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📜 History & landmarks · Landmark and historical building

Benjamin Ogle Tayloe House

National Register CHINATOWN Local

A landmark on Madison St NW, in the middle of things: 669 places within a five-minute walk. One of 496 history & landmarks in Washington.

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On the National Register since 1973

Riggs National Bank

Riggs National Bank

Riggs National Bank was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Jul 16, 1973. It is significant for its commerce and architecture at the state level. Its architecture is described as Neo-Classical Revival.

Riggs National Bank is the historic former headquarters building of Riggs Bank, located at 1503–1505 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the downtown Washington, D.C. neighborhood. Designed by architects York and Sawyer in 1899 and completed in 1902, the building is an example of Classical Revival architecture. A western office wing designed by Appleton P. Clark Jr. was added between 1922 and 1924…

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669 places within a five-minute walk of Benjamin Ogle Tayloe House.

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21 Madison St NW

The nearest neighbor is Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute, 1 min walk away.

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Address21 Madison St NW · 20005
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NeighborhoodCHINATOWN
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Some place details from Overture Maps (CDLA-Permissive-2.0). Changes go live once a second neighbor confirms them. Building history: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places.

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