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Bulletin Building
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National Register of Historic Places

Bulletin Building

On the National Register since 200818 years
Art DecoListed 2008Washington
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About Bulletin Building

Bulletin Building, at 717 6th St., NW, was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Nov 12, 2008. The Register lists it for its architecture and industry, at the state level. It describes its style as Art Deco, as it does for 18 other District of Columbia listings. 16 more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isHeritage-listed newspaper publishing building in the United States of a America. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

PDFRead the original nominationThe form that put it on the Register, with its history, photos and a map · 39 MB · National Archives↗
Visit

Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 5 minutes

717 6th St., NW, Washington · about 0.2 miles on foot, as the crow flies

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  1. 1Bulletin BuildingStart here
  2. 2Myrene Apartment BuildingLate Victorian · next door
  3. 3Moran BuildingSecond Empire · Built 1889 · next door
  4. 4Oriental Building Association No. 6 BuildingRenaissance Revival · next door
  5. 5On Leong Chinese Merchants AssociationBuilding · next door
Around it

50 more Register listings within half a mile

★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.

★Pension BuildingVictorian · Built 18870.1 miBWheatley, Phyllis, YWCA (Additional Documentation)Colonial Revival · Built 19200.1 miBU.S. Court Of Military AppealsLate Federal0.2 miBUS General Accounting Office BuildingModerne0.2 mi★General Post OfficeGreek Revival0.2 miBEight Hundred Block of F St. NW19th Century Commercial0.2 miDDowntown Historic DistrictVernacular0.2 mi★National Portrait GalleryGreek Revival0.2 miBHarrison Apartment BuildingLate Victorian0.2 miBGermuiller RowLate Victorian0.2 miBOld Engine Company No. 6Italianate0.2 miBMary E. Surratt HouseEarly Republic · Built 18430.2 miBNational Bank of Washington, Washington BranchRichardsonian Romanesque0.3 miBDistrict of Columbia Municipal Center and PlazaBuilt 19410.3 miBDistrict of Columbia Recorder of DeedsBuilding0.3 mi★City HallBuilding0.3 miBNational Union BuildingRichardsonian Romanesque · Built 18900.3 miBAdas Israel SynagogueClassical0.3 mi
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BRiggs National Bank, Washington Loan And Trust Company BranchRichardsonian0.3 miBEquitable Co-operative Building AssociationClassical Revival · Built 19110.3 miBLansburgh, Julius, Furniture Co., Inc.French Renaissance · Built 18700.3 miBMcLachlen BuildingClassical Revival0.3 miBKing, Martin Luther, Memorial LibraryInternational Style · Built 19720.3 miBJefferson Apartment BuildingLate Victorian0.3 miB2nd Baptist ChurchLate Gothic Revival0.3 miBCentral Public Library (Additional Documentation)Beaux Arts · Built 19020.3 miBBuildings at 1000 Block of Seventh Street, and 649-651 New York Avenue NWItalianate0.3 miBFederal Home Loan Bank Board BuildingClassical Revival0.4 miOFranklin Delano Roosevelt MemorialBuilt 19970.4 miOTemperance FountainVictorian · Built 18840.4 miDPennsylvania Avenue National Historic SiteEarly Republic0.4 miBFord's Theatre National Historic SiteBuilt 19650.4 miBSun BuildingVictorian Gothic0.4 miOCivil War Monuments in Washington, DCObject0.4 miBUnited Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners-Local 132Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements: Chicago0.4 miBEmily Wiley HouseLate Victorian0.4 mi★American Federation of Labor BuildingBuilt 19160.4 miDMount Vernon Triangle Historic DistrictLate Victorian0.4 miDCivil War Fort SitesDistrict0.4 miBYale Steam LaundryGeorgian Revival0.4 miStL'Enfant Plan of the City of Washington, District of ColumbiaMonumental Classicism · Built 17910.5 mi★National Archives BuildingBuilt 19310.5 miBOld Post Office and Clock TowerRomanesque Revival0.5 miBChesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, Old Main BuildingItalian Renaissance0.5 miBChesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company BuildingArt Deco · Built 19270.5 miBMasonic TempleBuilt 19080.5 miBAsbury United Methodist ChurchEnglish Gothic Revival0.5 miBMorrison and Clark HousesItalianate0.5 miBAugusta Apartment BuildingTudor Revival0.5 miDMount Vernon Square Historic DistrictItalianate0.5 mi
More like it

Art Deco style, nearby

Other National Register listings within 25 miles described as Art Deco.

Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company BuildingBuilt 1927 · 0.5 mi away
Brownley Confectionary BuildingBuilt 1932 · 0.6 mi away
Tower BuildingBuilt 1929 · 0.7 mi away
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company Warehouse and Repair Facility0.8 mi away

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Questions about Bulletin Building

Is Bulletin Building on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Nov 12, 2008 (Register number 07000422).

Is Bulletin Building a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; District of Columbia has 75 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is Pension Building, 0.1 miles away.

Can you visit Bulletin Building?

Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.

Where can I read the history of Bulletin Building?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 39 MB PDF at the National Archives, linked on this page.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 117691993 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.