James C. Dent House

James C. Dent House is a historic home at 156 Q Street, Southwest, Washington, D.C., in the Buzzard Point neighborhood. James C. Dent was born enslaved in 1855 in southern Maryland.

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Type: House
Description: historic home in Washington, D.C
Address: 156 Q Street Southwest

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Audi Field and Nationals Park.

Audi Field

Stadium

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Audi Field is a soccer-specific stadium in the Buzzard Point neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is the home of the D.C. United, Washington Spirit, and DC Power FC soccer teams, and the DC Defenders football team. Audi Field is situated 870 feet south of James C. Dent House.

Nationals Park

Stadium

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Nationals Park is a baseball stadium along the Anacostia River in the Navy Yard neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is the ballpark of Major League Baseball's Washington Nationals. Nationals Park is situated 1,900 feet northeast of James C. Dent House.

National Defense University

University

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The National Defense University is an institution of higher education in Fort Lesley McNair, Washington, D.C., United States. It is funded by the United States Department of Defense aimed at facilitating high-level education, training, and professional development of national security leaders. National Defense University is situated 1,700 feet south of James C. Dent House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Waterfront and Southwest.

Waterfront

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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.

Southwest

Quarter

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Southwest is the southwestern quadrant of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, and is located south of the National Mall and west of South Capitol Street.

Capitol Hill

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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.

James C. Dent House

Categories: building and residential building
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.87058° or 38° 52′ 14″ north

Longitude

-77.01347° or 77° 0′ 49″ west

Open location code

87C4VXCP+6J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 67256343

OpenStreetMap feature

building=house

Wikidata ID

Q6130686

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French: “James C. Dent House”

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Highlights include Fort McNair Fitness Center and Fort McNair Fire Station.

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