Friendship House

Friendship House is a Georgian townhouse, located at 619 D Street, Southeast, Washington, D.C., in the Capitol Hill neighborhood.

Photo: APK, CC BY 4.0.

Type: Residential building
Description: historic house in Washington, D.C., United States
Also known as: “Maple Square”, “The Maples”, and “William Duncanson House”
Address: 619 D Street Southeast, Washington, DC 20003

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include United States Capitol and District of Columbia Public Library-Southeast Neighborhood Branch.

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 3,800 feet northwest of Friendship House.

District of Columbia Public Library-Southeast Neighborhood Branch

Library

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The Southeast Neighborhood Library is a branch of the District of Columbia Public Library in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is located at 403 7th Street SE.

Eastern Market Metro Station

Metro station

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Eastern Market station is a Washington Metro station in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States. The island platformed station was opened on July 1, 1977, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Eastern Market Metro Station is situated 510 feet east of Friendship House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Capitol Hill and Hill East.

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.

Hill East

Neighborhood

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Hill East is a residential neighborhood in Washington, D.C. located in the Southeast quadrant of the city. It is bounded by the Kingman Park neighborhood at East Capitol Street SE to the north, by the Anacostia River to the east and south, and by Capitol Hill at 15th Street to the west.

Waterfront

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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.

Friendship House

Categories: house and building
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.88406° or 38° 53′ 3″ north

Longitude

-76.99761° or 76° 59′ 51″ west

Elevation

79 feet (24 metres)

Open location code

87C5V2M2+JX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 48039117

OpenStreetMap feature

building=residential

GeoNames ID

4138807

Wikidata ID

Q5504404

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In Other Languages

From French to Slovenian—“Friendship House” goes by many names.

French: “Friendship House”
Slovenian: “Friendship House”
Slovenian: “Hiša prijateljstva”
Slovenian: “Maple Square”

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