Historic Landmarks in the District of Columbia with Location Data

Historic Landmarks officially designated by the District of Columbia, including buildings, statues, bridges, forts, fountains, and memorials. The data is a consolidated collection from the District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sights, provided by the District of Columbia organization. It was last updated on March 25, 2026.

Use Cases

• Map historic site density based on the listed locations of buildings, statues, and memorials.
• Analyze the distribution of different structure types (e.g., bridges, forts, fountains) across the District of Columbia.
• Cross-reference point and polygon data formats for spatial modeling of historic districts.
• Integrate with other urban datasets using the provided geographic coordinates.

Strengths

• Data is officially designated by the District of Columbia government.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including KML, GeoJSON, and CSV for flexibility.
• Contains a variety of structure types such as buildings, statues, bridges, forts, fountains, and memorials.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

District of Columbia

Collection Method

Consolidated from the District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sights.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 08:31:09.179347; freshness should be verified.

Geography

District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.)