Old Post Office Tower

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bell tower clock tower historic building

The Old Post Office Tower is a historic clock and bell tower in Washington, D.C., known for its panoramic views of the city and its prominent location on Pennsylvania Avenue.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Old Post Office Tower canonical	1
Old Post Office and Clock Tower	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bell tower ⓘ clock tower ⓘ historic building ⓘ
accessType	free public admission (subject to security screening) ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Neo-Romanesque ⓘ surface form: Romanesque Revival
associatedWith	Old Post Office Pavilion redevelopment ⓘ Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C. (in the surrounding building) NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtFor	United States Post Office Department NERFINISHED ⓘ
city	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
completionDate	1899 ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1892 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
elevationRelativeToCity	one of the highest public viewpoints in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
floorCount	12 ⓘ
hasElevator	yes ⓘ
hasFeature	bells ⓘ clock ⓘ observation deck ⓘ panoramic city views ⓘ
hasStairs	yes ⓘ
hasViewOf	National Mall NERFINISHED ⓘ Pennsylvania Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ Potomac River NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Capitol NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington Monument NERFINISHED ⓘ
height	315 feet ⓘ approximately 96 meters ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Register of Historic Places ⓘ surface form: National Register of Historic Places listing
heritageDesignationDate	1973 ⓘ
inception	1899 ⓘ
locatedIn	Downtown Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	Pennsylvania Avenue NW NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
managedBy	National Park Service ⓘ
near	National Mall NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Capitol NERFINISHED ⓘ White House NERFINISHED ⓘ
NRHPType	contributing property ⓘ
opened	1899 ⓘ
operator	National Park Service ⓘ
ownedBy	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
partOf	Federal Triangle NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Post Office Pavilion NERFINISHED ⓘ Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicAccess	open to the public as an observation deck ⓘ
ranking	third-tallest building in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
significance	example of late 19th-century federal architecture in Washington, D.C. ⓘ landmark of Pennsylvania Avenue ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Old Post Office Building, Washington, D.C. → hasPart → Old Post Office Tower ⓘ

Old Post Office Building, Washington, D.C. → alsoKnownAs → Old Post Office Tower ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Post Office and Clock Tower