Fairchild Building

Fairchild Building is an office building in Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic which is located on South Capitol Street Southwest. Fairchild Building is situated nearby to United States Capitol, as well as near the neighborhood Chinatown.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Mall and United States Capitol.

National Mall

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The National Mall, a national park, is a famous 2-mile-long tree-lined, pedestrian-friendly boulevard in Washington, D.C. stretching from the Capitol Building in the east to the Lincoln Memorial and Potomac River on the west.

United States Capitol

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The United States Capitol, often called the Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government. United States Capitol is situated 2,400 feet north of Fairchild Building.

National Gallery of Art

Museum

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The National Gallery of Art is an art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, located on the National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW. National Gallery of Art is situated 4,000 feet northwest of Fairchild Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Capitol Hill and Waterfront.

Capitol Hill

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Capitol Hill is a venerable neighborhood just east of the Capitol building, best known as the main residence in the city for the legislative and judicial branches of the U.S. government, and for the staffers who run the place.

Waterfront

Photo: dbking, CC BY 2.0.

The Waterfront is just south of the National Mall. In addition to beautiful views of the Washington Channel, which separates the parkland on Hains Point with the land contiguous with the National Mall, this neighborhood includes great seafood, restaurants, bars, sports stadiums, entertainment options and boat excursions.

Chinatown

Neighborhood

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Washington, D.C.'s Chinatown is a small, historic area of Downtown Washington, D.C. along H and I Streets between 5th and 8th Streets, Northwest. The area was once home to thousands of Chinese immigrants, but fewer than 300 remained in 2017.

Fairchild Building

Type: Office building
Address: 499 South Capitol Street Southwest, Washington, DC 20003
Categories: building and office
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.88342° or 38° 53′ 0″ north

Longitude

-77.01001° or 77° 0′ 36″ west

Elevation

20 feet (6 metres)

Levels

Open location code

87C4VXMQ+9X

OpenStreetMap ID

way 48037276

OpenStreetMap feature

building=office

GeoNames ID

4138587

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