,This application, HistoryQuest DC, is an interactive GIS map that provides historical data on approximately 193,000 extant buildings in Washington, D.C. The map offers several operational layers of information for the user including historic data on individual buildings and historic districts, links to documentation on properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places, information on historic residential subdivisions, and the identification and boundaries of the L’Enfant Plan, and the city’s Squares, and Wards. The featured layer in the map—the Historical Data on DC Buildings—provides information from a variety of sources on original dates of construction, architects, owners and builders of the city’s historic buildings. The application also includes a Query tool that allows the user to analyze the historic data within a specified geographic area or city-wide.This application has evolved out of the DC Historical Building Permits Database, begun in 2002, is on-going. Requests to correct or add new information can be made using the “Propose Data Change” drop-down form located on the banner at the top of the map.,,For questions or concerns, contact the Historic Preservation Office at historic.preservation@dc.gov.,,

L'Enfant Plan of Washington. The dataset contains polygons representing the L'Enfant Plan historic district, created as part of the DC Geographic Information System (DC GIS) for the D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) and participating D.C. government agencies. This district was identified from public records, including published maps and the National Register nomination form. It was created by buffering along the planimetric street centerline at specified distances, as referenced in the 1803 King Plats, ranging from 70 to 160 feet.

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These ESRI shape files are of National Park Service tract and boundary data that was created by the Land Resources Division. Tracts are numbered and created by the regional cartographic staff at the Land Resources Program Centers and are associated to the Land Status Maps. This data should be used to display properties that NPS owns and properties that NPS may have some type of interest such as scenic easements or right of ways. {Provide addition descriptions of the data set if necessary.}