The Gallup Building

The Gallup Building is a building in Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic. The Gallup Building is situated nearby to Smithsonian American Art Museum, as well as near the theater building Ford’s Theatre.

Type: Building
Also known as: “Gallup Building”
Historically known as: “Julius Lansburgh Furniture Company”, “Old Masonic Hall”, and “Old Masonic Temple”
Address: DC

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Mall and Smithsonian American Art Museum.

National Mall

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

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.

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Museum

Photo: Bobak, CC BY 3.0.

The Smithsonian American Art Museum is a museum in Washington, D.C., part of the Smithsonian Institution. Together with its branch museum, the Renwick Gallery, SAAM holds one of the world's largest and most inclusive collections of art made in the United States from the colonial period to the present.

Ford’s Theatre

Theater building

Photo: Ingfbruno, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ford's Theatre is a theater in Washington, D.C., which opened in 1863. In 1865, it was the site of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth. Ford’s Theatre is situated 560 feet southwest of The Gallup Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East End and Downtown.

East End

Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.

East End is D.C.'s old downtown quarter, east of 15th St, and includes the neighborhoods of Chinatown, Penn Quarter, Judiciary Square, and Mount Vernon Square. Most D.C. natives simply call this area Downtown.

Downtown

Suburb

Photo: Kurt Kaiser, CC0.

Downtown is the central business district of Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. It is the third largest central business district in the United States.

Logan Circle

Neighborhood

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.

Logan Circle is a historic roundabout park and neighborhood of Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. The majority of Logan Circle is primarily residential, except for the highly-commercialized 14th Street corridor that passes through the western part of the neighborhood.

The Gallup Building

Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.89761° or 38° 53′ 51″ north

Longitude

-77.02414° or 77° 1′ 27″ west

Elevation

36 feet (11 metres)

Open location code

87C4VXXG+28

OpenStreetMap ID

node 367140911

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

GeoNames ID

4139270

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From French to Spanish—“The Gallup Building” goes by many names.

French: “The Gallup Building”
German: “The Gallup Building”
Spanish: “The Gallup Building”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Penn Quarter and Chinatown.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as 9th St NW at F St NW and Ella’s Wood-fired Pizza.

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