Chief Justices

Chief Justices (HM24MJ)

Location: Washington, DC 20008
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 54.981', W 77° 3.148'

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Sheridan Kalorama

—Call Box Restoration Project —

Three chief justices of the Supreme Court lived in Sheridan-Kalorama. William Howard Taft, appointed Chief Justice after his presidency, lived at 2215 Wyoming Ave. Charles Evans Hughes, a U.S. Secretary of State and an unsuccessful candidate for President in 1916, became Chief Justice in 1930 and resided at 2223 R St. Harlan Fiske Stone, a U.S. Attorney General, occupied 1919 24th St. during his tenure. Other prominent Supreme Court justices have lived in Sheridan-Kalorama including Louis Brandeis, Joseph McKenna and Sandra Day O'Connor, the first female justice of the Supreme Court.

About the artist: Peter Waddell, artist, specializes in images of the 18th and 19th century Washington.

Art on Call, a program of Cultural Tourism DC, funded in part by the Commission on Arts and Humanities, the Department of Transportation, and the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development.

Call box locator map: Decatur Pl. and 22nd St.

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HM NumberHM24MJ
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Placed ByCultural Tourism DC
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Date Added Tuesday, January 16th, 2018 at 1:01pm PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 322056 N 4309496
Decimal Degrees38.91635000, -77.05246667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 54.981', W 77° 3.148'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 54' 58.86" N, 77° 3' 8.88" W
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Area Code(s)202
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 2325-2399 Tracy Pl NW, Washington DC 20008, US
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