Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Summary
Significance: Called America's Main Street, this avenue appears on both the L'Enfant and Ellicott plans of the city as the symbolic and practical connection between the President's House and the U.S. Capitol Building. It has been used as a ceremonial route for presidential inaugurations, victory parades, and funeral processions since the early 1800s.
Survey number: HABS DC-706
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Date
1933 - 1970
Location
Source
Library of Congress
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