Friendship House
Friendship House is a Georgian townhouse, located at 619 D Street, Southeast, Washington, D.C., in the Capitol Hill neighborhood.Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- 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
Photo: Ottojula, Public domain.
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
Photo: JuliaC2006, CC BY 2.0.
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
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 2.5.
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 C Street to the north, by the Anacostia River to the east and south, and by Capitol Hill at 15th Street to the west.
Waterfront
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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.88406° or 38° 53′ 3″ northLongitude
-76.99761° or 76° 59′ 51″ westElevation
79 feet (24 metres)Open location code
87C5V2M2+JXOpenStreetMap ID
way 48039117OpenStreetMap feature
building=residential
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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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