Downtown (Washington, D.C.)

Downtown Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Pink area was designated in 2008 as "existing Downtown areas of Washington, D.C.; blue indicated then-emerging areas of Center City Washington.
Location	Roughly, 7th St. from Pennsylvania Avenue to Mt. Vernon Sq., and F St. between 11th and 7th Sts., NW, Washington, D.C.
Area	50 acres (20 ha)
Architect	Multiple
Architectural style	Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
NRHP reference No.	84003901[1]
Added to NRHP	September 22, 2001

Downtown is the central business district of Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. It is the third largest central business district in the United States. The "Traditional Downtown" has been defined as an area roughly between Union Station in the east and 16th Street NW in the west, and between the National Mall on the south and Massachusetts Avenue on the north, including Penn Quarter. However, nowadays, Downtown D.C. usually refers to a larger area, as the DC Office of Planning states:

…most residents, workers, and visitors think of Downtown in a broader sense — including areas as far north as Dupont Circle, as far west as Foggy Bottom, and as far east as Capitol Hill. Only about half of the central city workforce is located within the city’s traditional Downtown. ^[2]

ِِِA small portion of this area is known as the Downtown Historic District and was listed on the NRHP in 2001.^[1]