Octagon House

The Octagon House, also known as the Colonel John Tayloe III House, is a house located at 1799 New York Avenue, Northwest in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of It was built in 1799 for John Tayloe III, the wealthiest planter in the country, at the behest of his new family member George Washington, as his sister Sarah Tayloe married William Augustine Washington, son of Gen.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: historic house in Washington, D.C.
  • Also known as: “American Institute of Architects Headquarters”, “American Institute of Architects Library”, “Tayloe House”, “The Octagon”, and “The Octagon House”
  • Address: 1799 New York Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC 20006

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Mall and The Oval Office.

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

Government office
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is the formal working space of the president of the United States at the in Part of the Executive Office of the President, it is located at the southeast corner of the West Wing. is situated 1,200 feet east of Octagon House.

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The is a 555-foot tall obelisk on the in , built to commemorate George Washington, a Founding Father of the United States and the nation's first president. is situated 3,100 feet southeast of Octagon House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Golden Triangle and Foggy Bottom.

Neighborhood
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The is a neighborhood and business improvement district in , United States. Covering 43 blocks, it encompasses the western part of Washington's central business district, running from the front yard of the 's north side to and from 16th Street NW to 21st Street NW and including sections of K Street and Connecticut Avenue.

Suburb
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is a neighborhood of , United States, located in the city's quadrant. It stretches west of the towards the , north of the , east of , south of the neighborhood and west of .

Suburb
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is the central business district of , located in It is the third largest central business district in the United States.

Octagon House

Latitude
38.89634° or 38° 53′ 47″ north
Longitude
-77.04143° or 77° 2′ 29″ west
Elevation
49 feet (15 metres)
Inception
1799
Levels
3
Open location code
87C4VXW5+GC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 65780799
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
4139873
Wiki­data ID
Q7754672
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Octagon House” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بيت الأوكتاغون”
  • Chinese: “八角屋”
  • French: “The Octagon House”
  • Japanese: “オクタゴンハウス”
  • Slovenian: “The Octagon House”
  • Spanish: “The Octagon House”
  • Spanish: “The Octagon”
  • Urdu: “آکٹاگون ہاؤس”

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