Houses and mansions in Washington
This tour visits places the Register records as dwellings, among them single houses, rowhouses and mansions. Many are private homes and the stops are meant to be seen from the sidewalk. More of the Washington register is houses than any other kind of building, 119 listings of it in all.
The stops that carry a construction date run from 1765 to 1925. 15 stops, 1.8 miles end to end. Of the stops, 5 are National Historic Landmarks.
Distances are straight lines between the coordinates in the National Park Service Register data, so the walk on the street will be longer. Nobody has walked or checked this as a route, and a listing does not mean a place is open to visitors. Stops last changed Sep 18, 2026.
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Map
Coordinates come from the National Park Service National Register spatial data, or from Wikidata where the spatial data has no point. The solid line joins the stops in walking order and is not a street route. Listings with a restricted address in the Register are never mapped and never become stops. Data refreshed November 02, 2026.
Walking order
- 1Old Stone House3051 M St., NW.Building · built 1765 · listed 1973start
- 2Newton D. Baker HouseNHL3017 N St., NWBuilding · built 1794 · listed 1976523 ft from stop 1
- 3Isaac Owens House2806 N St., NW.Building · listed 19730.1 mi from stop 2
- 4John Stoddert Haw House2808 N St., NW.Building · listed 1973same block from stop 3
- 5Dumbarton House2715 Q St., NW.Building · built 1800 · listed 19910.3 mi from stop 4
- 6Alice Pike Barnley Studio House2306 Massachusetts Ave., NW.Building · listed 19950.2 mi from stop 5
- 7Joseph Beale House2301 Massachusetts Ave., NW.Building · listed 1973411 ft from stop 6
- 8Charles Evans Hughes HouseNHL2223 R St., NWBuilding · listed 1972380 ft from stop 7
- 9Meeting House of the Friends Meeting of Washington2111 Florida Ave., NW.Building · listed 19900.1 mi from stop 8
- 10Duncan Phillips House1600-1614 21st St., NW.Building · built 1897 · listed 19730.1 mi from stop 9
- 11Larz Anderson HouseNHL2118 Massachusetts Ave., NW.Building · listed 1971288 ft from stop 10
- 12Spencer Carriage House and Stable2123 Twining Crt., NWBuilding · listed 1996468 ft from stop 11
- 13Woodrow Wilson HouseNHL2340 S St., NWBuilding · listed 19660.4 mi from stop 12
- 14Tucker House and Myers House2310-2320 S St., NW.Building · built 1925 · listed 197391 ft from stop 13
- 15Frances Perkins HouseNHL2326 California St., NW.Building · built 1914 · listed 1991482 ft from stop 14
1.8 straight-line miles over 14 legs.
Taking it along
- Download the route as GPXFor a handheld GPS or a phone app
- Open all 15 stops in Google MapsSet the mode to walking once it opens
- Open the first stop in Apple MapsThe Apple Maps web link carries one destination, so this is stop 1 only
Other walks in Washington
- Beaux-Arts architecture in Washington15 stops · 1.7 milesBeaux-Arts is the grand classical manner taught at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, with paired columns, sculpted swags and monumental stairs. The Washington examples on this route went up between 1901 and 1926.
- Neoclassical architecture in Washington11 stops · 1.7 milesNeoclassical buildings borrow the columns, pediments and symmetry of Greek and Roman temples. The Washington examples on this route went up between 1902 and 1928.
- Federal architecture in Washington11 stops · 2.0 milesFederal architecture is a restrained classical manner with flat wall surfaces, fanlights over the door and delicate ornament around openings and mantels. The Washington examples on this route went up between 1794 and 1831.
- Renaissance Revival architecture in Washington11 stops · 2.0 milesRenaissance Revival draws on the Italian palazzo, with a rusticated ground floor, round arched windows and a strong horizontal cornice. The Washington examples on this route went up between 1836 and 1927.
- Art Deco architecture in Washington10 stops · 2.1 milesArt Deco uses stepped massing, vertical piers and flat geometric ornament in stone, metal and terra cotta. The Washington examples on this route went up between 1927 and 1941.
Local history books for Washington
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Guidebooks to historic places in Washington, D.C.
Titles come from Open Library's catalog, matched by subject heading or by title.