Historic Landmark Elements

This dataset contains Historic Landmark Elements (by structure) officially designated by the District of Columbia. This is a consolidated collection of structures with historical significance within the District of Columbia as listed in the District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sights. It contains the locations and attributes of buildings, statues, bridges, forts, fountains, memorials of historical worth. Additional datasets are available of Historic Districts. Note: This dataset differs from Historic Landmarks by creating individual records for each element of a landmark (eg. landmarks that include more than one building).

Data and Resources

Field Value
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issued 2015-02-27T21:08:40.000Z
landingPage https://opendata.dc.gov/datasets/DCGIS::historic-landmark-elements
license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
metadata_type geospatial
modified 2014-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
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publisher D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer
resource-type Dataset
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source_schema_version 1.1
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theme {geospatial}
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • AmeriGEO
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • CKAN
  • GEO
  • GEOSS
  • National
  • North America
  • United States
  • district-of-columbia
  • historic
  • historic-buildings
  • historic-preservation
  • historic-structures
  • historical-designation
  • landuse
  • national-register
  • planning
  • washington-dc
  • zoning
isopen True
license_id cc-by
license_title Creative Commons Attribution
license_url http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by
maintainer DCGISopendata
maintainer_email gisgroup@dc.gov
metadata_created 2025-09-24T03:55:20.888146
metadata_modified 2025-09-24T03:55:20.888157
notes <div style='text-align:Left;'><div><p><span>This dataset contains Historic Landmark Elements (by structure) officially designated by the District of Columbia. This is a consolidated collection of structures with historical significance within the District of Columbia as listed in the District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sights. It contains the locations and attributes of buildings, statues, bridges, forts, fountains, memorials of historical worth. Additional datasets are available of Historic Districts. Note: This dataset differs from Historic Landmarks by creating individual records for each element of a landmark (eg. landmarks that include more than one building).</span></p></div></div>
num_resources 7
num_tags 19
title Historic Landmark Elements