James A. Garfield Monument

The James A. Garfield Monument stands on the grounds of the in Garfield Circle, a traffic circle at First Street and Maryland Avenue SW in It is a memorial to U.S. President James A.
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  • Type: Work of art
  • Artwork type: statue
  • Description: statue in Washington, D.C., by John Quincy Adams Ward
  • Also known as: “James Abram Garfield Memorial”, “President James Garfield Memorial”, and “Statue of James A. Garfield”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Mall and United States Capitol.

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The , a national park, is a famous 2-mile-long tree-lined, pedestrian-friendly boulevard in stretching from the Capitol Building in the east to the Lincoln Memorial and Potomac River on the west.

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The , often called the Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government. is situated 1,000 feet east of James A. Garfield Monument.

Museum
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The is an art museum in , United States, located on the , between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW. is situated 2,300 feet west of James A. Garfield Monument.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Capitol Hill and Chinatown.

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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.

Neighborhood
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's 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.

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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.

James A. Garfield Monument

Latitude
38.88899° or 38° 53′ 20″ north
Longitude
-77.01232° or 77° 0′ 44″ west
Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
way 722871844
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­statue
Wiki­data ID
Q238932
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