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American Security and Trust Company Building

The American Security and Trust Company Building is a Neoclassical bank office in Washington, D.C., designed by the architectural firm of York and Sawyer. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. Design The building's neoclassical exterior closely matches that of the Riggs National Bank building next door, also designed by York and Sawyer and completed in 1902, so they are sometimes considered a single building. The east facade of the building presents a multiple bay arrangement with two plain bays flanking a hexastyle portico of six Ionic columns and entablature, while the narrower and plainer south face has a single bay with two plain Doric pilasters flanking the entrance in a shallow recess. The parapet conceals three skylights. Although the exterior has two rows of windows, the interior is a single floor, also decorated in the neoclassical style; it was remodeled in 1931–1932 but retained essentially the same form except for the removal of a pair of balconies and new openings into the adjoining annex which was constructed at the same time to the north. A basement floor formerly contained vaults, but with the construction of the annex, these were moved to the adjoining building. The building exterior is constructed of granite ashlars with deep horizontal joints at the corners, creating a striped effect; the interior is largely faced in various marbles. History American Security Bank was founded in 1889 in Alexandria, Virginia, as a banking and trust concern, operating a branch in the District of Columbia at 1419 G Street, NW; the following year it reincorporated in the District and moved to 1405 G Street. Its president was Charles James Bell (Dublin, April 12, 1858 – October 1, 1929), nephew of Alexander Graham Bell. It was the second trust company established in the District and the first to offer a women's department. By 1903, the business had grown so that a new location was sought again. The present location (a block from Lafayette Square and part of the Lafayette Square Historic District) was selected, and construction began in 1904. The design was praised in the banking press and featured in The American Architect and Building News in 1905. The building now houses a branch of Bank of America as a result of the latter's merger with NationsBank, which purchased MNC Financial in 1993. MNC had purchased American Security Bank in 1987 but continued to operate it under the original name. Due to its location immediately north of the Treasury Building, the building appeared on the back of the ten dollar bill for many years, a fact American Security took advantage of in its advertising with the slogan, "Right on the money". See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington, D.C. References
Anacostia High School

Anacostia High School is a public high school in Anacostia, in the Southeast quadrant of the District of Columbia. History In August 2009, Friendship Public Charter School partnered with DC Public Schools to manage the high school. As a result, the school became known as the Academies at Anacostia and was split into four separate academies. In 2009–10, there were two ninth-grade academies (Sojourner Truth and Charles Drew), one 10-12th grade academy (Frederick Douglass), and one academy for under-credited and overage students (Matthew Henson). In 2010–11, the two ninth-grade academies will become 9-10th grade academies, while the larger 10-12th grade academy (Frederick Douglass) will become 11-12th. Matthew Henson academy will stay intact. In 2011–12, Sojourner Truth and Charles Drew will expand to 9-11th grades, while Frederick Douglass will only be seniors. In 2012–13, Sojourner Truth and Charles Drew will be fully operational 9-12th grade academies, and Frederick Douglass will no longer exist. This setup is based on the Small Learning Community (SLC) model. Built in 1935, with subsequent additions in the 1940s, 50s, and 70s, the Anacostia High School was in desperate need of a complete renovation and modernization that would not only bring the school up to the highest educational standards but would also serve to transform the school building into a simple, understated canvas for the art and lives of its students. Architectural design firm Sorg Architects designed the renovation of Anacostia High School to restore the exterior of the original building steeped in sustainable design practice. Notable alumni Jessica Adair – former WNBA player Craig Anderson, former MLB player Lonny Baxter, NBA basketball player Jean Carnahan, former U.S. senator from Missouri Mel Carnahan, former governor of Missouri Art Faircloth, former NFL player Ronnie Gilbert, folk singer Frederick Drew Gregory, NASA astronaut and NASA deputy administrator Cato June, former NFL player Lovell Pinkney, former NFL player Reggie Rucker, former NFL player Gene Schroeder, former NFL player Tom Wisner, folk singer Notable events On June 11, 2010, First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama gave the commencement address to the Class of 2010. References
Anacostia Railroad Bridge

The Anacostia Railroad Bridge is a vertical lift railroad bridge crossing the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C., United States. The bridge is owned by CSX Transportation. History The Baltimore and Potomac Rail Road, a subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Railroad, built the first railroad bridge on this site, which opened on July 2, 1872. Successor Penn Central Railroad rebuilt the bridge in 1972. The bridge currently carries freight trains. It is near the point where the RF&P Subdivision becomes the Landover Subdivision, with a connection to the Alexandria Extension just to the east of the bridge. Originally the bridge supported three tracks. This was later reduced to two tracks. Operations The lift span is occasionally raised for boat traffic. The lift is controlled by a CSX bridge tender located nearby at Benning Rail Yard. Incidents On November 10, 2007, a unit train carrying coal derailed and caused the collapse of the northern span of the bridge. CSX had briefly closed the bridge in 2006 after it found high levels of corrosion and made repairs, and after the 2007 accident it again closed the bridge. The southern span was reopened 24 hours after the accident. See also Amtrak Railroad Anacostia Bridge Landover Subdivision References
Archbishop Carroll High School (Washington, D.C.)

Archbishop Carroll High School is a four-year private, catholic, college-preparatory high school with an emphasis on social justice and civic engagement, located in the Brookland neighborhood of Northeast Washington, D.C. It is owned and operated by the Archdiocese of Washington, is part of the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference, and is affiliated with the Catholic University of America. History Archbishop Carroll High School opened in 1951 and expressed the vision of Patrick A. O'Boyle, the first archbishop of the Archdiocese of Washington, who felt strongly that the Catholic Church should lead by example in the area of integration. Named in honor of John Carroll, the first Catholic archbishop in the United States, the school offered a college preparatory education for young men, regardless of race or ethnicity. For its first 40 years, the Augustinian Friars operated Archbishop Carroll. In 1989, the Archdiocese of Washington closed three of its four high schools—the all boys' Mackin, and girls' schools All Saints and Holy Spirit—leaving one, Archbishop Carroll. From 2009-2019, Archbishop Carroll High School participated as an International Baccalaureate World School and offered the IB Diploma Programme. As of the 2019-2020 School Year, Archbishop Carroll High School has transitioned to pre-Advanced Placement (PreAP) and Advanced Placement (AP) coursework. Notable alumni References External links Official website
Armed Forces Retirement Home – Washington

The Armed Forces Retirement Home – Washington, also called Old Soldiers' Retirement Home, is a retirement home for retirees of the United States Armed Forces located in the Park View neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The complex forms an historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. President Lincoln's Cottage at the Soldiers' Home is on the campus. History The Armed Forces Retirement Home was established as the northern branch of the United States Military Asylum in 1851. The property was originally the country estate of Washington banker George Washington Riggs. The government purchased the estate's 197 acres (80 ha) and an additional 58 acres (23 ha) using an endowment collected by General Winfield Scott. He had received $150,000 in lieu of pillaging during his occupation of Mexico City in 1847. The facility was known as the U.S. Soldiers' Home from 1859 to 1972 and as the U.S. Soldiers’ and Airmen's Home from 1972 to 2001. It has been known as the Armed Forces Retirement Home – Washington since 2001. Four American Presidents, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Rutherford B. Hayes and Chester A. Arthur, summered at the home. Lincoln spent a quarter of his presidency in residence. It was here that he worked on the final draft of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1862. While no fighting took place on the site during the American Civil War it was used as a signal post. Given the elevation Lincoln was able to view various skirmishes that arose nearby. Military officers that are associated with the home's operation include Generals Winfield Scott, William Tecumseh Sherman, Philip Sheridan and Surgeon General Joseph K. Barnes. Architecture The historic district includes a collection of 19th and early 20th century buildings and extensive historic landscapes. There are 39 contributing buildings and a total of 140 contributing properties that date from 1842 to 1951. The Lincoln Cottage is the centerpiece of the property. It is the original Gothic Revival-style cottage known as Corn Rigs. It was built from 1842 to 1843 as the home for George Riggs. Development of the asylum began in 1852 when the Riggs home was enlarged and the placement of a flagstaff, which marks the establishment of a military installation. The next three masonry buildings were completed by 1857. Other buildings were constructed over next century. The grounds also include recreational areas, statuary, war relics, and other features. References
Художественный музей Америки

Художественный музей Америки (англ. Art Museum of the Americas, сокр. AMA) — музей в Вашингтоне, являющийся первым художественным музеем в Соединённых Штатах, прежде всего посвящённый показу работ современного и актуального искусства стран Латинской Америки и Карибского бассейна (бывший Музей современного искусства Латинской Америки, англ. Museum of Modern Art of Latin America). История и деятельность Музей был основан в 1976 году по решению Постоянного совета Организацией американских государств (ОАГ, ранее — Панамериканский союз) как Музей современного искусства Латинской Америки и по случаю двухсотлетия Соединённых Штатов. Был открыт в бывшей официальной резиденции генерального секретаря ОАГ, выполненной в испанском колониальном стиле; здание было построено в 1912 году по проекту архитектора Пола Крета. Музейная коллекция произведений искусства начала собираться намного раньше при участии организации Visual Arts Unit; первой подаренной музею работой стало произведение бразильского художника-неореалиста Портинари в 1949 году. В следующем десятилетии Постоянный совет ОАГ решил образовать фонд приобретений с целью создания постоянной коллекции произведений искусства значимых современных художников из государств-членов ОАГ. В последующие годы ряд работ был приобретен или подарен непосредственно художниками после временных выставок, периодически проводимых в галерее Организации американских государств. Когда музей официально открылся в 1976 году, его коллекция насчитывала 250 произведений. В настоящее время она выросла до 2000 экспонатов различных областей искусства: живопись, гравюра, рисунки, фотографии, скульптуры и инсталляции. В дополнение к показу своей постоянной коллекции искусства, музей проводит выставки со всего региона ОАГ, организовывает образовательные семинары и лекции от приглашенных докладчиков. В последние годы Художественный музей Америки расширил свои программы, включив вечерние мероприятия, такие как Art After Dark, с ультрасовременной музыкой, видео, перформансом и инсталляциями. В настоящее время художники, представленные в постоянной коллекции музея, включают Карлоса Крус-Диеса, Кандида Портинари, Педро Фигари, Фернандо де Шишло, Амелию Пелаэс, Алехандро Обрегона, Иоланду Мохали, Хоакина Торреса Гарсия, Карлоса Мериду, Марисоль Эскобар, а также многих других. См. также Список музеев современного искусства Примечания Ссылки Официальный сайт America’s Oldest Museum of Latin American, Caribbean Art Raises Its Profile
Petersen House

La Petersen House est une ancienne maison de Washington, aux États-Unis. Le 15 avril 1865, elle voit la mort d'Abraham Lincoln, transporté là après avoir été la victime d'un attentat à l'arme à feu dans le théâtre Ford voisin. Comme ce dernier, elle est aujourd'hui transformée en lieu de visite et est protégée au sein du Ford's Theatre National Historic Site. Liens externes Portail de la protection du patrimoine Portail de Washington, D.C.
Petersen House

Petersen House is het huis in de Amerikaanse hoofdstad Washington D.C. waar president Abraham Lincoln op 15 april 1865 overleed. Petersen House en het tegenovergelegen Ford's Theatre vormen samen Ford's Theatre National Historic Site, een belangrijke historische attractie. Geschiedenis William Petersen, een kleermaker van Zweedse afkomst, bouwde het huis aan 10th Street in 1849. Toen Lincoln op 14 april 1865 werd neergeschoten in het aan de overkant van de straat gelegen Ford's Theatre werd de zwaargewonde president overgebracht naar een kamer in Petersen House die verhuurd was aan een soldaat. De volgende ochtend bezweek Lincoln hier aan zijn verwondingen. In 1896 werd het huis aangekocht door de overheid, die er een museum gewijd aan Lincoln huisvestte. In 1932 werd het huis gerestaureerd in de toestand zoals het was op de avond van de moord.
Ashburton House

Ashburton House, also known as St. John's Church Parish House or the British Legation, is a historic house at 1525 H Street NW, on Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C. Built in 1836, it is notable as the residence of Lord Ashburton in 1842, during which time negotiations took place there culminating the Webster–Ashburton Treaty. This settled a long list of border disputes between the U.S. and the British provinces that are now Canada, and ended the Aroostook War. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1973. It presently serves as the parish house for St. John's Episcopal Church. Description and history Ashburton House stands on the north side of H Street, facing Lafayette Square to the south, just east of St. John's Episcopal Church, to which it is now connected by a narrow hyphen. It is a 3+1⁄2-story brick structure, with a mansard roof. The roof has a broad eave supported by decorative brackets, and is pierced by dormers with deeply pedimented gables. Its main facade is five bays wide, with each outer pair projecting slightly. Windows on the ground floor, and the center entrance, are framed by bracketed gabled lintels. Second floor windows have flat bracketed lintels, and third floor windows have simpler entablatures. The central windows on the second and third floor are three-part windows in the Palladian style, with narrow side windows. Matthew St. Clair Clarke, clerk of the United States House of Representatives, purchased land for the house in 1834 and began the original brick building in 1836. Shortly afterwards, it was sold to Joseph Gales, publisher of the National Intelligencer and a past Mayor of Washington, D.C. Lord Alexander Ashburton took up residence in the house in 1842, which was rented for him by United States Secretary of State Daniel Webster. While he lived there, the two men negotiated the Webster-Ashburton Treaty in its parlor, which resolved most of the boundary disputes between the U.S. and the British Canadian provinces as far west as the Great Lakes. Ashburton was succeeded by novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton; both made changes to Clark's design. The house received its French Second Empire design in the 1850s, designed by Thomas U. Walter. It again underwent alteration in the 1870s. St. John's acquired the building 1953, and adapted its interior for use as a parish hall. A $5.5 million renovation of the house was completed in 2018. Early in the morning of June 1, 2020, during local protests following the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, a fire was set in the basement of Ashburton House. The fire was contained to one room, the nursery. See also List of National Historic Landmarks in Washington, D.C. National Register of Historic Places listings in central Washington, D.C. References External links Media related to Ashburton House at Wikimedia Commons Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. DC-19-A, "St. John's Church, Ashburton House, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC", 1 photo, 1 photo caption page
Avalon at Foxhall

Avalon at Foxhall is a high-rise building located in Washington, D.C., United States. Its construction was completed in 1982. The building rises to 54 metres (177 ft), containing 14 floors. The building is tied for the seventh-tallest commercial building in Washington, D.C., and tied for the tenth-highest building in Washington, D.C. among all buildings. The property is owned by AvalonBay Communities, a developer that focuses on rental properties for tenants in their 20s, and is located in a wooded area adjacent to Glover-Archbold Park and near the American University campus. It was originally designed as a condominium but never operated as such. The "Avalon at Foxhall" name was added around 2003, prior to which time the building was known simply by its street address. See also List of tallest buildings in Washington, D.C. References
Bachelor Apartment House

The Bachelor Apartment House is an historic structure located in the Northwest Quadrant of Washington, D.C. The architectural firm of Wood, Donn & Deming designed the building. It is believed to be the only example of a luxury apartment building built for single men still standing in the city. It is also one of the first apartment buildings in Washington with a Tudor Revival façade. The building, which now contains offices, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. Residents Hubbard Bowyer McDonald (1850–1907). References
Banneker Recreation Center

Banneker Recreation Center is a historic structure located in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The building was built in 1934 and was named for Benjamin Banneker, a free African American who assisted in the survey of boundaries of the original District of Columba in 1791. It was known as a premier African American recreation center in the city. It was listed on the District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites in 1985 and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. The structure currently houses the Banneker Community Center, a unit of the District of Columbia Department of Parks and Recreation. References External links Media related to Banneker Recreation Center at Wikimedia Commons
Fontaine Bartholdi de Washington

La fontaine Bartholdi est une fontaine monumentale conçue par Auguste Bartholdi. Elle fut construite en 1876 pour l'exposition universelle de Philadelphie. Elle est maintenant située dans le jardin botanique des États-Unis, près du Capitole des États-Unis à Washington. Références Liens externes Ressource relative à la géographie : Geographic Names Information System Portail des bassins et des fontaines Portail de Washington, D.C.
St. Augustine Catholic Church (Washington, D.C.)

St. Augustine Catholic Church (originally St Martin de Porres Catholic Church) is a Catholic parish in Washington, D.C. It is considered by many to be the "Mother Church of Black Catholics", as the first Black parish in the district and the administrator of D.C.'s oldest surviving Black school. History Because of Jim Crow laws in the 1850s, emancipated black Catholic attendees of St. Matthew's Cathedral on Rhode Island Avenue were segregated and relegated to worship in the basement of the church. In 1858, the group of emancipated black Catholics founded Saint Martin de Porres Church, in honor of Peruvian Dominican brother St Martin de Porres. It was the first Black Catholic parish in Washington, D.C., and its original location was on 15th Street NW, near L Street. That same year, the parish opened a school for Black children in the district—inaugurated five years before the Emancipation Proclamation, after which education of Black children gradually became mandatory. Saint Martin de Porres era On July 4, 1864, their group raised building funds at the "strawberry festival" on the White House grounds, hosted by Abraham Lincoln and his wife Mary Todd Lincoln. Saint Augustine era In 1876, the church building was inaugurated and re-dedicated to Saint Augustine. It was a 60-foot building with two Gothic spires, and seating for 2,500 people. In 1928, it acquired property at 15th and S Streets N.W., where it eventually built a new school, rectory, convent, and new church building. In 1946 the original church was sold, under circumstances which are debated, for $300,000, and operations shifted to the 15th and S property; the last Mass in its original building was held on Christmas Day. It was demolished the next year. The site became the location of the Washington Post newspaper, and remained the Post's home until 2016 when the site was sold to private developers. Current church and building In 1961 St. Augustine Church merged with St. Paul's Church, a parish whose original membership was primary of Irish and German descent, located at 15th and V Street. It was renamed to Sts. Paul and Augustine Church. In 1979, as St. Paul's continued to dwindle, the decision was made to consolidate operations on the old St. Paul campus, and that the 15th and S property would be sold. On November 12, 1982, Cardinal Hickey decreed that the parish would be renamed once again to Saint Augustine Catholic Church. The parish did not have a Black pastor until January 1991, when Fr. Russell L. Dillard was installed. In 2019, the church had 3,000 members in an active congregation of approximately 1,000 families, primarily Black and middle-class. The present building is made with crafted stone and also has two spires as the original building once had. See also Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington Dunbar High School (Washington, D.C.) Howard University References External links Media related to St. Augustine Church (Washington, D.C.) at Wikimedia Commons Official website