Shaw Recreation Center

Shaw Recreation Center is a park in Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic. Shaw Recreation Center is situated nearby to the neighborhood Logan Circle, as well as near Blagden Alley-Naylor Court Historic District.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lincoln Temple United Church of Christ and The Oval Office.

Lincoln Temple United Church of Christ

Church

Photo: APK, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lincoln Temple United Church of Christ was a congregation of the United Church of Christ located since 1880 in the Shaw neighborhood in the Northwest Quadrant of Washington, D.C. The original congregation established as Lincoln Memorial Congregational Church.

The Oval Office

Government office

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The Oval Office is the formal working space of the president of the United States at the White House in Washington, D.C. Part of the Executive Office of the President, it is located at the southeast corner of the West Wing.

National Museum of Women in the Arts

Museum

Photo: Polynova, Public domain.

The National Museum of Women in the Arts, located in Washington, D.C., is "the first museum in the world solely dedicated" to championing women through the arts.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Logan Circle and Shaw.

Logan Circle

Neighborhood

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.

Logan Circle is a historic roundabout park and neighborhood of Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. The majority of Logan Circle is primarily residential, except for the highly-commercialized 14th Street corridor that passes through the western part of the neighborhood.

Shaw

Photo: Ron Cogswell, CC BY 2.0.

Shaw is a neighborhood in north-central Washington D.C. just east of Dupont Circle and south of Adams Morgan and Columbia Heights. Although it has a diverse population, Shaw is distinctive from the adjacent areas due to its African-American heritage.

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.

Shaw Recreation Center

Type: Park
Description: park in District of Columbia, United States of America, United States of America
Category: recreation area
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.91162° or 38° 54′ 42″ north

Longitude

-77.02639° or 77° 1′ 35″ west

Elevation

79 feet (24 metres)

Open location code

87C4WX6F+JC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 48207355

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

4140465

Wikidata ID

Q49560539

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Shaw Recreation Center” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Shaw Recreation Center”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Logan Circle and Blagden Alley-Naylor Court Historic District.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Shaw Dog Park and Tenth Street Baptist Church.

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