Seward Square
Seward Square is a square and park maintained by the National Park Service located at the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and North Carolina Avenue in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Southeast Washington, D.C. The square is bounded by 4th Street to the west and 6th Street to the east.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Park
- Description: park in the United States of America
- Also known as: “Seward Park” and “Seward Place”
- Address: Washington, DC 20003
Places of Interest
Highlights include United States Capitol and Folger Shakespeare Library.
United States Capitol
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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.
Folger Shakespeare Library
Library
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The Folger Shakespeare Library is an independent research library on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., United States. It has the world's largest collection of the printed works of William Shakespeare, and is a primary repository for rare materials from the early modern period in Britain and Europe.
John Adams Building
Library
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The John Adams Building is the second-oldest of the buildings of the Library of Congress of the United States. Built in the 1930s, it is named for John Adams, the second president, who signed the law creating the Library of Congress in 1800.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Capitol Hill and Hill East.
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.
Hill East
Neighborhood
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Hill East is a residential neighborhood in Washington, D.C. located in the Southeast quadrant of the city. It is bounded by the Kingman Park neighborhood at C Street to the north, by the Anacostia River to the east and south, and by Capitol Hill at 15th Street to the west.
Waterfront
The Waterfront is just south of the National Mall. In addition to beautiful views of the Washington Channel, which separates the parkland on Hains Point with the land contiguous with the National Mall, this neighborhood includes great seafood, restaurants, bars, sports stadiums, entertainment options and boat excursions.
Seward Square
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.88604° or 38° 53′ 10″ northLongitude
-76.99953° or 76° 59′ 58″ westElevation
82 feet (25 metres)Operator
National Park ServiceOpen location code
87C5V2P2+C5OpenStreetMap ID
way 508025627OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkGeoNames ID
4140456Wikidata ID
Q7458194
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Satellite Map
Discover Seward Square from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Chinese—“Seward Square” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Seward Square”
- Chinese: “苏厄德广场”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Barracks Row and Capitol Hill.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Capitol Hill United Methodist Church and Statue of Olive Risley Seward.
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