Adams Memorial
The Adams Memorial is a grave marker for Marian Hooper Adams and Henry Adams located in Section E of Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. The memorial features a cast bronze allegorical sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Saint Pauls Episcopal Church and Rock Creek Cemetery.
Saint Pauls Episcopal Church
Church
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Rock Creek Parish, is a historic Episcopal church located on Rock Creek Church Road, NW, in Washington, D.C., United States. Saint Pauls Episcopal Church is situated 530 feet west of Adams Memorial.
Rock Creek Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rock Creek Cemetery is an 86-acre cemetery with a natural and rolling landscape located at Rock Creek Church Road, NW, and Webster Street, NW, off Hawaii Avenue, NE, in the Petworth neighborhood of Washington, D.C., across the street from the historic Soldiers' Home and the Soldiers' Home Cemetery. Rock Creek Cemetery is situated 720 feet northwest of Adams Memorial.
President Lincoln’s Cottage at the Soldiers’ Home
Museum
Photo: Mvincec, Public domain.
President Lincoln's Cottage is a historic home used by Abraham Lincoln on the grounds of the Soldiers' Home, known today as the Armed Forces Retirement Home, near the Petworth neighborhood in Washington, D.C. In 2000 it was designated a national monument called President Lincoln and Soldiers' Home National Monument. President Lincoln’s Cottage at the Soldiers’ Home is situated 2,100 feet south of Adams Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Totten and Petworth.
Fort Totten
Suburb
Fort Totten is a neighborhood located in Ward 5 of Northeast Washington, D.C. Fort Totten is located between Riggs Road N.E. to the north, Bates Rd N.E, Allison Street N.E, and the southern end of Fort Totten Park to the south, the Washington Metro Red Line tracks to the east, and North Capitol Street NW to the west.
Petworth
Neighborhood
Photo: Dclemens1971, CC BY 4.0.
Brookland, 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 Upper Northwest, just across Rock Creek Park.
Adams Memorial
- Type: Memorial
- Description: artwork by Augustus Saint-Gaudens
- Categories: tombstone and historic site
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.94739° or 38° 56′ 51″ northLongitude
-77.01031° or 77° 0′ 37″ westElevation
272 feet (83 metres)Open location code
87C4WXWQ+XVOpenStreetMap ID
node 358960290OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q351935
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“Adams Memorial” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Adams Memorial”
- French: “Adams Memorial”
- German: “Adams Memorial”
- Hebrew: “אנדרטת אדמס”
- Portuguese: “Adams Memorial”
- Slovenian: “Adams Memorial”
- Spanish: “Monumento conmemorativo Adams (Saint-Gaudens)”
- Spanish: “Monumento conmemorativo Adams”
- Swedish: “Adams Memorial”
- Urdu: “ایڈمز میموریل (سینٹ گاڈنز)”
- Urdu: “ایڈمز میموریل”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Engine Company 14 and United States Soldiers‘ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery.
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