Woodward, Robert Simpson, House
Historic house in Washington, D.C., United States. Added to the National Register in 1976, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Robert Simpson Woodward House is a former residence located at 1513 16th Street, NW in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. From 1904 until 1914, it was a home of geologist Robert Simpson Woodward (1849–1924), the first president of the Carnegie Institution and a highly regarded scientist and science administrator. The building currently serves as the Capital Research Center headquarters. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976 and designated a contributing property to the Sixteenth Street Historic District in 1978.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 1513 16th St., NW, Washington, DC |
| County | District of Columbia County |
| Listed | Jan 7, 1976 |
| Reference number | 76002136 |
| Type of place | house |
| Style | Richardsonian Romanesque |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark, District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites |
| Contributing resources | 1 buildings |
| Standing | Yes |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 1513 16th St., NW, Washington, DC |
| Coordinates | 38.91016, -77.03611 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site · 0 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Rock Creek Park Group Picnic Areas (Dc) 4 mi · Fort Dupont Park Picnic Areas 5 mi · Greenbelt Park Ranger Station 9 mi |
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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 76002136. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.