Gallaudet Memorial

The Thomas Gallaudet Memorial is a sculpture by Daniel Chester French located on the campus of Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., United States. The 1889 statue depicts Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet sitting in a chair and Alice Cogswell standing at his side.

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Type: Work of art
Artwork type: statue
Description: statue commemorating Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Alice Cogswell
Also known as: “friend, teacher, benefactor”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Union Station and Union Market.

Union Station

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Washington Union Station, known locally as Union Station, is a major train station, transportation hub, and leisure destination in Washington, D.C. Designed by Daniel Burnham and opened in 1907, it is Amtrak's second-busiest station and North America's 13th-busiest railroad station. Union Station is situated 4,200 feet southwest of Gallaudet Memorial.

Union Market

Marketplace

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Union Market is a food hall located in Washington, D.C. It anchors the Union Market District, a neighborhood encompassing high-rise apartments, office buildings, retail, and entertainment options. Union Market is situated 1,300 feet northwest of Gallaudet Memorial.

Bison Sculpture

Work of art

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.

Bison Sculpture is a work of art, which is situated 570 feet east of Gallaudet Memorial.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include NoMa and Near Northeast.

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.

Near Northeast

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Near Northeast refers to the area just north of Capitol Hill and Union Station, but south of Brookland.

Ivy City

Neighborhood

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Ivy City is a small neighborhood in Northeast Washington, D.C., in the United States. About half the neighborhood is industrial or formerly industrial, dominated by warehouses.

Gallaudet Memorial

Categories: statue, geographic location, and tourism
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.90547° or 38° 54′ 20″ north

Longitude

-76.99514° or 76° 59′ 43″ west

Elevation

75 feet (23 metres)

Established

June 1889

Open location code

87C5W243+5W

OpenStreetMap ID

node 358960408

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=artwork

OpenStreetMap attribute

artwork_type=statue

Wikidata ID

Q105446789

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Urdu—“Gallaudet Memorial” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Gallaudet Thomas Hopkins and Alice Cogswell Statue”
Urdu: “گیلوڈیٹ میموریل”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: National Deaf Life Museum at Gallaudet University and Edward Miner Gallaudet Statue.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Chapel Hall and Fowler Hall.

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