Dupont Circle

Dupont Circle
Neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
Clockwise from the top: Dupont Circle Fountain; Connecticut Avenue; St. Matthew's Cathedral; historic Riggs Ntl. Bank; Patterson Mansion.
Country	United States
District	Washington, D.C.
Quadrant	Northwest
Ward	2
Government
• Councilmember	Brooke Pinto

Dupont Circle Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
An aerial of the Dupont Circle Historic District
Location	Roughly bounded by Rhode Island Avenue, NW; M and N Sts., NW, on the south; Florida Avenue, NW, on the west; Swann St., NW, on the north; and the 16th Street Historic District on the east[1]
Coordinates	38°54′34.7″N 77°02′36.4″W / 38.909639°N 77.043444°W / 38.909639; -77.043444
Area	170 acres (69 ha)
Architect	Mead McKim & White; Carrere & Hastings
Architectural style	Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Queen Anne, Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	78003056 (original) 85000238 (increase 1) 05000539 (increase 2)
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	July 21, 1978
Boundary increases	February 6, 1985 June 10, 2005

Dupont Circle is a historic roundabout park and neighborhood of Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. The Dupont Circle neighborhood is bounded approximately by 16th Street NW to the east, 22nd Street NW to the west, M Street NW to the south, and Florida Avenue NW to the north. Much of the neighborhood is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. However, the local government Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC 2B) and the Dupont Circle Historic District have slightly different boundaries.^[1]

The traffic circle is located at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue NW, Connecticut Avenue NW, New Hampshire Avenue NW, P Street NW, and 19th Street NW. The circle is named for Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont. The traffic circle contains the Dupont Circle Fountain in its center.

The neighborhood is known for its high concentration of embassies, many located on Embassy Row, and think tanks, many located on Think Tank Row.