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

The District of Columbia, capital of the United States, is home to 74 National Historic Landmarks. The 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. The city's landmarks reflect its status as the national capital, including 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.

Current NHLs

	Landmark name	Image	Date designated	Quadrant	Description
1	Cleveland Abbe House		May 15, 1975	NW38°54′05″N 77°02′46″W	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		June 23, 1965	NW 38°54′39″N 77°02′07″W
3	American Federation of Labor Building		May 30, 1974	NW 38°54′12″N 77°01′28″W
4	American Peace Society		May 30, 1974	NW38°53′58″N 77°02′19″W	Headquarters of the American Peace Society from 1911 to 1948, in LaFayette Square Historic District
5	Anderson House		June 19, 1996	NW 38.91075°N 77.047944°W / 38.91075; -77.047944 (Anderson House)
6	Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel, Frederick Douglas Memorial Hall, Founders Library, Howard University		January 3, 2001	NW 38°55′23″N 77°01′15″W	Three Howard University buildings: Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel, Frederick Douglass Memorial Hall, and Founders Library
7	Arts and Industries Building, Smithsonian Institution		November 11, 1971	SW 38°53′13″N 77°01′29″W
8	Ashburton House		November 7, 1973	NW38°54′01″N 77°02′09″W	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.
9	Newton D. Baker House		December 8, 1976	NW38°54′25″N 77°03′37″W
10	Blair House		October 26, 1973	NW38°53′56″N 77°02′19″W
11	William E. Borah Apartment, Windsor Lodge		December 8, 1976	NW38°55′03″N 77°02′57″W	The home of William E. Borah, a United States Senator from Idaho and a noted isolationist.
12	Blanche K. Bruce House		May 15, 1975	NW38°54′21″N 77°01′29″W	A home of Blanche K. Bruce, who was an African American Senator from Mississippi.
13	Carnegie Endowment for International Peace		May 30, 1974	NW38°53′56″N 77°02′19″W
14	Mary Ann Shadd Cary House		December 8, 1976	NW38°55′10″N 77°02′08″W	A home of writer and abolitionist Mary Ann Shadd Cary
15	City Hall / D.C. Courthouse		December 19, 1960	NW38°53′43″N 77°01′04″W	Also known as the Old Courthouse, it was renovated and rededicated on June 17, 2009 as the District of Columbia Court of Appeals
16	Congressional Cemetery		June 14, 2011	Anacostia38°52′52″N 76°58′38″W	Burial place of early city residents and many members of Congress who died in office.
17	Constitution Hall		September 16, 1985	NW38°53′38″N 77°02′24″W
18	Corcoran Gallery and Corcoran School Of Art		April 27, 1992	NW38°53′45″N 77°02′24″W
19	Elliott Coues House		May 15, 1975	NW38°54′25″N 77°02′24″W	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		December 19, 1960	NW38°53′59″N 77°02′20″W	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		June 19, 1996	NW38°54′08″N 77°01′47″W	A nineteenth-century school, site of Alexander Graham Bell's experiments with the photophone.
22	Gallaudet College Historic District		December 21, 1965	NE38°54′26″N 76°59′35″W	The world's first college for the education of the deaf and hard of hearing.
23	General Federation of Women's Clubs Headquarters		December 4, 1991	NW38°54′25″N 77°02′25″W
24	General Post Office		November 11, 1971	NW38°53′48″N 77°01′22″W	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		May 28, 1967	NW38°54′34″N 77°03′54″W
26	Samuel Gompers House		May 30, 1974	NW38°55′02″N 77°00′46″W	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		May 11, 1976	NW38°54′45″N 77°02′13″W	A home of Charlotte Forten Grimke, a prominent Abolitionist and educator.
28	Healy Hall, Georgetown University		December 23, 1987	NW38°54′26″N 77°04′23″W	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		May 30, 1974	NW38°55′23″N 77°01′20″W	Located on Howard University campus, a home of Union general and Howard founder Oliver O. Howard.
30	Charles Evans Hughes House		November 28, 1972	NW38°54′45″N 77°02′58″W	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		December 8, 1976	NE38°53′29″N 77°00′18″W
32	Lafayette Building		September 1, 2005	NW38°54′07″N 77°02′05″W	Home of Reconstruction Finance Corporation which helped finance the buildup for World War II.
33	Lafayette Square Historic District		August 29, 1970	NW38°53′59″N 77°02′12″W	District including LaFayette Square Park, surrounding but excluding the White House.
34	Library Of Congress		December 21, 1965	SE38°53′20″N 77°00′16″W
35	Andrew Mellon Building		May 11, 1976	NW38°54′33″N 77°02′30″W	A residence of Andrew W. Mellon.
36	Memorial Continental Hall		November 28, 1972	NW38°53′37″N 77°02′25″W
37	Meridian Hill Park		April 19, 1994	NW38°55′16″N 77°02′08″W
38	National Training School For Women And Girls		July 17, 1991	NE38°53′46″N 76°55′48″W
39	National War College		November 28, 1972	SW38°51′48″N 77°01′01″W
40	Octagon House		December 19, 1960	NW38°53′46″N 77°02′30″W	Plantation owner's home lent to President Madison after the Burning of Washington in 1814.
41	Old Naval Observatory		January 12, 1965	NW38°53′42″N 77°03′07″W	The original US Naval Observatory, current home of the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; closed to the public.
42	Old Patent Office		January 12, 1965	NW38°53′52″N 77°01′23″W	Current home of the National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
43	Pension Building		February 4, 1985	NW38°53′51″N 77°01′05″W
44	Frances Perkins House		July 17, 1992	NW38°54′55″N 77°03′07″W	A home of Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor and the first woman to serve in the United States Cabinet.
45	PHILADELPHIA (Gundelo)		January 20, 1961	NW38°53′28″N 77°01′46″W	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		June 23, 1965	NW38°53′41″N 77°02′26″W
47	Renwick Gallery		November 11, 1971	NW38°53′56″N 77°02′22″W
48	Zalmon Richards House		December 21, 1965	NW38°54′42″N 77°01′49″W	A home of National Education Association founder Zalmon Richards.
49	St. Elizabeth's Hospital		December 14, 1990	SE38°50′57″N 76°59′23″W
50	St. John's Church		December 19, 1960	NW38°54′01″N 77°02′07″W
51	St. Luke's Episcopal Church		May 11, 1976	NW38°54′37″N 77°02′05″W	The first African-American Episcopal church in Washington, DC.
52	SEQUOIA (Yacht)		December 23, 1987	SE38°52′32″N 77°01′20″W	The former Presidential yacht, moored at the Washington Marina
53	Sewall-Belmont House		May 30, 1974	NE38°53′31″N 77°00′13″W	Headquarters of the National Women's Party and home to a museum of the Suffrage movement.
54	Smithsonian Institution Building		January 12, 1965	SW38°53′19″N 77°01′35″W
55	John Philip Sousa Junior High School		August 7, 2001	SE38°53′01″N 76°57′09″W	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		November 11, 1971	NW38°53′51″N 77°02′21″W
57	Supreme Court Building		May 4, 1987	NE38°53′27″N 77°00′16″W
58	Mary Church Terrell House		May 15, 1975	NW38°54′56″N 77°01′00″W	A home of Mary Church Terrell, abolitionist and first African-American woman to serve on a school board.
59	Tudor Place		December 19, 1960	NW38°54′39″N 77°03′48″W	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		October 12, 1994	NW38°54′53″N 77°02′25″W	NHRP 83003523. The earliest "Y" built by and expressly for African Americans.
61	Oscar W. Underwood House		December 19, 1960	NW38°53′53″N 77°02′43″W	A home of Oscar W. Underwood, United States Senator from Alabama.
62	United Mine Workers of America Building		April 5, 2005	NW38°54′08″N 77°02′13″W
63	United States Capitol		December 19, 1960	NW, NE, SE, SW 38°53′23″N 77°00′32″W
64	United States Department of the Treasury		November 11, 1971	NW38°53′51″N 77°02′03″W
65	United States Marine Corps Barrack and Commandant's House		May 11, 1976	SE38°52′49″N 76°59′38″W
66	United States Soldier's Home		November 7, 1973	NW38°56′30″N 77°00′42″W
67	Volta Bureau		November 28, 1972	NW38°54′34″N 77°04′09″W	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		November 7, 1973	NW38°56′15″N 77°06′51″W	Extends into Montgomery County, Maryland.
69	Washington Navy Yard		May 11, 1976	SE38°52′24″N 76°59′49″W
70	White House		December 19, 1960	NW38°53′52″N 77°02′12″W	Residence of the President of the United States
71	David White House		January 7, 1976	NW38°55′32″N 77°02′04″W	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		July 19, 1964	NW38°54′51″N 77°03′05″W	A home of Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States.
73	Carter G. Woodson House		May 11, 1976	NW38°54′36″N 77°01′27″W	A home of Carter G. Woodson, the "Father of Black History".
74	Robert Simpson Woodward House		January 7, 1976	NW38°54′32″N 77°02′11″W	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.

Moved NHLs

There are no delisted NHLs in Washington, D.C. Ships that are designated NHLs have previously been located in Washington, but have been moved elsewhere, and the Army Medical Museum and Library collection has been relocated to Maryland.

	Landmark name	Image	Date designated	Date moved	Quadrant	Description
1	Army Medical Museum and Library		January 12, 1965	1988	NW 38°58′37″N 77°01′57″W	The listed building was demolished in 1969; the museum collection and library are now part of the National Museum of Health and Medicine, and are based in Silver Spring, Maryland. The landmark designation is under evaluation.

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.

External links

• National Historic Landmark Program at the National Park Service
• Lists of National Historic Landmarks
• Washington, DC, a National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary