The Gallup Building

Julius Lansburgh Furniture Co, Inc, also known as the Old Masonic Temple, is an historic building at 901 F Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Penn Quarter neighborhood.

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Type: Building
Description: post–American Civil War fraternal and commercial building in Washington, DC
Also known as: “Gallup Building”, “Julius Lansburgh Furniture Co., Inc.”, “Lansburgh Building”, “Lansburgh Furniture Company”, “Lansburgh, Julius, Furniture Co., Inc.”, “Masonic Temple”, and “Old Masonic Temple”
Historically known as: “Julius Lansburgh Furniture Company” and “Old Masonic Hall”
Postal code: 20004

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Mall and Smithsonian American Art Museum.

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.

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Museum

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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

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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 500 feet southwest of The Gallup Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East End and Chinatown.

East End

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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.

Chinatown

Neighborhood

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Washington, D.C.'s Chinatown is a small, historic area of Downtown Washington, D.C. along H and I Streets between 5th and 8th Streets, Northwest. The area was once home to thousands of Chinese immigrants, but fewer than 300 remained in 2017.

Downtown

Suburb

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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.

The Gallup Building

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

38.89733° or 38° 53′ 50″ north

Longitude

-77.02414° or 77° 1′ 27″ west

Elevation

36 feet (11 metres)

Open location code

87C4VXWG+W8

GeoNames ID

4139893

Wikidata ID

Q6309927

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

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

Dutch: “The Gallup Building”
French: “Lansburgh, Julius, Furniture Co., Inc.”
French: “The Gallup Building”
German: “Julius Lansburgh Furniture Co., Inc.”
German: “Lansburgh, Julius, Furniture Co., Inc.”
German: “The Gallup Building”
Italian: “The Gallup Building”
Slovenian: “The Gallup Building”
Spanish: “The Gallup Building”

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Explore places such as Downtown DC and Judiciary Square.

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