Landmarks in Washington

Peirce Mill

Dam at Peirce Mill

Fort Stevens

Park known for its remnants of Civil War fortifications, plus hiking, biking & other recreation.

Peirce Springhouse.

Washington Monument

Landmark obelisk rising from the National Mall that honors America's first president.

Petersen House

Preserved 1900s guest house where Abraham Lincoln died after being shot at Ford's Theater, opposite.

General Winfield Scott Statue

Nuns of the Battlefield Civil War Nurses Monument

DACOR Bacon House

President Lincoln's Cottage

Lincoln's home during the height of the Civil War, the Gothic-Revival cottage is now a museum.

Peirce Barn

The Lafayette Square Historic District

Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site

Museum honoring early civil rights leader through stories & archives of African American history.

DC Firehouse 4

General Andrew Jackson Statue

Thomas Jefferson Memorial

Columned rotunda in the style of Rome's Pantheon on the man-made reservoir known as the Tidal Basin.

Summerhouse

Peirce-Klingle Estate

Daniel Webster Memorial

Lincoln Memorial

Parthenon-inspired tribute to Abraham Lincoln with a 19-ft. marble statue, murals & reflecting pool.