Statue of Olive Risley Seward
Olive Risley Seward is a lead on burlap statue by American sculptor John Cavanaugh, located at North Carolina Avenue and Sixth Street, Southeast, Washington, D.C., in the Capitol Hill neighborhood.Photo: Dookas27018, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: statue
- Description: artwork by John Cavanaugh
- Also known as: “Olive Risley Seward” and “Olive Risley Seward Statue”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include United States Capitol and Seward Square.
United States Capitol
Photo: Ottojula, Public domain.
The United States Capitol, often called the Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government. United States Capitol is situated 3,300 feet west of Statue of Olive Risley Seward.
Seward Square
Park
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Seward Square is a square and park maintained by the National Park Service located at the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and North Carolina Avenue in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Southeast Washington, D.C. The square is bounded by 4th Street to the west and 6th Street to the east.
Eastern Market
Marketplace
Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Eastern Market is a public market in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C., housed in a 19th-century brick building. Eastern Market was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. Eastern Market is situated 500 feet east of Statue of Olive Risley Seward.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Capitol Hill and Hill East.
Capitol Hill
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Capitol Hill is a venerable neighborhood just east of the Capitol building, best known as the main residence in the city for the legislative and judicial branches of the U.S. government, and for the staffers who run the place.
Hill East
Neighborhood
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Hill East is a residential neighborhood in Washington, D.C. located in the Southeast quadrant of the city. It is bounded by the Kingman Park neighborhood at C Street to the north, by the Anacostia River to the east and south, and by Capitol Hill at 15th Street to the west.
Waterfront
The Waterfront is just south of the National Mall. In addition to beautiful views of the Washington Channel, which separates the parkland on Hains Point with the land contiguous with the National Mall, this neighborhood includes great seafood, restaurants, bars, sports stadiums, entertainment options and boat excursions.
Statue of Olive Risley Seward
- Categories: statue, park, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.88642° or 38° 53′ 11″ northLongitude
-76.99823° or 76° 59′ 54″ westElevation
82 feet (25 metres)Open location code
87C5V2P2+HPOpenStreetMap ID
node 925554780OpenStreetMap feature
historic=statueOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=statueWikidata ID
Q7087192
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to French—“Statue of Olive Risley Seward” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Olive Risley Seward Statue”
- Egyptian Arabic: “تمثال اوليف ريسلى سيوارد”
- French: “Olive Risley Seward”
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