Madison Place is a one-block street located in
northwest
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Washington, D.C.
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, across from the
White House
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. It forms the eastern border of
Lafayette Square (the northernmost part of
President's Park
President's Park, located in Downtown Washington, D.C., encompasses the White House and includes the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, the Treasury Building, and grounds; the White House Visitor Center; Lafayette Square; and The Ellipse. Pr ...
) between
Pennsylvania Avenue
Pennsylvania Avenue is a diagonal street in Washington, D.C., and Prince George's County, Maryland, that connects the White House and the United States Capitol and then crosses the city to Maryland. In Maryland it is also Maryland Route 4 (MD 4) ...
and
H Street NW. Buildings on Madison Place include the
Howard T. Markey National Courts Building
The Howard T. Markey National Courts Building (formerly the National Courts Building) is a courthouse in Washington, D.C., which houses the United States Court of Federal Claims and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. It ...
, the
Benjamin Ogle Tayloe House, the
Cutts-Madison House, and the
Freedman's Bank Building
The Freedman's Bank Building, previously known as the Treasury Annex, is a historic office building located on the corner of Madison Place and Pennsylvania Avenue in Northwest Washington, D.C. in Washington, D.C. It sits on the east side of Laf ...
. The street is part of the
Lafayette Square Historic District.
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Streets in Washington, D.C.