Dumbarton Oaks Estate

Dumbarton Oaks, formally the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, is a historic estate in the Georgetown neighborhood of It was the residence and gardens of wealthy U.S. diplomat Robert Woods Bliss and his wife Mildred Barnes Bliss.
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  • 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 Research Library and Collection”, “Monterey”, “Oakly”, “Rock of Dumbarton”, and “The Oaks”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Georgetown University and District of Columbia Public Library-Georgetown Neighborhood Branch.

University
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is a private Jesuit research university in , United States. Founded by Bishop John Carroll in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic institution of higher education in the United States, the oldest university in Washington, D.C, and the nation's first federally chartered university. is situated 3,600 feet southwest of Dumbarton Oaks Estate.

Library
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The Georgetown Neighborhood Library is a branch of the District of Columbia Public Library located in the neighborhood of Established by an Act of Congress in 1934, the library houses the collection of its predecessor Peabody Library, which was founded in 1872 by a donation of George Peabody. is situated 730 feet west of Dumbarton Oaks Estate.

Government office
is the official residence of the vice president of the United States. Located on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Observatory in , it is sometimes informally referred to simply as "the Naval Observatory". is situated 3,300 feet north of Dumbarton Oaks Estate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Burleith and Georgetown.

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

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is a neighborhood in , south of and west of . It is the oldest part of the city, with buildings dating back to 1751.

Suburb
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is a neighborhood in northwest Washington, D.C., about a half mile north of Georgetown and just west of the and .

Dumbarton Oaks Estate

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
Open­Street­Map ID
way 66691700
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
4138309
Wiki­data ID
Q1264942
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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 Research Library and Collection”
  • 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・オークス研究図書館”
  • 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: “Дамбартон Оакс”
  • Russian: “Дамбартон Оукс”
  • Russian: “Дамбартон-Окс”
  • Russian: “Дамбартон-Оукс”
  • Russian: “Дамбертон Оакс”
  • Russian: “Дамбертон-Окс”
  • Russian: “Думбартон-Окс”
  • Serbian: “Дамбертон Оукс”
  • Slovenian: “Dumbarton Oaks”
  • Spanish: “Dumbarton Oaks”
  • Spanish: “Instituto de Dumbarton Oaks”
  • Swedish: “Dumbarton Oaks”
  • Turkish: “Dumbarton oaks”
  • Turkish: “Dumbarton Oaks”
  • Urdu: “ڈمبرٹن اوکس”
  • Western Panjabi: “ڈمبرٹن اوکس”

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