Old Post Office
The Old Post Office, listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Old Post Office and Clock Tower, is located at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. in Washington, D.C. It is a contributing property to the Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site.Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Email: dcawa_gm@hilton.com
- Type: Hotel
- Description: historic building in Washington, D.C.
- Also known as: “Nancy Hanks Center”, “Old Post Office and Clock Tower”, “Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C.”, and “Waldorf Astoria Washington DC”
- Address: 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC 20004
- Roof shape: flat
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Mall and National Museum of Natural History.
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.
National Museum of Natural History
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The National Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. National Museum of Natural History is situated 1,100 feet southeast of Old Post Office.
Washington Monument
Photo: Poliocretes, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Washington Monument is a 555-foot tall obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built to commemorate George Washington, a Founding Father of the United States and the nation's first president. Washington Monument is situated 2,800 feet southwest of Old Post Office.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downtown and East End.
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.
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.
Golden Triangle
Neighborhood
The Golden Triangle is a neighborhood and business improvement district in Washington, D.C. Covering 43 blocks, it encompasses the western part of Washington's central business district, running from the front yard of the White House's north side to Dupont Circle and from 16th Street NW to 21st Street NW and including sections of K Street and Connecticut Avenue.
Old Post Office
- Categories: multi-story urban building, building, tourism, historic site, historic building, hotel building, and accommodation
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.8941° or 38° 53′ 39″ northLongitude
-77.02758° or 77° 1′ 39″ westLevels
9Open location code
87C4VXVC+JXOpenStreetMap ID
way 66418840OpenStreetMap feature
building=hotelOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=hotelOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=flatOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q1141542
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Western Panjabi—“Old Post Office” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “旧邮政局大厦”
- Dutch: “Old Post Office”
- French: “Nancy Hanks Center”
- French: “Old Post Office and Clock Tower”
- French: “Old Post Office Pavilion”
- German: “Nancy Hanks Center”
- German: “Old Post Office and Clock Tower”
- German: “Old Post Office Pavilion”
- Japanese: “旧郵政局パビリオン”
- Polish: “Old Post Office Pavilion”
- Slovenian: “Nancy Hanks Center”
- Slovenian: “Old Post Office and Clock Tower”
- Slovenian: “Old Post Office Pavilion”
- Slovenian: “Old Post Office”
- Swedish: “Old Post Office Pavilion”
- Urdu: “قدیم پوسٹ آفس (واشنگٹن، ڈی سی)”
- Urdu: “قدیم پوسٹ آفس”
- Vietnamese: “Bưu điện cũ”
- Western Panjabi: “پرانا پوسٹ آفس (واشنگٹن، ڈی سی)”
- Western Panjabi: “پرانا پوسٹ آفس”
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