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    The U.S. Capitol Gatehouses and Gateposts — designed circa 1827 by celebrated architect Charles Bulfinch — originally stood on the grounds of the United...
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    States Capitol features a dome situated above its rotunda. The dome is 288 feet (88 m) in height and 96 feet (29 m) in diameter. Designed by Thomas U. Walter...
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    about 100 secret offices in the U.S. Capitol building used by members of the Senate and by a few senior members of the U.S. House of Representatives. Their...
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    States Capitol Complex in Washington, D.C., consists of three underground electric people mover systems that connect the United States Capitol to several...
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    States Capitol building features a central rotunda below the Capitol dome. Built between 1818 and 1824, the rotunda has been described as the Capitol's "symbolic...
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    (steps and portions of Washington's tomb) National Capitol Columns Pohick Church U.S. Capitol (old portion) U.S. Capitol Gatehouses and Gateposts U.S. Treasury...
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    tourists and an expansion space for the U.S. Congress. It is located below the landscaped tree-shaded grounds of the East Front of the Capitol and its plaza...
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    "History of the U.S. Capitol Building". Architect of the Capitol. Savage, Kirk (2009). Monument Wars: Washington, D.C., the National Mall, and the Transformation...
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    America's entry into World War II, in December 1941, the U.S. Senate authorized the Architect of the Capitol (then the seventh Architect, David Lynn (1873-1961...
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    Cannon House Office Building (category Carrère and Hastings buildings)
    site south of the United States Capitol bounded by Independence Avenue, First Street, New Jersey Avenue, and C Street S.E. In 1962 the building was named...
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    The Rescue (sculpture) (category United States Capitol statues)
    previously been commissioned by the U.S. government to create a massive sculpture, George Washington (1832–1841) for the Capitol rotunda, also now removed from...
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    building for the U.S. House of Representatives in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C., between South Capitol Street and First Street. Rayburn...
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    Congressional office buildings (category United States Capitol)
    States Capitol. The congressional office buildings are part of the Capitol Complex, and are thus under the authority of the Architect of the Capitol and protected...
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    building is located south of the Capitol, bounded by Independence Avenue, New Jersey Avenue, C Street S.E., and South Capitol Street, in southeast Washington...
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    Russell Senate Office Building (category Carrère and Hastings buildings)
    the Capitol Edward Clark to draw plans for fireproof office buildings adjacent to the Capitol grounds. In March 1903 the acquisition of sites and construction...
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    Ford House Office Building (category Capitol Hill)
    of the five office buildings containing U.S. House of Representatives staff in Washington, D.C., on Capitol Hill. The Ford House Office Building is the...
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    National Mall (redirect from Capitol mall)
    of the Liberators The Ellipse Theodore Roosevelt Island U.S. Capitol Gatehouses and Gateposts White House (on a line directly north of the Washington...
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    The Discovery of America (sculpture) (category United States Capitol statues)
    Pisa and Carrara, and it was transported to the U.S. upon completion. It was exhibited at the Capitol's east façade from 1844 until 1958, when it was removed...
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    Surrender of General Burgoyne (category Paintings in the United States Capitol)
    artist John Trumbull. The painting was completed in 1821 and hangs in the United States Capitol rotunda in Washington, D.C. The painting depicts the surrender...
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    Charles Bulfinch (category Architects of the United States Capitol)
    College (1821-1822), original building, Washington, D.C. U.S. Capitol Gatehouses and Gateposts (1827), Washington, D.C. Maine State House (1832), Augusta...
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    O'Neill House Office Building (category United States Department of Health and Human Services)
    O'Neill Jr. (1912-1994), and located at 200 C Street Southwest in the Southwest Federal Center district, at the foot of Capitol Hill. The O'Neill building...
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    James Madison Memorial Building (category Capitol Hill)
    three United States Capitol Complex buildings that house the Library of Congress. The building was constructed from 1971 to 1976, and serves as the official...
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    The National Statuary Hall Collection in the United States Capitol is composed of statues donated by individual states to honor persons notable in their...
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    John Adams Building (category Capitol Hill)
    Center "John Adams Building". Architect of the Capitol - United States Capitol. Retrieved August 29, 2018. U.S. Statutes at Large. (P.L. 71-354). 46 Stat...
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    Surrender of Lord Cornwallis (category Paintings in the United States Capitol)
    which was completed in 1820, now hangs in the rotunda of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. The painting depicts the surrender of British Lieutenant...
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    the Washington Monument. The relocated U.S. Capitol Gatehouses and Gateposts are at Constitution Avenue NW and 15th Street NW. East of the grounds of...
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    O'Neill House Office Building (1947) (category Capitol Hill)
    Building was a congressional office building located near the United States Capitol at 301 C Street SE in Washington, D.C. Initially known as House Office...
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  • Mary Pickford Theater (category Cinemas and movie theaters in Washington, D.C.)
    named in honor of silent film star Mary Pickford, is the "motion picture and television reading room" of the United States' Library of Congress in Washington...
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  • This is a list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the central area of Washington, D.C. For the purposes...
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