Dumbarton Oaks Estate
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.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Museum
- Description: research institution concerning Byzantine and Pre-Columbian studies and garden and landscape studies
- Also known as: “Acrolophos”, “Acropholus”, “Dumbarton”, “Dumbarton Oakes”, “Dumbarton oaks”, “Dumbarton Oaks”, “Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection”, “Instituto de Dumbarton Oaks”, “Monterey”, “Oakly”, “Rock of Dumbarton”, “The Oaks”, “Дамбартон Оакс”, “Дамбартон Оукс”, “Дамбартон-Окс”, “Дамбартон-Оукс”, “Дамбертон Оакс”, “Дамбертон-Окс”, and “ダンバートン・オークス研究図書館”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Georgetown University and District of Columbia Public Library-Georgetown Neighborhood Branch.
Georgetown University
University
District of Columbia Public Library-Georgetown Neighborhood Branch
Library
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.Number One Observatory Circle
Government office
Number One Observatory Circle is the official residence of the vice president of the United States. Number One Observatory Circle is situated 3,300 feet north of Dumbarton Oaks Estate.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burleith and Georgetown.
Glover Park
Suburb
Photo: Nathanael Greene, Public domain.Dumbarton Oaks Estate
- Categories: mansion, research library, research institute, academic publisher, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.91406° or 38° 54′ 51″ north
Longitude
-77.06358° or 77° 3′ 49″ west
Elevation
190 feet (58 metres)
Open location code
87C4WW7P+JH
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Dumbarton Oaks Estate” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دومبارتون أوكس”
- Armenian: “Դումբարտոն Օքս”
- Asturian: “Dumbarton Oaks”
- Belarusian: “Думбартан-Окс”
- Catalan: “Dumbarton Oaks”
- Chinese: “敦巴頓橡樹園”
- Danish: “Dumbarton Oaks”
- Dutch: “Dumbarton Oaks”
- French: “Dumbarton Oaks”
- Georgian: “დუმბარტონ-ოქსი”
- German: “Dumbarton Oaks”
- Greek: “Νταμπάρτον Όουκς”
- Hebrew: “דמברטון אוקס”
- Indonesian: “Dumbarton Oaks”
- Italian: “Dumbarton Oaks”
- Japanese: “ダンバートン・オークス”
- Japanese: “ダンバートン・オークス邸”
- Persian: “دامبرتون اکس”
- Polish: “Dumbarton Oaks”
- Portuguese: “Dumbarton Oaks”
- Romanian: “Dumbarton Oaks”
- Russian: “Думбартон-Окс”
- Serbian: “Дамбертон Оукс”
- Slovenian: “Dumbarton Oaks”
- Spanish: “Dumbarton Oaks”
- Swedish: “Dumbarton Oaks”
- Turkish: “Dumbarton Oaks”
- Urdu: “ڈمبرٹن اوکس”
- Western Panjabi: “ڈمبرٹن اوکس”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Massachusetts Avenue Heights and Kalorama Heights.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: The Dumbarton and Hurst Home for the Blind.
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