Thomas Jefferson Building
The Thomas Jefferson Building, also known as the Main Library, is the oldest of the Library of Congress buildings in Washington, D.C. Built between 1890 and 1897, it was initially known as the Library of Congress Building.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Building
- Description: first separate United States Library of Congress building
- Also known as: “Jefferson Building”, “Library of Congress Building”, “Library of Congress Jefferson Annex”, and “Library of Congress Main Building”
- Postal code: 20540-4660
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Mall and United States Capitol.
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.
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. United States Capitol is situated 1,100 feet west of Thomas Jefferson Building.
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. Folger Shakespeare Library is situated 810 feet east of Thomas Jefferson Building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Capitol Hill and NoMa.
Capitol Hill
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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.
NoMa
Neighborhood
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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.
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.
Thomas Jefferson Building
- Categories: library building and government building
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Thomas Jefferson Building” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “托馬斯傑斐遜大廈”
- Chinese: “托马斯杰斐逊大厦”
- Chinese: “湯馬斯·傑弗遜大樓”
- Dutch: “Thomas Jefferson Building”
- Esperanto: “Konstruaĵo Thomas Jefferson”
- Estonian: “Thomas Jefferson Building”
- French: “Thomas Jefferson Building”
- Georgian: “თომას ჯეფერსონის შენობა”
- German: “Library of Congress Building”
- German: “Thomas Jefferson Building”
- Indonesian: “Gedung Thomas Jefferson”
- Italian: “Thomas Jefferson Building”
- Panjabi: “ਥਾਮਸ ਜੇਫਰਸਨ ਬਿਲਡਿੰਗ”
- Persian: “ساختمان توماس جفرسون”
- Portuguese: “Edifício Thomas Jefferson”
- Portuguese: “Thomas Jefferson Building”
- Russian: “Здание Томаса Джефферсона”
- Slovenian: “Library of Congress Building”
- Slovenian: “Thomas Jefferson Building”
- Spanish: “Edificio Thomas Jefferson”
- Spanish: “Thomas Jefferson Building”
- Swedish: “Thomas Jefferson Building”
- Tatar: “Томас Джефферсон бинасы”
- Turkish: “Thomas Jefferson Binası”
- Ukrainian: “Будівля Томаса Джефферсона”
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