Washington Navy Yard: Former shipyard and ordnance plant of the United States Navy
The Washington Navy Yard is the former shipyard and ordnance plant of the United States Navy in Southeast Washington, D.C.
Navy. It has the offices of the Chief of Naval Operations, the Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Historical Center, the Department of Naval History, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps, Naval Reactors, Marine Corps Institute, the United States Navy Band, and many other naval commands. Before 2006, it was the headquarters to the Marine Corps Historical Center, but that center moved to Quantico. The Washington Navy Yard was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. It became a National Historic Landmark on May 11, 1976.
Washington Navy Yard | |
 Aerial view of Washington Navy Yard, 1985 | |
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| Location | Washington, D.C. |
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| Coordinates | 38°52′24″N 76°59′49″W / 38.87333°N 76.99694°W |
| Built | 1799 |
| Architect | Benjamin Latrobe et al. |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival Late Victorian |
| NRHP reference No. | 73002124 |
| Added to NRHP | June 19, 1973 |
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