Statue of Winston Churchill
The statue of Winston Churchill on Embassy Row in Washington, D.C., is a bronze memorial in honor of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The plan to erect a memorial began after Churchill's 89th birthday.Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: statue
- Description: portrait sculpture by William M. McVey
- Also known as: “Sir Winston Churchill Statue” and “Winston Churchill”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include British Defence Staff – US and Number One Observatory Circle.
British Defence Staff – US
Government office
The British Defence Staff – US, which was previously known as British Joint Staff Mission and British Defence Staff, is the home of the Ministry of Defence in the United States of America and its purpose is to serve the interests of His Majesty's Government in the US. British Defence Staff – US is situated 360 feet northwest of Statue of Winston Churchill.
Number One Observatory Circle
Government office
Number One Observatory Circle is the official residence of the vice president of the United States. Located on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., it is sometimes informally referred to simply as "the Naval Observatory". Number One Observatory Circle is situated 1,600 feet northwest of Statue of Winston Churchill.
Dumbarton Oaks Estate
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Dumbarton Oaks, formally the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, is a historic estate in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It was the residence and gardens of wealthy U.S. diplomat Robert Woods Bliss and his wife Mildred Barnes Bliss. Dumbarton Oaks Estate is situated 2,200 feet south of Statue of Winston Churchill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Woodley Park and Massachusetts Avenue Heights.
Woodley Park
Suburb
Photo: Smallbones, CC0.
Woodley Park is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. Primarily residential, Woodley Park hosts a commercial corridor of restaurants and shops located along Connecticut Avenue.
Massachusetts Avenue Heights
Neighborhood
Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Massachusetts Heights is a small neighborhood in Northwest Washington, D.C., dominated by the grounds of the Washington National Cathedral. The neighborhood is bounded to the north by Woodley Road, to the southwest by Massachusetts Avenue, to the east by 34th Street NW, and to the west by Wisconsin Avenue.
Burleith
Neighborhood
Photo: Rudi Riet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Burleith is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C.’s Northwest quadrant. It is bordered by 35th Street NW to the east, Reservoir Road NW and the historic Georgetown district to the south, Whitehaven Park to the north, and Glover-Archbold Park to the west.
Statue of Winston Churchill
- Categories: sculpture, park, statue, and tourism
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.91981° or 38° 55′ 11″ northLongitude
-77.06153° or 77° 3′ 42″ westElevation
180 feet (55 metres)Open location code
87C4WW9Q+W9OpenStreetMap ID
node 358958190OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=statueWikidata ID
Q8026054
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Spanish—“Statue of Winston Churchill” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “উইনস্টন চার্চিল”
- Cebuano: “Sir Winston Churchill Statue”
- French: “Statue de Winston Churchill”
- French: “Winston Churchill”
- German: “Statue von Winston Churchill”
- German: “Winston Churchill”
- German: “Winston-Churchill-Statue”
- Spanish: “Estatua de Winston Churchill”
- Spanish: “Winston Churchill”
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