Robert A. Taft Memorial
The Robert A. Taft Memorial and Carillon is a carillon in Washington, D.C. dedicated as a memorial to U.S. Senator Robert Alphonso Taft, son of President William Howard Taft.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Monument
- Description: artwork by Wheeler Williams
- Also known as: “Robert A Taft Memorial and Carillon”
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. United States Capitol is situated 1,200 feet southeast of Robert A. Taft Memorial.
National Gallery of Art
Museum
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The National Gallery of Art is an art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, located on the National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW. National Gallery of Art is situated 2,600 feet west of Robert A. Taft Memorial.
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.
NoMa
Neighborhood
Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
NoMa is a neighborhood of Washington, D.C., located in Ward 6 of the city. The neighborhood encompasses the region north of Massachusetts Avenue located north and east of Union Station.
Robert A. Taft Memorial
- Categories: sculpture, park, and historic site
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.89274° or 38° 53′ 34″ northLongitude
-77.01098° or 77° 0′ 40″ westOpen location code
87C4VXVQ+3JOpenStreetMap ID
way 66418763OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata ID
Q7341304
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Robert A. Taft Memorial” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Robert A Taft Memorial and Carillon”
- French: “Robert A. Taft Memorial”
- Hebrew: “אנדרטת רוברט א. טאפט”
- Japanese: “タフト記念碑”
- Japanese: “ロバート・タフト記念碑”
- Urdu: “رابرٹ اے ٹافٹ میموریل”
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