Riggs-Tompkins Building

The Riggs–Tompkins Building is an historic structure located in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington, D.C. George N. Ray designed the building that was completed in 1922.

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Type: Building
Description: building in Washington, D.C., United States of America
Also known as: “Riggs–Tompkins Building” and “The Riggs National Bank Building”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tivoli Theatre and DC USA.

Tivoli Theatre

Theater building

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The Tivoli Theatre is a landmark building in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington, D.C., on 14th Street and Park Road Northwest. Originally built as a movie theater, it currently exhibits live stage productions as the home of the GALA Hispanic Theatre.

DC USA

Shopping center

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DC USA is an 890,000-square-foot vertical power center, i.e. a multilevel enclosed urban shopping center anchored by big box stores. It is located in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington, D.C. A Washington City Paper poll named DC USA the "Best Designed Retail Space" of 2009. DC USA is situated 470 feet south of Riggs-Tompkins Building.

District of Columbia Public Library-Mount Pleasant Neighborhood Branch

Library

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The Mount Pleasant Library at 1600 Lamont Street, NW in Washington, DC is a branch of the District of Columbia Public Library System that opened in May 1925, and is the third oldest public library building still in use in Washington. District of Columbia Public Library-Mount Pleasant Neighborhood Branch is situated 1,200 feet west of Riggs-Tompkins Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mount Pleasant and Columbia Heights.

Mount Pleasant

Neighborhood

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Mount Pleasant is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. The neighborhood is primarily residential, with restaurants and stores centered along a commercial corridor on Mt.

Columbia Heights

Suburb

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Adams Morgan, Mount Pleasant, and Columbia Heights are three bordering neighborhoods in Washington DC, each with a different character, but united in an unmistakable sense of dynamism, diversity, youth, and nightlife.