Latrobe Gate

The Latrobe Gate is a historic gatehouse located at the Washington Navy Yard in Southeast Washington, D.C. Built in 1806 and substantially altered in 1881, the ceremonial entrance to the U.S. Navy's oldest shore establishment is an example of Greek Revival and Italianate architecture.

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Type: Building
Description: gatehouse
Also known as: “Main Gate”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Museum of the United States Navy and United States Capitol.

National Museum of the United States Navy

Museum

Photo: National Museum of the U.S. Navy, Public domain.

The National Museum of the United States Navy, or U.S. Navy Museum for short, is the flagship museum of the United States Navy and is located in the former Breech Mechanism Shop of the old Naval Gun Factory on the grounds of the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., United States. National Museum of the United States Navy is situated 890 feet south of Latrobe Gate.

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 1¼ miles northwest of Latrobe Gate.

Nationals Park

Stadium

Photo: Something Original, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Nationals Park is a baseball stadium along the Anacostia River in the Navy Yard neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is the ballpark of Major League Baseball's Washington Nationals. Nationals Park is situated 3,800 feet west of Latrobe Gate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Capitol Hill and Anacostia.

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.

Anacostia

Photo: Ron Coggswell, CC BY 2.0.

Anacostia is the popular name for the huge swathe of the capital consisting of the many neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River. Its heart, in the small, historic neighborhood of Anacostia, is immediately across the Frederick Douglass Bridge from the Nationals Ballpark.

Fairlawn

Neighborhood

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Fairlawn is a working class and middle class residential neighborhood in southeast Washington, D.C., United States. It is bounded by Interstate 295, Pennsylvania Avenue SE, Minnesota Avenue SE, Naylor Road SE, and Good Hope Road SE.

Latrobe Gate

Categories: gatehouse and historic site
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.87628° or 38° 52′ 35″ north

Longitude

-76.99499° or 76° 59′ 42″ west

Elevation

33 feet (10 metres)

Inception

1806

Open location code

87C5V2G4+G2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 67260197

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=maritime

GeoNames ID

4139361

Wikidata ID

Q1610702

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Japanese—“Latrobe Gate” goes by many names.

Chinese: “骆却勃门”
Dutch: “Latrobe Gate”
French: “Latrobe Gate”
German: “Latrobe Gate”
German: “Main Gate, Washington Navy Yard”
Japanese: “ラトローブ・ゲート”

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