a leading 19th century ornithologist, led great expansions of the knowledge of North American bird life, helped found the American Ornithologists' Union in 1883, edited approximately 15 volumes of journals, memoirs, and diaries by famous Western explorers and fur traders. He lived in this house from 1887 until his death in 1899.
20	Decatur House		01960-12-19 December 19, 1960	NW38°53′59″N 77°02′20″W / 38.899706°N 77.038897°W / 38.899706; -77.038897 (Decatur House)	Federal Style house designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe for naval hero Stephen Decatur across Lafayette Square from the White House. During 1827-1833 was home to successive Secretaries of State Henry Clay, Martin Van Buren, and Judah P. Benjamin.
21	Franklin School		01996-06-19 June 19, 1996	NW38°54′08″N 77°01′47″W / 38.902222°N 77.029722°W / 38.902222; -77.029722 (Franklin School)	A nineteenth-century school, site of Alexander Graham Bell's experiments with the photophone.
22	Gallaudet College Historic District		01965-12-21 December 21, 1965	NE38°54′26″N 76°59′35″W / 38.907222°N 76.993056°W / 38.907222; -76.993056 (Gallaudet College Historic District)	The world's first college for the education of the deaf and hard of hearing.
23	General Federation of Women's Clubs Headquarters		01991-12-04 December 4, 1991	NW38°54′25″N 77°02′25″W / 38.906944°N 77.040278°W / 38.906944; -77.040278 (General Federation of Women's Clubs Headquarters)
24	General Post Office		01971-11-11 November 11, 1971	NW38°53′48″N 77°01′22″W / 38.896667°N 77.022778°W / 38.896667; -77.022778 (General Post Office)	This post office is a fine example of restrained Neoclassical design. Built in phases between 1839 and 1866, the building features beautiful scaling and fine details.
25	Georgetown Historic District		01967-05-28 May 28, 1967	NW38°54′34″N 77°03′54″W / 38.909444°N 77.065°W / 38.909444; -77.065 (Georgetown Historic District) [7]
26	Samuel Gompers House		01974-05-30 May 30, 1974	NW38°55′02″N 77°00′46″W / 38.917222°N 77.012778°W / 38.917222; -77.012778 (Samuel Gompers House)	Samuel Gompers was president of the American Federation of Labor from 1886 until his death in 1924. Gompers helped found the AFL, and vigorously pursued its three goals of higher wages, shorter hours, and better working conditions for American workers. He lived in this three-story brick rowhouse from 1902 to 1917.
27	Charlotte Forten Grimke House		01976-05-11 May 11, 1976	NW38°54′45″N 77°02′13″W / 38.9125°N 77.036944°W / 38.9125; -77.036944 (Charlotte Forten Grimke House)	A home of Charlotte Forten Grimke, a prominent Abolitionist and educator.
28	Healy Hall, Georgetown University		01987-12-23 December 23, 1987	NW38°54′26″N 77°04′23″W / 38.907242°N 77.072981°W / 38.907242; -77.072981 (Healy Hall, Georgetown University) [7]	This large-scale High Victorian Gothic structure is the most prominent building on the Georgetown University campus and a picturesque landmark for all Georgetown. Built from 1877 through 1879, its construction marked the evolution of the school toward true university status.
29	General Oliver Otis Howard House		01974-05-30 May 30, 1974	NW38°55′23″N 77°01′20″W / 38.923056°N 77.022222°W / 38.923056; -77.022222 (General Oliver Otis Howard House)	Located on Howard University campus, a home of Union general and Howard founder Oliver O. Howard.
30	Charles Evans Hughes House		01972-11-28 November 28, 1972	NW38°54′45″N 77°02′58″W / 38.9125°N 77.049444°W / 38.9125; -77.049444 (Charles Evans Hughes House)	Charles Evans Hughes was a leader in the progressive movement, and 1916 presidential candidate. He held office as Associate Justice and Chief Justice of the United States, as well as multiple executive positions under several Presidents. He lived in this house from 1930 until his death in 1948.
31	Hiram W. Johnson House		01976-12-08 December 8, 1976	NE38°53′29″N 77°00′18″W / 38.891389°N 77.005°W / 38.891389; -77.005 (Hiram W. Johnson House)
32	Lafayette Building		02005-09-01 September 1, 2005	NW38°54′07″N 77°02′05″W / 38.901988°N 77.034588°W / 38.901988; -77.034588 (Lafayette Building)	Home of Reconstruction Finance Corporation which helped finance the buildup for World War II.
33	Lafayette Square Historic District		01970-08-29 August 29, 1970	NW [7]	District including LaFayette Park, near the White House.
34	Library of Congress		01965-12-21 December 21, 1965	SE38°53′20″N 77°00′16″W / 38.888841°N 77.004531°W / 38.888841; -77.004531 (Library of Congress)
35	Andrew Mellon Building		01976-05-11 May 11, 1976	NW38°54′33″N 77°02′30″W / 38.909167°N 77.041667°W / 38.909167; -77.041667 (Andrew Mellon Building)	A residence of Andrew W. Mellon.
36	Memorial Continental Hall		01972-11-28 November 28, 1972	NW38°53′37″N 77°02′25″W / 38.893611°N 77.040278°W / 38.893611; -77.040278 (Memorial Continental Hall)
37	Meridian Hill Park		01994-04-19 April 19, 1994	NW38°55′16″N 77°02′08″W / 38.921236°N 77.035611°W / 38.921236; -77.035611 (Meridian Hill Park)
38	National Training School for Women and Girls		01991-07-17 July 17, 1991	NE38°53′46″N 76°55′48″W / 38.896092°N 76.930031°W / 38.896092; -76.930031 (National Training School for Women and Girls)
39	National War College		01972-11-28 November 28, 1972	SW [8]
40	Octagon House		01960-12-19 December 19, 1960	NW38°53′46″N 77°02′30″W / 38.896089°N 77.041675°W / 38.896089; -77.041675 (Octagon House)	Plantation owner's home lent to President Madison after the Burning of Washington in 1814.
41	Old Naval Observatory		01965-01-12 January 12, 1965	NW38°53′42″N 77°03′07″W / 38.895°N 77.051944°W / 38.895; -77.051944 (Old Naval Observatory)	The original US Naval Observatory, current home of the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; closed to the public.
42	Old Patent Office		01965-01-12 January 12, 1965	NW38°53′52″N 77°01′23″W / 38.89778°N 77.022936°W / 38.89778; -77.022936 (Old Patent Office)	Current home of the National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
43	Pension Building		01985-02-04 February 4, 1985	NW38°53′51″N 77°01′05″W / 38.8975°N 77.018056°W / 38.8975; -77.018056 (Pension Building)
44	Frances Perkins House		01992-07-17 July 17, 1992	NW38°54′55″N 77°03′07″W / 38.915278°N 77.051944°W / 38.915278; -77.051944 (Frances Perkins House)	A home of Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor and the first woman to serve in the United States Cabinet.
45	Philadelphia (gundelo)		01961-01-20 January 20, 1961	NW	Philadelphia, the only remaining American gunboat from the Revolutionary War, sank in a battle on Lake Champlain in 1776. It was salvaged in remarkably good condition in 1935 and now resides at the National Museum of American History.
46	Red Cross (American National) Headquarters		01965-06-23 June 23, 1965	NW38°53′41″N 77°02′26″W / 38.894722°N 77.040556°W / 38.894722; -77.040556 (Red Cross (American National) Headquarters)
47	Renwick Gallery		01971-11-11 November 11, 1971	NW38°53′56″N 77°02′22″W / 38.898867°N 77.039447°W / 38.898867; -77.039447 (Renwick Gallery)
48	Zalmon Richards House		01965-12-21 December 21, 1965	NW38°54′42″N 77°01′49″W / 38.911667°N 77.030278°W / 38.911667; -77.030278 (Zalmon Richards House)	A home of National Education Association founder Zalmon Richards.
49	St. Elizabeth's Hospital		01990-12-14 December 14, 1990	SE38°50′57″N 76°59′23″W / 38.8492°N 76.9896°W / 38.8492; -76.9896 (St. Elizabeth's Hospital)
50	St. John's Church		01960-12-19 December 19, 1960	NW38°54′01″N 77°02′07″W / 38.900278°N 77.035278°W / 38.900278; -77.035278 (St. John's Church)
51	St. Luke's Episcopal Church		01976-05-11 May 11, 1976	NW38°54′37″N 77°02′05″W / 38.910278°N 77.034722°W / 38.910278; -77.034722 (St. Luke's Episcopal Church)	The first African-American Episcopal church in Washington, DC.
52	Sequoia (presidential yacht)		01987-12-23 December 23, 1987	SE	The former Presidential yacht, moored at the Washington Marina
53	Sewall-Belmont House		01974-05-30 May 30, 1974	NE38°53′31″N 77°00′13″W / 38.891944°N 77.003611°W / 38.891944; -77.003611 (Sewall-Belmont House)	Headquarters of the National Women's Party and home to a museum of the Suffrage movement.
54	Smithsonian Institution Building		01965-01-12 January 12, 1965	SW38°53′19″N 77°01′35″W / 38.888589°N 77.026392°W / 38.888589; -77.026392 (Smithsonian Institution Building)
55	John Philip Sousa Junior High School		02001-08-07 August 7, 2001	SE	In 1950, eleven black students were denied admission to the newly constructed all-white Sousa school. This action was eventually overturned in the landmark 1954 Supreme Court decision in Bolling v. Sharpe, which made segregated public schools illegal in the District of Columbia. This defeat of the principle of "separate but equal" was a significant landmark in the modern Civil Rights Movement.
56	State, War, and Navy Building		01971-11-11 November 11, 1971	NW38°53′51″N 77°02′21″W / 38.897567°N 77.039147°W / 38.897567; -77.039147 (State, War, and Navy Building)
57	Supreme Court Building		01987-05-04 May 4, 1987	NE38°53′27″N 77°00′16″W / 38.890833°N 77.004444°W / 38.890833; -77.004444 (Supreme Court Building)
58	Mary Church Terrell House		01975-05-15 May 15, 1975	NW38°54′56″N 77°01′00″W / 38.915556°N 77.016667°W / 38.915556; -77.016667 (Mary Church Terrell House)	A home of Mary Church Terrell, abolitionist and first African-American woman to serve on a school board.
59	Tudor Place		01960-12-19 December 19, 1960	NW38°54′39″N 77°03′48″W / 38.910808°N 77.063339°W / 38.910808; -77.063339 (Tudor Place)	A home, designed by Capitol designer Dr. William Thornton, and containing a collection of artifacts of George Washington and Martha Washington.
60	Twelfth Street YMCA Building		01994-10-12 October 12, 1994	NW38°54′53″N 77°02′25″W / 38.914722°N 77.040278°W / 38.914722; -77.040278 (Twelfth Street YMCA Building)	NHRP 83003523. The earliest "Y" built by and expressly for African Americans.
61	Oscar W. Underwood House		01960-12-19 December 19, 1960	NW38°53′53″N 77°02′43″W / 38.898056°N 77.045278°W / 38.898056; -77.045278 (Oscar W. Underwood House)	A home of Oscar W. Underwood, United States Senator from Alabama.
62	United Mine Workers of America Building		02005-04-05 April 5, 2005	NW38°54′08″N 77°02′13″W / 38.902222°N 77.036944°W / 38.902222; -77.036944 (United Mine Workers of America Building)
63	United States Capitol		01960-12-19 December 19, 1960	NW, NE, SE, SW 38°53′23″N 77°00′32″W / 38.889722°N 77.008889°W / 38.889722; -77.008889 (United States Capitol)[7]
64	United States Department of the Treasury		01971-11-11 November 11, 1971	NW
65	United States Marine Corps Barracks and Commandant's House		01976-05-11 May 11, 1976	SE
66	United States Soldier's Home		01973-11-07 November 7, 1973	NW38°56′30″N 77°00′42″W / 38.941667°N 77.011667°W / 38.941667; -77.011667 (United States Soldier's Home)
67	Volta Bureau		01972-11-28 November 28, 1972	NW38°54′34″N 77°04′09″W / 38.909444°N 77.069167°W / 38.909444; -77.069167 (Volta Bureau)	Founded in 1887 by Alexander Graham Bell "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge relating to the Deaf"; merged with the American Association for the Promotion and Teaching of Speech to the Deaf in 1908, and operates today as the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
68	Washington Aqueduct		01973-11-07 November 7, 1973	NW (and Montgomery County, Maryland)
69	Washington Navy Yard		01976-05-11 May 11, 1976	SE38°52′24″N 76°59′49″W / 38.873333°N 76.996944°W / 38.873333; -76.996944 (Washington Navy Yard)
70	White House		01960-12-19 December 19, 1960	NW38°53′52″N 77°02′12″W / 38.89767°N 77.03655°W / 38.89767; -77.03655 (White House)	Residence of the President of the United States
71	David White House		01976-01-07 January 7, 1976	NW38°55′32″N 77°02′04″W / 38.925556°N 77.034444°W / 38.925556; -77.034444 (David White House)	Geologist David White of the United States Geological Survey lived in this house from 1910 to 1925. His researches into the distribution of petroleum resources became essential to the oil industry.
72	Woodrow Wilson House		01964-07-19 July 19, 1964	NW38°54′51″N 77°03′05″W / 38.9141°N 77.05141°W / 38.9141; -77.05141 (Woodrow Wilson House)	A home of Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States.
73	Carter G. Woodson House Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site		01976-05-11 May 11, 1976	NW38°54′36″N 77°01′27″W / 38.91°N 77.024167°W / 38.91; -77.024167 (Carter G. Woodson House)	A home of Carter G. Woodson, the "Father of Black History".
74	Robert Simpson Woodward House		01976-01-07 January 7, 1976	NW38°54′32″N 77°02′11″W / 38.908889°N 77.036389°W / 38.908889; -77.036389 (Robert Simpson Woodward House)	From 1904 to 1914, this was the home of Robert Simpson Woodward, the first President of the Carnegie Institution during the same period. Woodward had made his name as a leading geologist and mathematician.

Historic areas administered by the National Park Service

National Historic Sites, National Historical Parks, National Memorials, and certain other areas listed in the National Park system are historic landmarks of national importance that are highly protected already, often before the inauguration of the NHL program in 1960, and are then often not also named NHLs per se. There are fifteen of these in the District of Columbia. The National Park Service lists these 15 together with the NHLs in the state,^[9] The Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site and the White House are also NHLs and are listed above. The remaining 13 are:

	Landmark name	Image	Date established[10]	Quadrant	Description
1	Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial		01977-05-02 May 2, 1977	NW
2	Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park				(shared with Maryland and Virginia)
3	Ford's Theatre National Historic Site
4	Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
5	Korean War Veterans Memorial
6	Lincoln Memorial
7	Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac
8	Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
9	Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site
10	Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
11	Thomas Jefferson Memorial
12	Vietnam Veterans Memorial
13	Washington Monument

Former NHLs

There are no NHL places that were de-designated within Washington, D.C. There have been NHL ships that were located here and were moved away.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington, D.C.
• List of U.S. National Historic Landmarks by state
• Historic preservation
• National Register of Historic Places
• History of Washington, D.C.

References

1. ^ National Park Service. "National Historic Landmarks Program: Questions and Answers". http://www.nps.gov/nhl/QA.htm. Retrieved 2007-09-21. 
2. ^ Numbers represent an ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate the National Monuments, National Historic Sites, National Historic Landmark Districts and other higher designations from other NHL buildings, structures, sites or objects.
3. ^ ^{a b} National Park Service (June 2011). "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State" (PDF). http://www.cr.nps.gov/nhl/designations/Lists/LIST11.pdf. Retrieved 2011-07-04. .
4. ^ National Park Service. "National Historic Landmark Program: NHL Database". http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/default.cfm. Retrieved 2007-07-07. 
5. ^ National Park Service. "National Register Information System". Archived from the original on 2007-06-11. http://web.archive.org/web/20070611162312/http://www.cr.nps.gov/NR/research/nris.htm. Retrieved 2007-07-07. 
6. ^ National Park Service. "National Historic Landmark Program: NHL Database". http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/default.cfm.  Retrieved on various dates.
7. ^ ^{a b c d} National Park Service (1989). Washington DC: A Traveler's Guide to the District of Columbia and Nearby Attractions. Washington, D.C.: Division of Publications, National Park Service. ISBN 0-912627-36-0. 
8. ^ National War College. "Contact Information". NDU Internet. National Defense University. Archived from the original on 2007-07-01. http://web.archive.org/web/20070701140244/http://www.ndu.edu/nwc/contactinfo/. Retrieved 2007-07-18. 
9. ^ These are listed on p.111 of "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State"
10. ^ Date of listing as National Monument or similar designation, from various sources in articles indexed.

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