Andrew W. Mellon Memorial Fountain

The Andrew W. Mellon Memorial Fountain is a bronze fountain sculpture by Sidney Waugh as a memorial to Andrew W. Mellon. It is located at the eastern tip of the Federal Triangle within the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue, Constitution Avenue, and 6th Street NW in Washington D.C, United States.

Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.

Type: Fountain
Description: artwork by Sidney Waugh
Also known as: “Andrew Mellon Memorial Fountain” and “Mellon Fountain”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Mall and National Gallery of Art.

National Mall

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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 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 390 feet south of Andrew W. Mellon Memorial Fountain.

National Museum of Natural History

Museum

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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 1,900 feet west of Andrew W. Mellon Memorial Fountain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chinatown and East End.

Chinatown

Neighborhood

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Washington, D.C.'s Chinatown 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.

East End

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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.

Andrew W. Mellon Memorial Fountain

Category: sculpture
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.89234° or 38° 53′ 32″ north

Longitude

-77.01953° or 77° 1′ 10″ west

Open location code

87C4VXRJ+W5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 912876451

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=fountain

Wikidata ID

Q4758813

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In Other Languages

From Egyptian Arabic to French—“Andrew W. Mellon Memorial Fountain” goes by many names.

Egyptian Arabic: “نافورة اندرو دبليو ميلون التذكاريه”
French: “Andrew W. Mellon Memorial Fountain”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Federal Triangle Park and Unmarked site of the assassination of President James A. Garfield.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Pennsylvania Ave NW at Constitution Ave NW and Pennsylvania Ave NW at 6th St NW.

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