The 7acre Meridian Hill Park National Historic Landmark preserves an early 1900s Neoclassicist park design. Construction began in 1914, with the park serving as a site for experimental concrete aggregate construction.
The park offers guided tours. The website offers historical photographs
Capitol Hill Parks includes all parkland between the 2nd streets NE and SE and the Anacostia River. The four major parks in this space are the Folger Park, which contains numerous examples of historic architecture; Lincoln Park, which contains memorials to Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), 16th President of the United States, and Civil Rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955); Marion Park; and Stanton Park, which houses a statue of General Nathanael Greene (1742-1786), the Revolutionary War leader who drove the British out of Georgia and the Carolinas in 1782.
The site offers tours upon request.
The Park includes the Peirce Barn and Mill and Old Stone House. Peirce Barn and Mill were built in the 1820s, and operated commercially until 1897. The U.S. Government acquired the mill as part of Rock Creek Park in 1892. The Old Stone House, one of the oldest known structures remaining in the nation's capital, is a simple 18th-century dwelling built and inhabited by common people.
NOTE: The Peirce Mill is currently closed for restoration.
The site offers tours, educational programs, and occasional recreational and educational events; the Old Stone House offers tours; the Peirce Barn offers tours.
The Vietnam Veterans National Memorial offers a place for reflection and personal interaction with the memory of military personnel killed in the Vietnam War. Designed by artist and architect Maya Lin (born 1959) as a minimalist sculpture with a highly reflective surface, viewing the monument requires visitors to confront both themselves and the names of the fallen simultaneously. U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War spanned 1950 (the arrival of U.S. military advisors in Vietnam) through 1973.
The site presents the memorial only.
The National Mall is a large, open area in the heart of Washington, DC. It contains numerous monuments, and plays host to a wide variety of annual festivals and events.
The Mall offers lectures and historic bike tours.
The Korean War Veterans National Memorial consists of 19 stainless steel sculptures and a granite wall. The site commemorates and honors veterans and the deceased of the Korean War, while simultaneously reminding the viewer of the cost required to maintain freedom.
The site offers only the physical memorial.
The Old Stone House, located in Washington DC's Rock Creek Park, is unique due to its history as a simple home built by common people. The home is one of DC's oldest standing structures, dating back to the 18th century, and commemorates the lives of ordinary Americans in the nation's capitol.
The house offers guided tours. The website offers visitor information and a history of the house.
The Historical Society of Washington, DC, is dedicated to preserving the unique historical and cultural heritage of Washington, DC. The society owns and operates a local history museum, which is located in Washington's famous Carnegie Library, which was once the primary library in the DC public library system.
The society offers exhibits, guided tours of the museum, educational programs, and special events. The website offers educational resources including lesson plans and documents, visitor information, and a brief history of the society.
Built in 1801, The Woodley House had a panoramic view of the fledgling American Capitol. The mansion would host a series of prominent Americans, including two presidents, two Secretaries of War, a Secretary of the Treasury, a Secretary of State, a Senator, a Judge, an admiral, and General George Patton. The Maret School purchased the home in 1950, and today serves as a historic house museum.
The home offers guided tours. The website offers visitor information and a brief history of the home.
Dumbarton House reflects the emerging Adamesque style of architecture of the early Republic, and houses collections of Federal period (17901830) furniture and decorative arts. Federal period architecture emphasizes symmetry and balance while incorporating neoclassical elements. The majority of collection artifacts are from the Federal period, although Chippendale and Louis XVI styles are also present. Joseph Nourse (17541841), Register of the U.S. Treasury for the first six Presidents of the United States, was the house's first resident between 1804 and 1813. The year after Nourse left, Dolley Madison would stay at the residence as she left the White House to avoid the invading British.
The museum offers an introductory film, guided public and school tours, period rooms, exhibits, lectures, concerts, educational programming, weeklong summer programs, and programs for home school students.