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.Photo: Wknight94, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- 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
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.
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Museum
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
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 Downtown.
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.
Downtown
Suburb
Photo: Kurt Kaiser, CC0.
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.
Logan Circle
Neighborhood
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
Logan Circle is a historic roundabout park and neighborhood of Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. The majority of Logan Circle is primarily residential, except for the highly-commercialized 14th Street corridor that passes through the western part of the neighborhood.
Old Patent Office Building
- Categories: government building, building, public building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.89784° or 38° 53′ 52″ northLongitude
-77.02296° or 77° 1′ 23″ westLevels
3Operator
SmithsonianNamed after
Donald W. ReynoldsOpen location code
87C4VXXG+4ROpenStreetMap ID
way 48041275OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=arts_centreOpenStreetMap feature
building=civicWikidata ID
Q2018451
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Satellite Map
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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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