United States House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives is a government office in Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic. United States House of Representatives is situated nearby to the railway station U.S. Capitol, as well as near the work of art Statue of Freedom.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Mall and United States Capitol.

National Mall

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The National Mall, a national park, is a famous 2-mile-long tree-lined, pedestrian-friendly boulevard in Washington, D.C. stretching from the Capitol Building in the east to the Lincoln Memorial and Potomac River on the west.

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.

Statue of Freedom

Work of art

The Statue of Freedom, also known as Armed Freedom or simply Freedom, is a bronze statue designed by Thomas Crawford that, since 1863, has crowned the United States Capitol dome.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Capitol Hill and Chinatown.

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.

Chinatown

Neighborhood

Photo: Postdlf, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Washington, D.C.'s Chinatown is a small, historic area of Downtown Washington, D.C. along H and I Streets between 5th and 8th Streets, Northwest. The area was once home to thousands of Chinese immigrants, but fewer than 300 remained in 2017.

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.

United States House of Representatives

Type: Government office
Also known as: “The House”
Categories: office and government building
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.889° or 38° 53′ 20″ north

Longitude

-77.00904° or 77° 0′ 33″ west

Inception

1863

Height

79 feet (24 metres)

Roof shape

hipped

Open location code

87C4VXQR+H9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 311181726

OpenStreetMap feature

office=government

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In Other Languages

From Breton to Swedish—“United States House of Representatives” goes by many names.

Breton: “Kambr Dileuridi ar Stadoù-Unanet”
Dutch: “Huis van Afgevaardigden van de Verenigde Staten”
French: “Chambre des représentants des États-Unis”
German: “Repräsentantenhaus der Vereinigten Staaten”
Greek: “Βουλή των Αντιπροσώπων των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών”
Polish: “Izba Reprezentantów Stanów Zjednoczonych”
Portuguese: “Câmara dos Deputados dos Estados Unidos”
Romanian: “Camera Reprezentanților a Statelor Unite ale Americii”
Russian: “Палата представителей Соединенных Штатов Америки”
Spanish: “Cámara de Representantes del Congreso de los Estados Unidos”
Swedish: “Förenta staternas representantshus”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include U.S. Capitol and Emancipation Hall.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Gatehouse and House Air Vent.

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