Columbus Circle (Washington, D.C.)

Columbus Circle
Location
Washington, DC
Roads at junction:	Massachusetts Avenue NE Louisiana Avenue NE Delaware Avenue NE 1st Street NE E Street NE
Construction
Type:	Traffic circle
Maintained by:	DDOT

Columbus Circle
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

In the center of Columbus Circle is the Columbus Fountain, a monument to Christopher Columbus.
Coordinates	38°53′47.04″N 77°0′23.76″W / 38.8964000°N 77.0066000°W / 38.8964000; -77.0066000Coordinates: 38°53′47.04″N 77°0′23.76″W / 38.8964000°N 77.0066000°W / 38.8964000; -77.0066000
Built	1912
NRHP Reference #	78003061^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 7, 1968

Columbus Circle, also known as Union Station Plaza or Columbus Plaza, is a traffic circle at the intersection of Delaware, Louisiana and Massachusetts Avenues and E and First Streets, Northeast in Washington, D.C.

It is located between Union Station and the grounds of the United States Capitol. Union Station and its access roads interrupt this circle on one side, forming an arc.

The centerpiece of the circle is the Columbus Fountain, flanked by three 110 ft (34 m) flagpoles, designed by Daniel Burnham. The circle is ringed by flags of each of the 50 U.S. states in order of admission to the Union plus the flags of the U.S. territories and the District of Columbia. It is enclosed with a stone balustrade.^[2]

The plaza was put through a massive renovation between 2011 and 2013.^[3]

The Columbus Fountain in 1919

References

↑ Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ http://focus.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/80004523.pdf
↑ D.C. to rebuild Union Station plaza - Dr. Gridlock - The Washington Post

External links

http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=8442

Streets of Washington, D.C.

Numbered Streets	7th Street 14th Street 16th Street 18th Street

Lettered Streets	H Street K Street M Street P Street U Street

State-named roadways	Connecticut Florida Georgia Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire New York Ohio Pennsylvania Rhode Island Virginia Wisconsin

Border avenues and streets	Capitol Streets North East South Border Avenues Western Eastern Southern Mall Boundaries Constitution Independence

Other streets	Benning Columbia Embassy Row Jackson Klingle MacArthur Madison Martin Luther King, Jr.

Circles	Anna J. Cooper Barney Benjamin Banneker Chevy Chase Columbus Dupont Garfield Grant Lincoln Memorial Logan Observatory Peace Pinehurst Randle Scott Sheridan Sherman Tenley Thomas Ward Washington Westmoreland

Squares	Farragut Franklin Freedom Lafayette Lincoln McPherson Mount Vernon Seward Stanton Union

Parkways	Clara Barton George Washington Memorial Oxon Run Rock Creek & Potomac Suitland

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