This article is about the park in Washington, D.C.. For the parkway in California, see Capitol Mall. For the shopping malls in Olympia, Washington, and Jefferson City, Missouri, respectively, see Capital Mall and Capital Mall (Missouri).
United States historic place
National Mall
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The National Mall with the Lincoln Memorial and its reflecting pool (foreground), the Washington Monument behind it, and the United States Capitol (background) in 2010
Location
Between Independence and Constitution Avenues from the Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial
Pierre (Peter) Charles L'Enfant, McMillan Commission
Website
National Mall and Memorial Parks
NRHP reference No.
66000031[1] (original) 16000805[2][3] (increase)
Significant dates
Added to NRHP
October 15, 1966
Boundary increase
December 8, 2016
The National Mall is a landscaped park near the downtown area of Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States. It contains and borders a number of museums of the Smithsonian Institution, art galleries, cultural institutions, and various memorials, sculptures, and statues. It is administered by the National Park Service (NPS) of the United States Department of the Interior as part of the National Mall and Memorial Parks unit of the National Park System.[4] The park receives approximately 24 million visitors each year.[5]
The core area of the National Mall extends between the United States Capitol grounds to the east and the Washington Monument to the west and is lined to the north and south by several museums and a federal office building.[6] The term National Mall may also include areas that are also officially part of neighboring West Potomac Park to the south and west and Constitution Gardens to the north, extending to the Lincoln Memorial on the west and Jefferson Memorial to the south.[7]
^"National Register of Historic Places: NPS Focus". National Park Service. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
^"District of Columbia: National Mall Historic District (Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation), Bounded by 3rd St. NW-SW, Independence Ave. SW, Raoul Wallenberg Pl. SW, CSX RR, Potomac R., Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, 16000805, Listed 12/8/2016". National Register of Historic Places Program: Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 11/28/2016 through 12/2/2016. National Park Service. December 9, 2016. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 20, 2016.
^Robinson, Judith H.; Gasparini, Daria; Kerr, Tim (May 31, 2016). "National Mall Historic District – Boundary Increase/Additional Documentation (Final backcheck)". United States Department of the Interior: National Park Service: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. National Park Service. Archived from the original on October 12, 2016. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
^"The National Parks: Index 2012-2016" (PDF). National Park Service. p. 44. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 26, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
^"National Mall Frequently Asked Questions". National Park Service. October 28, 2008. Archived from the original on May 7, 2010. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
^Cite error: The named reference National Register Nomination Form was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Foundation statement for the National Mall and Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Park" (PDF). National Mall Plan. National Park Service. pp. 6–10. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 26, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2017. The National Mall stretches from the grounds of the U.S. Capitol west to the Potomac River, and from the Thomas Jefferson Memorial north to Constitution Avenue.
The NationalMall is a landscaped park near the downtown area of Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States. It contains and borders a number...
The Mall or mall in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mall commonly refers to a: Shopping mall Strip mall Pedestrian street Esplanade Mall or MALL may...
the National Postal Museum in the 1904 former City Post Office building, a few city blocks from the Mall. In 2004, the Smithsonian opened the National Museum...
U.S. government constructed a number of temporary buildings on the NationalMall during World War I and II which stood from 1918 until 1971. They were...
trees that the National Park Service (NPS) first planted during the 1930s line much of the 1.9-mile-length (3 km) of the NationalMall in Washington,...
is a 2,030-by-167-foot (619 by 51 m) rectangular pool located on the NationalMall, directly east of the Lincoln Memorial, with the World War II Memorial...
Independence Hall, collectively known as Independence Mall, contain the Liberty Bell Center, National Constitution Center, Independence Visitor Center, and...
space exploration. Established in 1946 as the National Air Museum, its main building opened on the NationalMall near L'Enfant Plaza in 1976. In 2023, the...
well as the National Zoological Park. 17 of these collections are located in Washington D.C., with 11 of those located on the NationalMall. The remaining...
Hilite Mall (stylized as HiLITE Mall) is a shopping mall located in the Kozhikode district in the malabar region of Kerala, India. The shopping mall is loctated...
Victorian landscaping of the NationalMall and replacing it with an uncomplicated expanse of grass, narrowing the Mall, and permitting the construction...
A shopping mall (or simply mall) is a large indoor shopping center, usually anchored by department stores. The term mall originally meant a pedestrian...
NationalMall and Memorial Parks (formerly known as National Capital Parks-Central) is an administrative unit of the National Park Service (NPS) encompassing...
country. In addition, due to security concerns, the areas surrounding the NationalMall and U.S. Naval Observatory in central Washington are prohibited airspace...
March for Israel was a pro-Israel demonstration that took place at the NationalMall in Washington, D.C., on November 14, 2023. The rally was organized by...
The National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the NationalMall in...
displayed on the Mall in Washington, D.C., several times. In 2020, it returned to San Francisco, where it is now cared for by the National AIDS Memorial...
The National Gallery of Art is an art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, located on the NationalMall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution...
The Washington Monument is an obelisk on the NationalMall in Washington, D.C., built to commemorate George Washington, a Founding Father of the United...
Dubai Mall (originally known as The Dubai Mall until 2023) (Arabic: دبي مول "Dubai Mall") is a shopping mall in Dubai. It is the second-largest mall in the...
elm trees that the National Park Service first planted during the 1930s line much of the 1.9 miles (3.0 km) length of the NationalMall in Washington, D...
form of a classical temple and is located at the western end of the NationalMall in Washington, D.C. Henry Bacon is the memorial's architect and Daniel...
structure erected during World War I along Constitution Avenue on the NationalMall. The War Department, which was a civilian agency created to administer...
Global Information