Old City Hall
District of Columbia City Hall, also known as Old City Hall and the District of Columbia Courthouse, is a historic building at Judiciary Square in downtown Washington, D.C. facing Indiana Avenue.Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Town hall
- Description: Washington, D.C., also known as Old City Hall
- Also known as: “‘Old City Hall’”, “District of Columbia City Hall”, “District of Columbia Court House”, “District of Columbia Court of Appeals Building”, and “District of Columbia Courthouse”
- Address: DC
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Mall and National Gallery of Art.
National Mall
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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.
National Gallery of Art
Museum
Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The National Gallery of Art is an art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, located on the National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW. National Gallery of Art is situated 1,600 feet southwest of Old City Hall.
Capital One Arena
Stadium
Capital One Arena is an indoor arena in Washington, D.C. Located in the Chinatown section of the larger Penn Quarter neighborhood, the arena sits atop the Gallery Place rapid transit station of the Washington Metro. Capital One Arena is situated 1,400 feet northwest of Old City Hall.
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.
NoMa
Neighborhood
Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
NoMa is a neighborhood of Washington, D.C., located in Ward 6 of the city. The neighborhood encompasses the region north of Massachusetts Avenue located north and east of Union Station.
Old City Hall
- Categories: building and government building
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.89538° or 38° 53′ 43″ northLongitude
-77.01756° or 77° 1′ 3″ westElevation
49 feet (15 metres)Open location code
87C4VXWJ+5XOpenStreetMap ID
way 48040808OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=townhallOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesGeoNames ID
4139883Wikidata ID
Q5283406
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Old City Hall” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “哥倫比亞特區市政廳”
- German: “Altes Rathaus”
- Spanish: “Antiguo Ayuntamiento”
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