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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Mass_Ave_DC.png 2x" data-file-width="422" data-file-height="359" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Massachusetts Avenue's route map</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Maintained by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia_Department_of_Transportation" class="mw-redirect" title="District of Columbia Department of Transportation">DDOT</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Width</th><td class="infobox-data">160 feet (49 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data locality"><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Massachusetts_Avenue_(Washington,_D.C.)&params=38_54_50_N_77_3_11_W_type:landmark"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">38°54′50″N</span> <span class="longitude">77°3′11″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">38.91389°N 77.05306°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">38.91389; -77.05306</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">East end</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Avenue_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Southern Avenue (Washington, D.C.)">Southern Avenue</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Major<br />junctions</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Randle Circle</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Park_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Lincoln Park (Washington, D.C.)">Lincoln Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanton_Park" title="Stanton Park">Stanton Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbus_Circle_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Columbus Circle (Washington, D.C.)">Columbus Circle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Capitol_Street" title="North Capitol Street">North Capitol Street</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/I-395.svg/30px-I-395.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/I-395.svg/45px-I-395.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/I-395.svg/60px-I-395.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="751" data-file-height="601" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_395_(District_of_Columbia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate 395 (District of Columbia)">I-395</a> / <a href="/wiki/H_Street_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="H Street (Washington, D.C.)">H Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Vernon_Square" title="Mount Vernon Square">Mount Vernon Square</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/US_29.svg/24px-US_29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/US_29.svg/36px-US_29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/US_29.svg/48px-US_29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_29_in_the_District_of_Columbia" title="U.S. Route 29 in the District of Columbia">US 29</a> (11th Street)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Circle" title="Thomas Circle">Thomas Circle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Circle" title="Scott Circle">Scott Circle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dupont_Circle" title="Dupont Circle">Dupont Circle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheridan_Circle" title="Sheridan Circle">Sheridan Circle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_Creek_and_Potomac_Parkway" title="Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway">Rock Creek & Potomac Parkway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Avenue" title="Wisconsin Avenue">Wisconsin Avenue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ward_Circle" title="Ward Circle">Ward Circle</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">West end</th><td class="infobox-data">Westmoreland Circle</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Construction</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Completion</th><td class="infobox-data">1871</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 270px; height: 250px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="270" data-height="250" data-zoom="10" data-overlays="["_855421b3d1baee422ca6b4891a29857ab3285ea9"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,10,a,a,270x250.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Massachusetts_Avenue_%28Washington%2C_D.C.%29&revid=1247054060&groups=_855421b3d1baee422ca6b4891a29857ab3285ea9" width="270" height="250" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,10,a,a,270x250@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Massachusetts_Avenue_%28Washington%2C_D.C.%29&revid=1247054060&groups=_855421b3d1baee422ca6b4891a29857ab3285ea9 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">United States historic place</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="border-spacing:1px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="padding:0; border:none;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; font-size:110%; font-weight:bold;color: #202122; background: #A8EDEF; line-height:1.5">Massachusetts Avenue Historic District</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="width:100%; text-align:center; line-height:1.5;color: #202122; background: #A8EDEF;"><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" title="National Register of Historic Places">U.S. National Register of Historic Places</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="width:100%; text-align:center; line-height:1.4; color: #202122; background: #E6E6FA"><a href="/wiki/Historic_districts_in_the_United_States" title="Historic districts in the United States">U.S. Historic district</a></div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Miller_House_-_Washington,_D.C.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/The_Miller_House_-_Washington%2C_D.C.jpg/250px-The_Miller_House_-_Washington%2C_D.C.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="229" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/The_Miller_House_-_Washington%2C_D.C.jpg/375px-The_Miller_House_-_Washington%2C_D.C.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/The_Miller_House_-_Washington%2C_D.C.jpg/500px-The_Miller_House_-_Washington%2C_D.C.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2270" data-file-height="2075" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Miller_House_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Miller House (Washington, D.C.)">Miller House</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Contributing_property" title="Contributing property">contributing property</a> to the Massachusetts Avenue Historic District</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap 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(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Location_map_Washington_DC_Cleveland_Park_to_Southwest_Waterfront.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Massachusetts Avenue (Washington, D.C.) is located in Washington, D.C."><img alt="Massachusetts Avenue (Washington, D.C.) is located in Washington, D.C." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Location_map_Washington_DC_Cleveland_Park_to_Southwest_Waterfront.png/250px-Location_map_Washington_DC_Cleveland_Park_to_Southwest_Waterfront.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="256" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Location_map_Washington_DC_Cleveland_Park_to_Southwest_Waterfront.png/375px-Location_map_Washington_DC_Cleveland_Park_to_Southwest_Waterfront.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Location_map_Washington_DC_Cleveland_Park_to_Southwest_Waterfront.png/500px-Location_map_Washington_DC_Cleveland_Park_to_Southwest_Waterfront.png 2x" data-file-width="717" data-file-height="734" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:30.115%;left:36.118%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Massachusetts Avenue (Washington, D.C.)"><img alt="Massachusetts Avenue (Washington, D.C.)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/7px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="7" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/11px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/14px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em"></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;">Both sides of Massachusetts Avenue between 17th Street and <a href="/wiki/Observatory_Circle" title="Observatory Circle">Observatory Circle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northwest_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Northwest (Washington, D.C.)">NW</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Massachusetts_Avenue_(Washington,_D.C.)&params=38_54_50_N_77_3_11_W_type:landmark_region:US-DC"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">38°54′50″N</span> <span class="longitude">77°3′11″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">38.91389°N 77.05306°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">38.91389; -77.05306</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Area</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;">81 acres (33 ha)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Built</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;">1871</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Architect</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;">Multiple</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Architectural style</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;">Late Victorian, Beaux Arts</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">NRHP reference <abbr title="number">No.</abbr></th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/74002166">74002166</a><sup id="cite_ref-nris_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nris-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Added to NRHP</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;">October 22, 1974</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Massachusetts Avenue</b> is a major diagonal transverse road in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, and the <b>Massachusetts Avenue Historic District</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Historic_district_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Historic district (United States)">historic district</a> that includes part of it. </p><p>Massachusetts Avenue was part of <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Charles_L%27Enfant" title="Pierre Charles L'Enfant">Pierre Charles L'Enfant</a>'s original plan for the development of Washington, D.C. The avenue crosses three of Washington, D.C.'s four <a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Washington,_D.C.#City_layout" title="Geography of Washington, D.C.">quadrants</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It intersects every major north–south street and passes numerous Washington landmarks. Massachusetts Avenue represents the northern boundary of <a href="/wiki/Downtown_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Downtown (Washington, D.C.)">downtown</a> and the city's <a href="/wiki/Embassy_Row" title="Embassy Row">Embassy Row</a>. </p><p>Massachusetts Avenue is tied with <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Avenue" title="Pennsylvania Avenue">Pennsylvania Avenue</a> as the widest road in Washington, D.C., at 160 feet (49 m). The two roads run in parallel through much of the city, Massachusetts about seven blocks north of Pennsylvania Avenue. Massachusetts Avenue was long considered the city's premier residential street, and Pennsylvania Avenue was its most sought-after business address. The two avenues are named <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>, two states that played a leading role in securing American independence in the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolution" title="American Revolution">American Revolution</a> and the subsequent <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">Revolutionary War</a>. </p><p>The historic district is an 81-acre (33 ha) area in <a href="/wiki/Northwest_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Northwest (Washington, D.C.)">Northwest Washington, D.C.</a> that includes 150 <a href="/wiki/Contributing_structure" class="mw-redirect" title="Contributing structure">contributing buildings</a> and three <a href="/wiki/Contributing_structures" class="mw-redirect" title="Contributing structures">contributing structures</a>. In 1985, Massachusetts Avenue was listed on the <a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" title="National Register of Historic Places">National Register of Historic Places</a>. It includes multiple properties that are individually listed on the National Register.<sup id="cite_ref-nris_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nris-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Route_description">Route description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Massachusetts_Avenue_(Washington,_D.C.)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Route description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:3rd,_H,_%26_Mass.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/3rd%2C_H%2C_%26_Mass.JPG/220px-3rd%2C_H%2C_%26_Mass.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/3rd%2C_H%2C_%26_Mass.JPG/330px-3rd%2C_H%2C_%26_Mass.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/3rd%2C_H%2C_%26_Mass.JPG/440px-3rd%2C_H%2C_%26_Mass.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2360" data-file-height="1725" /></a><figcaption>Massachusetts Avenue at the intersection of 3rd and <a href="/wiki/H_Street_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="H Street (Washington, D.C.)">H Streets</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northwest_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Northwest (Washington, D.C.)">NW</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Massachusetts_Avenue_on_Capitol_Hill,_2015_-_4.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Massachusetts_Avenue_on_Capitol_Hill%2C_2015_-_4.jpeg/220px-Massachusetts_Avenue_on_Capitol_Hill%2C_2015_-_4.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Massachusetts_Avenue_on_Capitol_Hill%2C_2015_-_4.jpeg/330px-Massachusetts_Avenue_on_Capitol_Hill%2C_2015_-_4.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Massachusetts_Avenue_on_Capitol_Hill%2C_2015_-_4.jpeg/440px-Massachusetts_Avenue_on_Capitol_Hill%2C_2015_-_4.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption>A residential area along Massachusetts Avenue on <a href="/wiki/Capitol_Hill" title="Capitol Hill">Capitol Hill</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Belvedere,_13th_%26_Massachusetts_Avenue_NW.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Belvedere%2C_13th_%26_Massachusetts_Avenue_NW.JPG/220px-Belvedere%2C_13th_%26_Massachusetts_Avenue_NW.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Belvedere%2C_13th_%26_Massachusetts_Avenue_NW.JPG/330px-Belvedere%2C_13th_%26_Massachusetts_Avenue_NW.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Belvedere%2C_13th_%26_Massachusetts_Avenue_NW.JPG/440px-Belvedere%2C_13th_%26_Massachusetts_Avenue_NW.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2856" data-file-height="2214" /></a><figcaption>The intersection of 13th Street and Massachusetts Avenue, NW near <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Circle" title="Thomas Circle">Thomas Circle</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The main section of Massachusetts Avenue begins at 19th Street <a href="/wiki/Washington_DC_(southeast)" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington DC (southeast)">Southeast</a>, just to the west of the former <a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia_General_Hospital" title="District of Columbia General Hospital">District of Columbia General Hospital</a> site and one block north of <a href="/wiki/Congressional_Cemetery" title="Congressional Cemetery">Congressional Cemetery</a>. At the hospital, Massachusetts Avenue commands a view of the <a href="/wiki/Anacostia_River" title="Anacostia River">Anacostia River</a>. It proceeds in a northwesterly direction crosstown. At 14th Street SE, it enters the neighborhood of <a href="/wiki/Capitol_Hill,_Washington,_D.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.">Capitol Hill</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Park_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Lincoln Park (Washington, D.C.)">Lincoln Park</a> in <a href="/wiki/Northeast_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Northeast (Washington, D.C.)">Northeast Washington, D.C.</a> </p><p>After briefly converging with <a href="/wiki/Columbus_Circle_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Columbus Circle (Washington, D.C.)">Columbus Circle</a> as it curves around <a href="/wiki/Washington_Union_Station" title="Washington Union Station">Washington Union Station</a>, Massachusetts Avenue enters <a href="/wiki/Northwest_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Northwest (Washington, D.C.)">Northwest Washington, D.C.</a> in a rapidly changing neighborhood which has transitioned from earlier blight and decay to in the 21st century developing numerous high-rise apartment complexes. In the tradition of the acronym <a href="/wiki/SoHo,_Manhattan" title="SoHo, Manhattan">SoHo</a> in <a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a>, realtors sometimes refer to this area as <a href="/wiki/NoMa" title="NoMa">NoMa</a>, standing for north of Massachusetts Avenue. </p><p>It intersects with <a href="/wiki/Interstate_395_(District_of_Columbia/Virginia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate 395 (District of Columbia/Virginia)">Interstate 395</a>, which runs underground at that point, at <a href="/wiki/H_Street_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="H Street (Washington, D.C.)">H Street</a> NW, and passes over <a href="/wiki/Mount_Vernon_Square" title="Mount Vernon Square">Mount Vernon Square</a> in front of the <a href="/wiki/Walter_E._Washington_Convention_Center" title="Walter E. Washington Convention Center">Walter E. Washington Convention Center</a>. Continuing northwest, Massachusetts enters an underpass below <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Circle" title="Thomas Circle">Thomas Circle</a> at <a href="/wiki/14th_Street_Northwest_and_Southwest_(Washington,_D.C.)" class="mw-redirect" title="14th Street Northwest and Southwest (Washington, D.C.)">14th</a> and <a href="/wiki/M_Street_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="M Street (Washington, D.C.)">M Streets</a> NW, before curving around <a href="/wiki/Scott_Circle" title="Scott Circle">Scott Circle</a> at <a href="/wiki/16th_Street_Northwest_(Washington,_D.C.)" class="mw-redirect" title="16th Street Northwest (Washington, D.C.)">16th</a> and N Streets NW; this is considered the starting point of <a href="/wiki/Embassy_Row" title="Embassy Row">Embassy Row</a>. </p><p>Massachusetts Avenue passes through the inner ring of <a href="/wiki/Dupont_Circle" title="Dupont Circle">Dupont Circle</a> and curves north at <a href="/wiki/Sheridan_Circle" title="Sheridan Circle">Sheridan Circle</a>, paralleling <a href="/wiki/Rock_Creek_(Potomac_River_tributary)" title="Rock Creek (Potomac River tributary)">Rock Creek</a> to Belmont Road NW. After crossing Rock Creek over <a href="/wiki/Charles_C._Glover_Memorial_Bridge" title="Charles C. Glover Memorial Bridge">Charles C. Glover Memorial Bridge</a>, it curves around the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Observatory" title="United States Naval Observatory">United States Naval Observatory</a> and <a href="/wiki/Number_One_Observatory_Circle" title="Number One Observatory Circle">Number One Observatory Circle</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Official_residence" title="Official residence">official residence</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States" title="Vice President of the United States">vice President of the United States</a>, which forms the southwest boundary of the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Heights" title="Massachusetts Heights">Massachusetts Heights</a> neighborhood. <a href="/wiki/Washington_National_Cathedral" title="Washington National Cathedral">Washington National Cathedral</a>, located at the intersection of Massachusetts and <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Avenue" title="Wisconsin Avenue">Wisconsin Avenues</a>, is usually considered the end of <a href="/wiki/Embassy_Row" title="Embassy Row">Embassy Row</a>. </p><p>At <a href="/wiki/Ward_Circle" title="Ward Circle">Ward Circle</a>, Massachusetts Avenue delineates the <a href="/wiki/American_University_Park" title="American University Park">American University Park</a> neighborhood from <a href="/wiki/Spring_Valley,_Washington,_D.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Spring Valley, Washington, D.C.">Spring Valley</a>, passing to the north of <a href="/wiki/American_University" title="American University">American University</a>. It crosses the border between Washington, D.C. and <a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Maryland" title="Montgomery County, Maryland">Montgomery County, Maryland</a> at Westmoreland Circle. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a>, the road continues signed as <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Route_396" title="Maryland Route 396">Maryland Route 396</a>, waving through residential sections of <a href="/wiki/Bethesda,_Maryland" title="Bethesda, Maryland">Bethesda</a> until terminating at Goldsboro Road, also known as <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Route_614" title="Maryland Route 614">Maryland Route 614</a>. Another section of Massachusetts Avenue, discontinuous from this one, lies on the east side of the <a href="/wiki/Anacostia_River" title="Anacostia River">Anacostia River</a>. That section extends from 30th Street SE near <a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia_Route_295" title="District of Columbia Route 295">District of Columbia Route 295</a>, to Southern Avenue SE at the border between Washington, D.C. and <a href="/wiki/Prince_George%27s_County,_Maryland" title="Prince George's County, Maryland">Prince George's County</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_institutions">Notable institutions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Massachusetts_Avenue_(Washington,_D.C.)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Notable institutions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Several notable institutions are located on Massachusetts Avenue, including: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brookings_Institution" title="Brookings Institution">Brookings Institution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carnegie_Endowment_for_International_Peace" title="Carnegie Endowment for International Peace">Carnegie Endowment for International Peace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cato_Institute" title="Cato Institute">Cato Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgetown_University_Law_Center" title="Georgetown University Law Center">Georgetown University Law Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Center_of_Washington" title="Islamic Center of Washington">Islamic Center of Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Trust_for_Historic_Preservation" title="National Trust for Historic Preservation">National Trust for Historic Preservation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_H._Nitze_School_of_Advanced_International_Studies" class="mw-redirect" title="Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies">Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peterson_Institute" class="mw-redirect" title="Peterson Institute">Peterson Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postal_Square_Building" title="Postal Square Building">Postal Square Building</a>, which houses the <a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Labor_Statistics" title="Bureau of Labor Statistics">Bureau of Labor Statistics</a> and the <a href="/wiki/National_Postal_Museum" title="National Postal Museum">National Postal Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Nicholas_Cathedral_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="St. Nicholas Cathedral (Washington, D.C.)">St Nicholas Cathedral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Heritage_Foundation" title="The Heritage Foundation">The Heritage Foundation</a></li></ul> <p>Multiple embassies and residences are located on Massachusetts Avenue, leading to the naming of a section of Massachusetts Avenue as Embassy Row. Several of these embassies are listed on the <a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" title="National Register of Historic Places">National Register of Historic Places</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Massachusetts_Avenue_(Washington,_D.C.)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="19th_century">19th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Massachusetts_Avenue_(Washington,_D.C.)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 19th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2201-2209_Massachusetts_Avenue,_NW.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/2201-2209_Massachusetts_Avenue%2C_NW.JPG/220px-2201-2209_Massachusetts_Avenue%2C_NW.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/2201-2209_Massachusetts_Avenue%2C_NW.JPG/330px-2201-2209_Massachusetts_Avenue%2C_NW.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/2201-2209_Massachusetts_Avenue%2C_NW.JPG/440px-2201-2209_Massachusetts_Avenue%2C_NW.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3189" data-file-height="1862" /></a><figcaption>Private residences and embassies on Massachusetts Avenue in the <a href="/wiki/Kalorama_Heights" title="Kalorama Heights">Kalorama</a> neighborhood of <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The track of the avenue was not paved until the administration of <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Robey_Shepherd" title="Alexander Robey Shepherd">Alexander Robey Shepherd</a> in the early 1870s. It was extended beyond Boundary Road, now <a href="/wiki/Florida_Avenue" title="Florida Avenue">Florida Avenue</a>, in the 1880s, and beyond <a href="/wiki/Rock_Creek_(Potomac_River)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rock Creek (Potomac River)">Rock Creek</a> to Wisconsin Avenue after 1900. In 1906, the District Commissioners approved extending it to the <a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia" class="mw-redirect" title="District of Columbia">District</a> line, although at the time they thought it would really only be used up to its intersection with Nebraska Avenue with the exception of pleasure drives.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1870s, residential development accelerated on Massachusetts Avenue, mostly around the circles located west of 9th Street NW. These <a href="/wiki/Brick" title="Brick">brick</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brownstone" title="Brownstone">brownstone</a> structures reflected the <a href="/wiki/Queen_Anne_style_architecture_in_the_United_States" title="Queen Anne style architecture in the United States">Queen Anne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Richardsonian_Romanesque" title="Richardsonian Romanesque">Richardsonian Romanesque</a> styles in vogue at the time. Luxurious <a href="/wiki/Georgian_architecture" title="Georgian architecture">Georgian Revival</a> and <a href="/wiki/Beaux-Arts_architecture" title="Beaux-Arts architecture">Beaux-Arts</a> mansions on Massachusetts Avenuewere late inhabited by wealthy and influential Washingtonians. The section between <a href="/wiki/Sheridan_Circle" title="Sheridan Circle">Sheridan Circle</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scott_Circle" title="Scott Circle">Scott Circle</a> became known as "Millionaires' Row". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="20th_century">20th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Massachusetts_Avenue_(Washington,_D.C.)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 20th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a> forced many to relinquish their homes on Millionaires' Row. After <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, Massachusetts Avenue was seen as less fashionable than newer areas such as upper <a href="/wiki/16th_Street_Northwest_(Washington,_D.C.)" class="mw-redirect" title="16th Street Northwest (Washington, D.C.)">16th Street</a>. Many residences were sold and demolished to make way for office buildings, particularly around Dupont Circle and to its east. Many others, however, survived as embassies and society houses; the former Millionaires' Row is today well known as <a href="/wiki/Embassy_Row" title="Embassy Row">Embassy Row</a>. </p><p>Several overlapping <a href="/wiki/Historic_districts_in_the_United_States" title="Historic districts in the United States">historic districts</a> have been created to preserve the character of the remaining neighborhoods. The Massachusetts Avenue Historic District encompasses the buildings between 17th Street and <a href="/wiki/Observatory_Circle" title="Observatory Circle">Observatory Circle</a> on Massachusetts Avenue <a href="/wiki/Northwest_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Northwest (Washington, D.C.)">NW</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transit">Transit</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Massachusetts_Avenue_(Washington,_D.C.)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Transit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While no <a href="/wiki/Washington_Metro" title="Washington Metro">Washington Metro</a> lines run along Massachusetts Avenue, the <a href="/wiki/Metrobus_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Metrobus (Washington, D.C.)">Metrobus</a> N routes serve upper Northwest while a patchwork of routes serve <a href="/wiki/Downtown,_Washington,_D.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Downtown, Washington, D.C.">Downtown</a>, Northeast, and Southeast. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Metrobus">Metrobus</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Massachusetts_Avenue_(Washington,_D.C.)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Metrobus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following <a href="/wiki/List_of_Metrobus_routes_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="List of Metrobus routes (Washington, D.C.)">Metrobus</a> routes travel along the street (listed from west to east): </p> <ul><li>N4 (Dupont Circle to Westmoreland Circle)</li> <li>N6 (Dupont Circle to Westmoreland Circle, making a clockwise-only loop each direction between Idaho Avenue westbound/Cathedral Avenue eastbound and Ward Circle. Runs on weekends and weekdays after 8 PM to replace N2 and N4 service)</li> <li>N2 (Dupont Circle to Idaho Avenue westbound/Cathedral Avenue eastbound, crossing again at Ward Circle)</li> <li>80 (North Capitol Street to 2nd Street NW westbound/H Street NW eastbound)</li> <li>D6 (Stanton Park to North Capitol St.)</li> <li>X8 (Stanton Park to Columbus Circle)</li> <li>96 (D.C. General Hospital to New Jersey Ave NW)</li> <li>M6 (Alabama Ave to Southern Ave)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="DC_Circulator">DC Circulator</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Massachusetts_Avenue_(Washington,_D.C.)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: DC Circulator"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/DC_Circulator" title="DC Circulator">DC Circulator</a> travels along the street, connecting <a href="/wiki/Georgetown_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)">Georgetown</a> in the west with <a href="/wiki/Washington_Union_Station" title="Washington Union Station">Washington Union Station</a> in the east. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Far_western_and_eastern_ends">Far western and eastern ends</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Massachusetts_Avenue_(Washington,_D.C.)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Far western and eastern ends"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Ride_On_(bus)" title="Ride On (bus)">Ride On</a> Route 29 serves Massachusetts Avenue in Maryland from Westmoreland Circle to the avenue's terminus at Goldsboro Road. </p><p>The M6, which travels from the Potomac Avenue Metro station to Fairfax Village, runs along Massachusetts Avenue between Alabama Avenue and Southern Avenue. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Washington_Metro">Washington Metro</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Massachusetts_Avenue_(Washington,_D.C.)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Washington Metro"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following <a href="/wiki/Washington_Metro" title="Washington Metro">Metrorail</a> stations have stops located near Massachusetts Avenue: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dupont_Circle_(Washington_Metro)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dupont Circle (Washington Metro)">Dupont Circle</a> <div class="legend" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;color:inherit;background-color:#FA2C2D!important"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Red_Line_(Washington_Metro)" title="Red Line (Washington Metro)">Red Line</a></div></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Vernon_Square_(WMATA_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mount Vernon Square (WMATA station)">Mount Vernon Square</a> <div class="legend" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;color:inherit;background-color:#13AE4E!important"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Green_Line_(Washington_Metro)" title="Green Line (Washington Metro)">Green Line</a></div> <div class="legend" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;color:inherit;background-color:#FFCE36!important"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Yellow_Line_(Washington_Metro)" title="Yellow Line (Washington Metro)">Yellow Line</a></div></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_Station_(WMATA_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Station (WMATA station)">Union Station</a> <div class="legend" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;color:inherit;background-color:#FA2C2D!important"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Red_Line_(Washington_Metro)" title="Red Line (Washington Metro)">Red Line</a></div></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stadium%E2%80%93Armory_(WMATA_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stadium–Armory (WMATA station)">Stadium-Armory</a> <div class="legend" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;color:inherit;background-color:#0079C5!important"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Blue_Line_(Washington_Metro)" title="Blue Line (Washington Metro)">Blue Line</a></div> <div class="legend" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;color:inherit;background-color:#FF9127!important"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Orange_Line_(Washington_Metro)" title="Orange Line (Washington Metro)">Orange Line</a></div> <div class="legend" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;color:inherit;background-color:#9BA6A3!important"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Silver_Line_(Washington_Metro)" title="Silver Line (Washington Metro)">Silver Line</a></div></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Commuter_rail">Commuter rail</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Massachusetts_Avenue_(Washington,_D.C.)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Commuter rail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Washington_Union_Station" title="Washington Union Station">Washington Union Station</a>, which is served by <a href="/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a>, <a href="/wiki/MARC_Train" title="MARC Train">MARC</a>, and <a 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March 13, 2009.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=National+Register+of+Historic+Places&rft.atitle=National+Register+Information+System&rft.date=2009-03-13&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnpgallery.nps.gov%2FNRHP&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMassachusetts+Avenue+%28Washington%2C+D.C.%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">L'Enfant identified himself as "Peter Charles L'Enfant" during most of his life, while residing in the United States. He wrote this name on his <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3850.ct000512">"Plan of the city intended for the permanent seat of the government of t(he) United States ...."</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160111230315/http://v/">Archived</a> 2016-01-11 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> (Washington, D.C.) and on other legal documents. However, during the early 1900s, a French ambassador to the United States, <a href="/wiki/Jean_Jules_Jusserand" title="Jean Jules Jusserand">Jean Jules Jusserand</a>, popularized the use of L'Enfant's birth name, "Pierre Charles L'Enfant". (Reference: Bowling, Kenneth R. (2002). <i>Peter Charles L'Enfant: Vision, Honor, and Male Friendship in the Early American Republic</i>. George Washington University, Washington, D.C. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9727611-0-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-9727611-0-9">978-0-9727611-0-9</a>). The United States Code states in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2002-title40/pdf/USCODE-2002-title40-subtitleII-partA-chap33-sec3309.pdf">40 U.S.C. 3309</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210402174922/https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2002-title40/pdf/USCODE-2002-title40-subtitleII-partA-chap33-sec3309.pdf">Archived</a> 2021-04-02 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>: "(a) In General.—The purposes of this chapter shall be carried out in the District of Columbia as nearly as may be practicable in harmony with the plan of Peter Charles L'Enfant." The <a href="/wiki/National_Park_Service" title="National Park Service">National Park Service</a> identifies L'Enfant as <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/Wash/text.htm#washington">Major Peter Charles L'Enfant</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140405134623/http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/Wash/text.htm#washington">Archived</a> 2014-04-05 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> and as <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nps.gov/history/Nr/travel/presidents/washington_monument.html">Major Pierre (Peter) Charles L'Enfant</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100403082613/http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/presidents/washington_monument.html">Archived</a> 2010-04-03 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> on its website.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.proquest.com/docview/144665734/365D3F5B4C614327PQ/8">Approve Street Extensions</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211004142224/https://www.proquest.com/docview/144665734/365D3F5B4C614327PQ/8">Archived</a> 2021-10-04 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>". <i>The Washington Post</i>. 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Register of Historic Places listings in Georgia">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Hawaii" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Hawaii">Hawaii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Idaho" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Idaho">Idaho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Illinois" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Illinois">Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Indiana" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Indiana">Indiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Iowa" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Iowa">Iowa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Kansas" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Kansas">Kansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Kentucky" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Kentucky">Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Louisiana" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Louisiana">Louisiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Maine" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Maine">Maine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Maryland" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Maryland">Maryland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Massachusetts" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Michigan" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Michigan">Michigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Minnesota">Minnesota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Mississippi" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Mississippi">Mississippi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Missouri" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Missouri">Missouri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Montana" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Montana">Montana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Nebraska" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Nebraska">Nebraska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Nevada" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Nevada">Nevada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_New_Hampshire" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_New_Jersey" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in New Jersey">New Jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_New_Mexico" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in New Mexico">New Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_New_York" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in New York">New York</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_North_Carolina" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in North Carolina">North Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_North_Dakota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in North Dakota">North Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Ohio" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Ohio">Ohio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Oklahoma" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Oregon" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Oregon">Oregon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Rhode_Island" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_South_Carolina" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in South Carolina">South Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_South_Dakota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in South Dakota">South Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Tennessee" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Tennessee">Tennessee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Texas" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Texas">Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Utah" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Utah">Utah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Vermont" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Vermont">Vermont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Virginia" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in 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