Bodisco House

Bodisco House is a building in Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic. Bodisco House is situated nearby to Saint Johns Episcopal Church, as well as near the historic building Volta Laboratory and Bureau Building.

Type: Building
Also known as: “Clement Smith House”
Address: DC

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Saint Johns Episcopal Church and Dumbarton Oaks Estate.

Saint Johns Episcopal Church

Church

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St. John's Episcopal Church is a parish of the Episcopal Church located in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States. Original plans for the church date to 1769, and the parish church was officially founded by Walter Dulany Addison in 1796. Saint Johns Episcopal Church is situated 470 feet east of Bodisco House.

Dumbarton Oaks Estate

Museum

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Dumbarton Oaks, formally the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, is a historic estate in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It was the residence and gardens of wealthy U.S. diplomat Robert Woods Bliss and his wife Mildred Barnes Bliss. Dumbarton Oaks Estate is situated 2,500 feet north of Bodisco House.

Volta Laboratory and Bureau Building

Historic building

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The Volta Laboratory and the Volta Bureau were created in Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., by Alexander Graham Bell. The Volta Laboratory was founded in 1880–1881 with Charles Sumner Tainter and Bell's cousin, Chichester Bell, for the research and development of telecommunication, phonograph and other technologies. Volta Laboratory and Bureau Building is situated 1,000 feet northwest of Bodisco House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Georgetown and Burleith.

Georgetown

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Georgetown is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C., south of Upper Northwest and west of Dupont Circle. It is the oldest part of the city, with buildings dating back to 1751.

Burleith

Neighborhood

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Burleith is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C.’s Northwest quadrant. It is bordered by 35th Street NW to the east, Reservoir Road NW and the historic Georgetown district to the south, Whitehaven Park to the north, and Glover-Archbold Park to the west.