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Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium. / 38.892611°N 77.0296972°W / 38.892611; -77.0296972. The Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium (originally named the Departmental Auditorium) is a 750-seat [2] historic Neoclassical auditorium located at 1301 Constitution Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. The auditorium, which connects two wings of the William Jefferson ...
An 1818 map of Washington, D.C., showing Tiber Creek An 1850 map of Washington, D.C., showing the completed (and disused) Washington City Canal. When the District of Columbia was founded in 1790, the Potomac River was much wider than it currently is, and a major tidal estuary known as Tiber Creek flowed roughly from 6th Street NW to the shore of the river just south of the White House.
Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site. / 38.89361°N 77.02389°W / 38.89361; -77.02389. Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site is a National Historic Site in the city of Washington, D.C. Established on September 30, 1965, the site is roughly bounded by Constitution Avenue, 15th Street NW, F Street NW, and 3rd Street NW.
The Frances Perkins Buildingis the Washington, D.C.headquarters of the United States Department of Labor. It is located at 200 Constitution Avenue NWand sits above Interstate 395. The structure is named after Frances Perkins, the U.S. Secretary of Laborfrom 1933–1945 and the first female cabinet secretary in U.S. history. [1] History. [edit ...
National Archives Building. / 38.89278°N 77.02306°W / 38.89278; -77.02306. The National Archives Building, known informally as Archives I, is the headquarters of the United States National Archives and Records Administration. It is located north of the National Mall at 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. in Washington, D.C.
DAR Constitution Hall. / 38.89389°N 77.04111°W / 38.89389; -77.04111. DAR Constitution Hall is a concert hall located at 1776 D Street NW, near the White House in Washington, D.C. It was built in 1929 by the Daughters of the American Revolution to house its annual convention when membership delegations outgrew Memorial Continental Hall.
The Baird Auditorium is one of the finest examples of the Guastavino tile arch system, inspired by the Catalan vault, in the United States. The American Institute of Architects calls the Baird Auditorium the museum's "greatest interior space." [ 5] According to architectural scholar Dr. John Ochsendorf, the Baird Auditorium's "daring geometry ...
First opened in 1974, it was the first full-time, professionally staffed, and local authority funded Irish local museum. [1] The museum was housed in Monaghan Courthouse in the centre of Monaghan town until a fire in 1981, which gutted the building. After rescuing the collections, the museum was moved for a period to St Macartan's College.