Foggy Bottom

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Category: State Department

Foggy Bottom is often used as a nickname for the United States Department of State, whose headquarters is located in a Washington, DC neighborhood of the same name.

The appellation comes from of one of Washington, DC's oldest 19th century neighborhoods, so named because, as a low-lying area, fog (endemic to the swamps of early Washington) tended to congregate there. The main campus of George Washington University is also located here, as well as the infamous Watergate Hotel and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

It is located to the west of downtown DC in the Northwest quadrant, southeast of Georgetown along the shore of the Potomac River and south of Washington Circle.

Foggy Bottom was once a community of Irish, German, and African-American laborers employed at the nearby breweries, glass plants, and the city gas works. The historic neighborhood is preserved and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

External links

• Foggy Bottom Historical District