Luther Monument
The Luther Monument is a public artwork located in front of Luther Place Memorial Church in Washington, D.C., United States. The monument to Martin Luther, the theologian and Protestant Reformer, is a bronze, full-length portrait.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Slowking4, Public domain.
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: statue
- Description: artwork by Ernst Friedrich August Rietschel
- Also known as: “Luther Statue”, “Martin Luther Monument”, and “Martin Luther Statue”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Luther Place Memorial Church and National Museum of Women in the Arts.
Luther Place Memorial Church
Church
Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Luther Place Memorial Church is a congregation belonging to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The neo-Gothic church building in Thomas Circle in Washington, D.C., was designed by architects Judson York, J.
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. National Museum of Women in the Arts is situated 2,500 feet south of Luther Monument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Logan Circle and Golden Triangle.
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.
Golden Triangle
Neighborhood
The Golden Triangle is a neighborhood and business improvement district in Washington, D.C. Covering 43 blocks, it encompasses the western part of Washington's central business district, running from the front yard of the White House's north side to Dupont Circle and from 16th Street NW to 21st Street NW and including sections of K Street and Connecticut Avenue.
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.
Luther Monument
- Categories: sculpture, Luther Monument, park, and tourism
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.90658° or 38° 54′ 24″ northLongitude
-77.0317° or 77° 1′ 54″ westElevation
85 feet (26 metres)Open location code
87C4WX49+J8OpenStreetMap ID
node 358957984OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=statueWikidata ID
Q6776037
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Portuguese—“Luther Monument” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Martin Luther Statue”
- French: “Martin Luther”
- Portuguese: “Monumento Luther (Washington, D.C.)”
- Portuguese: “Monumento Luther”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include National City Christian Church and Washington Plaza Hotel.
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