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District of Columbia

709 listed places across 1 county, 77 of them National Historic Landmarks.

709
Listings
77
National Historic Landmarks
81
Historic districts
1
Counties with listings

1 city in District of Columbia with a page of listings → · 1 of them has walking tours

By county

District of Columbia 707

Built by decade

1900s 301910s 241920s 271930s 34

Landmarks

Landmark · Washington
City Hall
National Historic LandmarkListed 1966
Landmark · Washington
General Post Office
National Historic LandmarkListed 1969
Landmark · Washington
National Portrait Gallery
National Historic LandmarkListed 1966
Landmark · Washington
Smithsonian Building
National Historic LandmarkListed 1966

National Historic Landmarks

Administration Building, Carnegie Institute of WashingtonNHL1966
American Federation of Labor BuildingNHL1974
American National Red CrossNHL1966
American Peace SocietyNHL1974
Larz Anderson HouseNHL1971
Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel, Frederick Douglass Memorial Hall, Founders LibraryNHL2001
Army Medical MuseumNHL1966
Arts and Industries BuildingNHL1971
Arts Club of WashingtonNHL1969
Ashburton HouseNHL1973
Newton D. Baker HouseNHL1976
Mountjoy Bayly HouseNHL1973
Bell, Alexander Graham, LaboratoryNHL1972
Blair HouseNHL1966
Bowen, Anthony, YMCANHL1983
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Blanche K. Bruce HouseNHL1975
Carnegie Endowment for International PeaceNHL1974
Mary Ann Shadd Cary HouseNHL1976
City HallNHL1966
Congressional CemeteryNHL1969
Constitution HallNHL1985
Corcoran Gallery of ArtNHL1971
Elliott Coues HouseNHL1975
Decatur HouseNHL1966
Executive Office BuildingNHL1969
Franklin SchoolNHL1973
Gallaudet College, President's HouseNHL1966
General Federation of Women's Clubs HeadquartersNHL1991
General Post OfficeNHL1969
Georgetown Historic DistrictNHL1967
Samuel Gompers HouseNHL1974
Charlotte Forten Grimke HouseNHL1976
Healy Building, Georgetown UniversityNHL1971
Gen. Oliver Otis Howard HouseNHL1974
Charles Evans Hughes HouseNHL1972
Lafayette BuildingNHL2005
Lafayette Square Historic DistrictNHL1970
McCormick ApartmentsNHL1973
Memorial Continental HallNHL1972
Meridian Hill ParkNHL1974
National Archives BuildingNHL2023
National Portrait GalleryNHL1966
National War CollegeNHL1972
The OctagonNHL1966
Old Naval ObservatoryNHL1966
Pan American Union HeadquartersNHL2021
Pension BuildingNHL1969
Frances Perkins HouseNHL1991
Philadelphia (gundelo)NHL1966
Renwick MuseumNHL1969
Zalmon Richards HouseNHL1966
Sewall-Belmont House National Historic SiteNHL1972
Slowe-Burrill HouseNHL2024
Smithsonian BuildingNHL1966
Sousa, John Philip, Junior High SchoolNHL2001
St. Elizabeths HospitalNHL1979
St. John's ChurchNHL1966
St. Luke's Episcopal ChurchNHL1976
Supreme Court BuildingNHL·
Terrell, Mary Church, HouseNHL1975
The Furies CollectiveNHL2024
Trades Hall of National Training School for Women and GirlsNHL1991
Tudor PlaceNHL1966
U.S. CapitolNHL·
U.S. Department of the TreasuryNHL1971
U.S. Marine Corps Barracks and Commandant's HouseNHL1972
U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's HomeNHL1974
Oscar W. Underwood HouseNHL1976
United Mine Workers of AmericaNHL2000
USS Sequoia (yacht)NHL1987
Washington AqueductNHL1973
Washington Navy YardNHL1973
David White HouseNHL1976
Woodrow Wilson HouseNHL1966
Windsor LodgeNHL1976
Carter G. Woodson HouseNHL1976
Robert Simpson Woodward HouseNHL1976

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Listed places in this state ranked by Wikipedia article views. The figure is the monthly average from June to August 2026.

  1. 1
    U.S. Capitol
    Building
    32,898
  2. 2
    The Highlands
    Building · Washington
    11,782
  3. 3
    Vietnam Veterans Memorial
    Site · Washington Dc
    10,032
  4. 4
    Executive Office Building
    Building · Washington
    9,619
  5. 5
    Blair House
    Building · Washington
    8,221

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Guidebooks to historic places in Washington, D.C.

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  • Walking Washington, DC
    Barbara Noe Kennedy and Lisa Walker, 2017
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  • DC by Metro
    Michelle Goldchain, 2019
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  • Black Men Built the Capitol
    Jesse Holland, 2017
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  • Walking Tour of the Georgetown
    Richard Massimo and Missy Janes, 2016
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