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Street-by-Street: Around The White House

The area surrounding the White House is filled with grand 6 Eisenhower Executive
architecture and political history, and the vistas from the Office Building
Ellipse lawn are breathtaking. It is worth spending a day Although it was poorly received
exploring the area and seeing some of its buildings, such on its completion in 1888, this
attractive building now houses
as the Treasury Building with its statue of Alexander Hamilton staff of the Executive branch.
(the first Secretary of the Treasury) and the Eisenhower Executive
Office Building. The buildings of the Daughters of the American
Revolution (DAR) and the Organization of the American H S T R E E T
States (OAS) both offer the visitor an insight
into the pride the nation takes in
its past. H S T R E E T M A D I S O N P L A C E

5 Renwick Gallery
The gallery, is part of the J A C K S O N P L A C E A V E N U E
Smithsonian American Art
Museum. The inscription above
the entrance of the building P E N N S Y L V A N I A

reads “Dedicated to Art.”
8 Octagon Museum 7 . Corcoran Gallery of Art
At one time the home of James The gallery (closed for renovation) will
Madison, this building has had a varied feature select pieces from the original
history, functioning as a hospital and a Corcoran collection and the National
school, among other things. Gallery of Art, once it reopens. It will
also serve as a space for exhibiting
pieces from traveling shows curated
A. HAMILTON PLACE
by the National Gallery of Art.

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N V E
S T A T E P L A C E
9 DAR Building E X E C U T I V E A E S T R E E T
This beautiful N E W Y O R K A V E N U E
Neo-Classical
building is one
of three founded
by the historical
organization, the E S T R E E T
Daughters of the
American Revolution.
T H E E L L I P S E
Key 1 5 T H S T R E E T
Suggested route
D S T R E E T 1 7 T H S T R E E T

0 OAS Building
The central statue of C S T R E E T
Queen Isabella of Spain
stands in front of this
Spanish Col onial-style
mansion. Built in 1910, it
houses the Organization
C O N S T I T U T I O N A V E N U E
of American States.

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