Jul 16, 2018 | {Archived & Historical}, Historic Preservation
The West Heating Plant, an Art Moderne building completed in 1946, was designed by the Supervising Architect of the Federal Public Buildings and competed in 1946 in the Art Moderne Style. In 2013, as surplus property and as a contributing building to the Georgetown...
Feb 19, 2018 | Active, Historic Preservation
The Lincoln Memorial opened to the public in 1922 as the monumental western terminus of the National Mall. The Greek temple-style structure, built of Colorado marble, was designed by architect Henry Bacon to house Daniel Chester French’s massive seated sculpture...
Oct 27, 2016 | {Archived & Historical}, Historic Preservation
This 11.8-acre site, encompasses 11 historic buildings, located on 23rd Street, NW, across from the Department of State’s headquarters, is one of the highest points in the city’s original plan and became the home of the country’s original Naval Observatory, completed...
Mar 30, 2016 | Active, Historic Preservation
Located in northwest Washington between 16th Street and Georgia Avenue, the 113-acre Walter Reed Campus was one of the most famous military facilities in the United States. Its hospital opened its doors in 1909 to ten patients, and fourteen years later Gen. John J....
