Old Patent Office Building

The Old Patent Office Building is a historic building in Washington, D.C. that covers an entire city block between F and G Streets and 7th and 9th Streets NW in the Penn Quarter section of Chinatown.

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Opening hours: Wednesday—Sunday and public holidays 11:30 AM—7:00 PM
Type: Arts center
Description: U.S. National Historic Landmark building in Washington, D.C., United States
Also known as: “Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture”, “Patent Office Building”, “Smithsonian Institute Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture”, and “United States Civil Service Commission Building”
Address: 750 9th Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20004

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Mall and Smithsonian American Art Museum.

National Mall

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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.

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Museum

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The Smithsonian American Art Museum is a museum in Washington, D.C., part of the Smithsonian Institution. Together with its branch museum, the Renwick Gallery, SAAM holds one of the world's largest and most inclusive collections of art made in the United States from the colonial period to the present.

National Portrait Gallery

Museum

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The National Portrait Gallery is an art museum in Washington, D.C., United States. Founded in 1962 and opened in 1968, it is part of the Smithsonian Institution.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East End and Chinatown.

East End

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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.

Chinatown

Neighborhood

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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.

Downtown

Suburb

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Downtown is the central business district of Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. It is the third largest central business district in the United States.

Old Patent Office Building

Categories: government building, building, public building, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.89784° or 38° 53′ 52″ north

Longitude

-77.02296° or 77° 1′ 23″ west

Levels

Operator

Smithsonian

Named after

Donald W. Reynolds

Open location code

87C4VXXG+4R

OpenStreetMap ID

way 48041275

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=arts_centre

OpenStreetMap feature

building=civic

Wikidata ID

Q2018451

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Urdu—“Old Patent Office Building” goes by many names.

Chinese: “舊專利局大樓”
Dutch: “Old Patent Office Building”
French: “Old Patent Office Building”
German: “Old Patent Office Building”
German: “Patent Office Building”
Italian: “Old Patent Office Building”
Slovenian: “Old Patent Office Building”
Spanish: “Antiguo edificio de la Oficina de Patentes”
Urdu: “اولڈ پیٹنٹ آفس بلڈنگ”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Vaquero Statue and Downtown Holiday Market.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Museum store and Courtyard Cafe.

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