Foggy Bottom
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Foggy Bottom is a neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States, located in the city's northwest quadrant. It stretches west of the White House towards the Potomac River, north of the National Mall,
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Washington Circle Equestrian Statue
Aerial view of the infamous Watergate Hotel
State Department
George Washington University
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The George Washington University is a private federally chartered research university in Washington, D.C., United States. Originally named Columbian College, it was chartered in 1821 by the United Sta
Foggy Bottom
…of housing by the area's prevailing Jim Crow policies and racially restrictive housing covenants. Private developers, government agencies, and the George Washington University, which had moved to the neighborhood in 1912, demolished many of Foggy Bottom's alley dwellings and tenements during the first half of the 20th century…
In July 1799, in his last will and testament, President George Washington left shares to endow a university in the nation's new capital.
President James Monroe, one of the university's founding benefactors, approved the university's Congressional Charter. Monroe's house is located on the university's Foggy Bottom campus.
F Street House, the residence of George Washington University's president with the global headquarters of the International Monetary Fund visible in the background
Lisner Auditorium