National Historic Landmark · museum · Washington, District of Columbia

Pension Building

Museum in Washington, D.C.. Built 1887 by Montgomery C. Meigs. Added to the National Register in 1969, and a National Historic Landmark.

Open to visit National Historic Landmark Built 1887 Listed 1969Art Nouveau architectureMontgomery C. Meigs

Photos via Wikimedia Commons · 6 in the Commons category

What it is

Wikipedia · National Building Museum

The National Building Museum is a museum of architecture, design, engineering, construction, and urban planning in Northwest Washington, D.C., U.S. It was created by an act of Congress in 1980, and is a private non-profit institution. Located at 401 F Street NW, it is adjacent to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial and the Judiciary Square Metro station. The museum hosts various temporary exhibits in galleries around the spacious Great Hall.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places

Property type	Building
Address	4th and 5th Sts. between F and G Sts., NW, Washington, DC
County	District of Columbia County
Listed	Mar 24, 1969
Reference number	69000312
Built	1887
Architect	Montgomery C. Meigs
Type of place	museum, public building, nonprofit organization
Style	Art Nouveau architecture
Designations	National Historic Landmark, District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites
Contributing resources	1 buildings

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Open to the public

Address	4th and 5th Sts. between F and G Sts., NW, Washington, DC
Website	nbm.org ↗
Coordinates	38.89770, -77.01763 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unit	Ford's Theatre National Historic Site · 0 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearby	Fort Dupont Park Picnic Areas 4 mi · Rock Creek Park Group Picnic Areas (Dc) 5 mi · Greenbelt Park Ranger Station 9 mi

This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

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Reference

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Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 69000312. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.