National Building Museum
National Building Museum is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, a historic site 0.1 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 2.2 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The National Building Museum is a museum of architecture, design, engineering, construction, and urban planning in Northwest Washington, D.C., U.S. It was created by an act of Congress in 1980, and is a private non-profit institution. Located at 401 F Street NW, it is adjacent to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial and the Judiciary Square Metro station. The museum hosts various temporary exhibits in galleries around the spacious Great Hall. The building, completed in 1887, served as the Pension Building, housing the United States Pension Bureau, and hosted several presidential inaugural balls. It is centered around a high-columned interior central courtyard hall often used for various events. It is an important early large-scale example of Renaissance Revival architecture, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1985.
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Dates from 1980.
Wikidata Q624008, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 18.14 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 2.2 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 4.3 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 4.6 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 7.9 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Joseph Darlington Memorial Fountain: 0.2 mi
- Washington Area Law Enforcement Officers Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Jim Pagels: 0.2 mi
- Daguerre Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Judiciary Square: 0.1 mi
- Milian Park: 0.3 mi
- Chinatown Park: 0.3 mi
- John Marshall Place Park: 0.3 mi
- Federal Triangle Park: 0.4 mi
- Ashes to Answers: 0.1 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Statue: 0.2 mi
- Brigadier General Albert Pike Statue: 0.2 mi
- She Who Must Be Obeyed: 0.3 mi
- Goddess of Democracy replica: 0.3 mi
- LabX: 0.1 mi
- Capital Jewish Museum: 0.1 mi
- The Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum: 0.3 mi
- National Portrait Gallery: 0.3 mi
- Smithsonian American Art Museum: 0.3 mi
- Washington Union Station: 0.6 mi
- Smithsonian National Carousel: 0.7 mi
- United States Capitol: 0.7 mi
- Emancipation Hall: 0.7 mi
- Almas Temple: 0.8 mi
- West Gallery: 0.7 mi
- Garden Court: 0.7 mi
- Rare & Endangered: 0.7 mi
- Mediterranean: 0.7 mi
- East Gallery: 0.7 mi
- Picnic site for Rose park: 2.1 mi
- Picnic Grove 29: 3.0 mi
- Picnic Grove 1: 3.4 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 3.5 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 3.6 mi
- Roaches Run Waterfowl Sanctuary: 2.8 mi
- Fort Bennet Park and Palisades Trail: 3.4 mi
- Alger Park: 3.6 mi
- Reservation 630: 3.6 mi
- Fort Mahan Park: 3.9 mi
- Peters Hill: 1.8 mi
- Mount Hamilton: 2.4 mi
- Jackson Hill: 2.5 mi
- Round Hill: 2.5 mi
- Lees Hill: 2.8 mi
- Takoma Spring: 5.3 mi
- Silver Spring: 6.4 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 7.5 mi
- Indian Springs: 9.7 mi
- Sandy Spring: 16.7 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 8.7 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 9.9 mi
- Indian Head: 21.9 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 22.2 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 22.2 mi
- Fishing Shore: 4.4 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 7.9 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 13.3 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 13.4 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 10.7 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 11.1 mi
- Great Falls: 14.4 mi
- Coe Creek: 22.1 mi
- Wilson: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of National Building Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | W 279° | 156 m | 11.7 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 323° | 156 m | 16.2 mi |
| Mount Daniel | W 270° | 144 m | 8.9 mi |
| Minor's Hill | W 273° | 140 m | 7.6 mi |
| Freedom Hill | W 278° | 140 m | 12.3 mi |
| Prout Hill | W 263° | 137 m | 9.5 mi |
| Upton Hill | WSW 257° | 125 m | 7.1 mi |
| Point Reno | NW 320° | 123 m | 4.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:58 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:08 | 16:50 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 39 | 46 | 57 | 67 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 72 | 59 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Natl Arboretum DC, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/48040795
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