St. Anselm’s Abbey

St. Anselm's Abbey is an American Benedictine abbey in The abbey also operates St. Anselm's Abbey School, a middle and high school for boys which was ranked by the Washington Post as the most challenging school in Washington, D.C, as well as the most challenging private high school in the United States.
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  • Type: Church
  • Description: Benedictine monastery in Washington, D.C.
  • Also known as: “Saint Anselm’s Abbey” and “Saint Anselms Abbey”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Providence Hospital and Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.

Hospital
was a 408-bed located in the District of Columbia, United States. Founded in 1861 on by the Roman Catholic Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul, it was the longest continuously operating hospital and the last public hospital in the District. is situated 2,500 feet west of St. Anselm’s Abbey.

Church
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The is a minor basilica and national shrine in Washington D.C. It is the largest Catholic church building in and the tallest habitable building in Washington, D.C. is situated 1¼ miles southwest of St. Anselm’s Abbey.

Library
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The Lamond-Riggs/Lillian J. Huff Neighborhood Library is a branch of the District of Columbia Public Library in the neighborhood of It is located at 5401 South Dakota Avenue NE. is situated 1 mile northwest of St. Anselm’s Abbey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Michigan Park and Avondale.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in Ward 5 of Northeast in the Upper Northeast area element. The boundaries of and neighborhoods are contested due to the history of racial disparity between the two, but…

Neighborhood
is an unincorporated community in , United States. It is contained between Eastern Avenue NE to the south, Queens Chapel Road to the east, and the Northwest Branch to the north and west.

Suburb
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, Petworth, and Takoma are three relatively quiet neighborhoods east of Rock Creek Park. Following the "White Flight" after desegregation and the 1968 riots, these neighborhoods were left underpopulated, overwhelmingly African-American, and much less wealthy than the , just across Rock Creek Park.

St. Anselm’s Abbey

Latitude
38.9459° or 38° 56′ 45″ north
Longitude
-76.98489° or 76° 59′ 6″ west
Elevation
144 feet (44 metres)
Open location code
87C5W2W8+92
Open­Street­Map ID
way 296463363
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Geo­Names ID
7118715
Wiki­data ID
Q2820352
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In Other Languages

“St. Anselm’s Abbey” goes by many names.

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