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.- Type: Government office
- Also known as: “The House”
- Roof shape: hipped
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 East End.
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.
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.
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.
United States House of Representatives
- Categories: office and government building
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.889° or 38° 53′ 20″ northLongitude
-77.00904° or 77° 0′ 33″ westInception
1863Height
79 feet (24 metres)Open location code
87C4VXQR+H9OpenStreetMap ID
way 311181726OpenStreetMap feature
office=governmentOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=hipped
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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”
- 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.
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