Winfield Scott Hancock Statue
A monument on Pennsylvania Ave NW, in the middle of things: 575 places within a five-minute walk. One of 496 history & landmarks in Washington.















On the National Register since 2007

Temperance Fountain
Temperance Fountain was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Oct 12, 2007. It is significant for its art at the national level. Its architecture is described as Victorian. It was listed as part of Memorials in Washington, D.C..
The Temperance Fountain is a fountain and statue located in Washington, D.C., donated to the city in 1882 by Henry D. Cogswell, a dentist from San Francisco, California, who was a crusader in the temperance movement. This fountain was one of a series of temperance fountains he designed and commissioned in a belief that easy access to cool drinking water would keep people from consuming alcoholic beverages.
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575 places within a five-minute walk of Winfield Scott Hancock Statue.
701 Pennsylvania Ave NW
The nearest neighbor is Archives - Navy Memorial-Penn Quarter Metro Station, 1 min walk away.
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