1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW (btwn 15th St NW & 17th St NW), Вашингтон, D.C.
Правительственное здание · Подсказок и отзывов: 509
HISTORY: Completed in 1800, The White House is the oldest public building in Washington, DC and has been the home of every president except George Washington.
Здание суда · Northeast Washington · Подсказок и отзывов: 51
HISTORY: After the federal government was established in Washington, the court was housed in a basement room in the US Capitol until 1929, when Chief Justice Taft argued successfully for their own building.
101 Independence Ave SE (btwn 1st & 2nd St SE), Вашингтон, D.C.
Библиотека · Southeast Washington · Подсказок и отзывов: 186
HISTORY: Created in 1800 the library is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution & the largest library in the world. In 1815 Thomas Jefferson sold his entire personal collection of books to the library
Законодательное собрание · Northwest Washington · Подсказок и отзывов: 205
HISTORY: The Capitol is among the most architecturally impressive and symbolically important buildings in the world. Begun in 1793, the Capitol has been built, burnt, rebuilt, extended, and restored.
Памятник · Northwest Washington · Подсказок и отзывов: 9
HISTORY: This memorial consists of 56 stones, each with the signature, occupation and hometown of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
6th St and Constitution Ave NW (at Constitution Ave NW), Вашингтон, D.C.
Музей искусств · Northwest Washington · Подсказок и отзывов: 155
HISTORY: Opened in 1941, this museum, founded by financier Andrew Mellon, has some 116,000 works of Western art dating from the Middle Ages to the modern era.
W Potomac Park (btwn Lincoln & World War II Memorials), Вашингтон, D.C.
Фонтан · Southwest Washington · Подсказок и отзывов: 76
HISTORY: The pool, measuring some 2,000 feet long, was built soon after the 1922 dedication of the Lincoln Memorial; both were designed by architect Henry Bacon.
1500 Pennsylvania Ave NW (at 15th St NW), Вашингтон, D.C.
Правительственное здание · Northwest Washington · Подсказок и отзывов: 24
HISTORY: The current building was designed by Robert Mills and constructed over a 33-year period beginning in 1836. It is the oldest departmental building in Washington.
Исторический музей · Southwest Washington · Подсказок и отзывов: 258
HISTORY: Opened in 1993, this museum is devoted to the history of the Holocaust, the state-sponsored murder of 6 million Jews in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945.
400 W Basin Drive SW (at Ohio Dr SW), Вашингтон, D.C.
Памятник · Southwest Washington · Подсказок и отзывов: 108
HISTORY: This tribute features outdoor galleries, statues and inscriptions meant to represent the 32nd U.S. president’s time in office, from 1933 to 1945.
Памятник · Southwest Washington · Подсказок и отзывов: 145
HISTORY: President Roosevelt asked the Commission of Fine Arts about the possibility of erecting a memorial to Thomas Jefferson. Construction went from 1938-43, & Roosevelt laid the first cornerstone himself.
800 G St. NW (8th and F Streets, NW), Вашингтон, D.C.
Музей искусств · Downtown-Penn Quarter-Chinatown · Подсказок и отзывов: 86
Smithsonian: Take one of the daily docent-led tours or behind the scenes tour of the Lunder Conservation Ctr (Wed @ 3). Short on time? Stop by the Info Desk to get the Ten Highlights self-guided tour
Музей искусств · Downtown-Penn Quarter-Chinatown · Подсказок и отзывов: 183
Smithsonian: Check out American Presidents for portraits of the 43 presidents of the U.S., incl. the greatest historical painting in our nation's history, Gilbert Stuart's "Lansdowne" portrait of George Washington