National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington, D.C.

This is a list of properties and districts in Washington, D.C., on the National Register of Historic Places. There are more than 600 listings, including 74 National Historic Landmarks of the United States and another 13 places otherwise designated as historic sites of national importance by Congress or the President.^[1]

The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below), may be seen in an online map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates".^[2]

The list is generally grouped by quadrant. The Northwest Quadrant has more than 400 listings, so it is further divided into three parts. The part of the NW Quadrant nearest the National Mall (east of Rock Creek and south of M Street) is grouped with the Southwest quadrant and called "central Washington" for the purposes of this list. The remaining sections are of the NW Quadrant are divided between areas east of Rock Creek and areas to its west. The following are approximate tallies of current listings by area.^[3]

Note that the White House, the Capitol, and the United States Supreme Court Building are recorded in the National Register's NRIS database as National Historic Landmarks, but by the provisions of the Historic Preservation Act of 1966, Section 107 (16 U.S.C. 470g), these three buildings and associated buildings and grounds are legally exempted from listing in the National Register.

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted November 8, 2024.^[4]

	Area	# of Sites
1	Central	225
2	Western NW Quadrant	133
3	Upper NW Quadrant	220
4	Northeast	70
5	Southeast	42
6	Duplicates	(19)^[5]
Total:		671

References

^ See List of National Historic Landmarks in the District of Columbia.
^ The latitude and longitude information provided in this table was derived originally from the National Register Information System, which has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. Some locations in this table may have been corrected to current GPS standards.
^ These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. There are frequent additions to the listings and occasional delistings and the counts here are approximate and not official. New entries are added to the official Register on a weekly basis. Also, the counts in this table exclude boundary increase and decrease listings which only modify the area covered by an existing property or district, although carrying a separate National Register reference number.
^ National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved November 8, 2024.
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Several individual listings appear on more than one sub-list:
- American Revolution Statuary: Western NW, Upper NW, Central, and NE.
- Boulder Bridge and Ross Drive Bridge: Upper NW and Western NW.
- Civil War Fort Sites: Upper NW, Western NW, NE, SE, and Central.
- Civil War Monuments in Washington, DC: SE, NE, Upper NW, and Central.
- Capitol Hill Historic District: SE, NE, and Central.
- Dumbarton Bridge: Upper NW and Western NW.
- East Corner Boundary Marker of the Original District of Columbia: SE and NE.
- Massachusetts Avenue Historic District: Upper NW and Western NW.
- Mount Vernon Square Historic District: Central and Upper NW.
- Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway Historic District: Upper NW and Western NW.
- Rock Creek Park Historic District: Upper NW and Western NW.

[1] See List of National Historic Landmarks in the District of Columbia.

[2] The latitude and longitude information provided in this table was derived originally from the National Register Information System, which has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. Some locations in this table may have been corrected to current GPS standards.

[3] These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. There are frequent additions to the listings and occasional delistings and the counts here are approximate and not official. New entries are added to the official Register on a weekly basis. Also, the counts in this table exclude boundary increase and decrease listings which only modify the area covered by an existing property or district, although carrying a separate National Register reference number.

[4] National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved November 8, 2024.

[5] Several individual listings appear on more than one sub-list:
American Revolution Statuary: Western NW, Upper NW, Central, and NE.

Boulder Bridge and Ross Drive Bridge: Upper NW and Western NW.

Civil War Fort Sites: Upper NW, Western NW, NE, SE, and Central.

Civil War Monuments in Washington, DC: SE, NE, Upper NW, and Central.

Capitol Hill Historic District: SE, NE, and Central.

Dumbarton Bridge: Upper NW and Western NW.

East Corner Boundary Marker of the Original District of Columbia: SE and NE.

Massachusetts Avenue Historic District: Upper NW and Western NW.

Mount Vernon Square Historic District: Central and Upper NW.

Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway Historic District: Upper NW and Western NW.

Rock Creek Park Historic District: Upper NW and Western NW.

[6] American Revolution Statuary: Western NW, Upper NW, Central, and NE.

[7] Boulder Bridge and Ross Drive Bridge: Upper NW and Western NW.

[8] Civil War Fort Sites: Upper NW, Western NW, NE, SE, and Central.

[9] Civil War Monuments in Washington, DC: SE, NE, Upper NW, and Central.

[10] Capitol Hill Historic District: SE, NE, and Central.

[11] Dumbarton Bridge: Upper NW and Western NW.

[12] East Corner Boundary Marker of the Original District of Columbia: SE and NE.

[13] Massachusetts Avenue Historic District: Upper NW and Western NW.

[14] Mount Vernon Square Historic District: Central and Upper NW.

[15] Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway Historic District: Upper NW and Western NW.

[16] Rock Creek Park Historic District: Upper NW and Western NW.

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Memorials	Adams African American Civil War American Veterans Disabled for Life Belmont–Paul Women's Equality National Monument Mary McLeod Bethune Boy Scout James Buchanan John Carroll D.C. War Albert Einstein Emancipation Dwight D. Eisenhower John Ericsson David Farragut First Division Thomas Gallaudet James A. Garfield Kahlil Gibran Samuel Gompers Ulysses S. Grant Holocaust Museum Holodomor Genocide Andrew Jackson Japanese American Patriotism During World War II Jefferson Memorial Lyndon Baines Johnson Grove John Paul Jones Marquis de Lafayette Law Enforcement Officers Lincoln Memorial statue Martin Luther King, Jr. Korean War Veterans George Mason George B. McClellan George Meade Peter Muhlenberg National Statuary Hall Collection Navy – Merchant Marine Nuns of the Battlefield Peace Monument John J. Pershing Second Division Signers of the Declaration of Independence The Extra Mile Three Soldiers Jean de Rochambeau Franklin Delano Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Island Taras Shevchenko Statues of the Liberators Oscar Straus Robert A. Taft Titanic United States Navy Victims of Communism Vietnam Veterans Vietnam Women's Washington Monument Daniel Webster World War I World War II Rainbow Pool
Other	Basilica of the Immaculate Conception Blair House Capitol Reflecting Pool Congressional Cemetery DAR Constitution Hall Exorcist steps First Air Mail Marker Ford's Theatre Petersen House Frederick Douglass National Historic Site Healy Hall Islamic Center Jefferson Pier John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Library of Congress Jefferson Adams Madison National Arboretum National Capitol Columns National Building Museum National Gallery of Art Lincoln's Cottage at Soldiers' Home Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool National Archives National Cathedral National Mall Octagon House Old Post Office Old Stone House Smithsonian Institution St. John's Episcopal Church The Arts of War and The Arts of Peace Tidal Basin Treasury Building Freedman's Bank Building Tudor Place Union Station United States Capitol Capitol Hill Dome Rotunda United States Supreme Court Building Watergate complex White House Willard Hotel
Parks and plazas	Constitution Gardens Dupont Circle East Potomac Park Farragut Square Freedom Plaza Lafayette Square L'Enfant Plaza Meridian Hill Park National Arboretum Pershing Park President's Park Rock Creek Park The Ellipse Union Square United States Botanic Garden West Potomac Park
Boundaries	Anacostia River Arlington Memorial Bridge Boundary markers of the original District of Columbia Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Constitution Avenue Francis Scott Key Bridge Pennsylvania Avenue Potomac River Zero Milestone
Nearby landmarks	Arlington National Cemetery Tomb of the Unknown Soldier John F. Kennedy gravesite Arlington House Marine Corps War Memorial Mount Vernon Netherlands Carillon Pentagon Pentagon Memorial United States Air Force Memorial Women in Military Service for America Memorial
Planned	Adams Memorial National Desert Storm and Desert Shield Memorial National Liberty Memorial Peace Corps Commemorative
Canceled	George Washington Memorial Building Gold Star Mothers National Monument Mammy memorial National Slave Memorial
Related	National Capital Memorial Advisory Commission National Mall and Memorial Parks List of National Historic Landmarks in Washington, D.C. National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C.
Public art in Washington, D.C. (American Revolution Statuary, Civil War Monuments, Commemorating African-Americans, Outdoor sculpture)

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