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The CannonHouseOffice Building, in Washington, is named forJosephG. Cannon.    The Hart Senate OfficeBuilding(opened 1982), in Washington, is named forPhilipA. Hart.    Kutz MemorialBridge(built 1943, altered and renamed 1954), on Independence Avenue,crossing the Tidal Basin, in West Potomac Park, Washington, is namedforCharlesW. Kutz.    Thecityof Washington is named forGeorgeWashington.    The William Jefferson ClintonFederalBuilding (built 1934; renamed 2012) in Washington is named forBillClinton.    The Robert C. WeaverFederalBuilding (opened 1968; named 2000; headquarters of the U.S.Department of Housing and Urban Development), in Washington, is namedforRobertC. Weaver.    The Russell SenateOfficeBuilding (built 1903-08; named 1972), in Washington, is named forRichardB. Russell, Jr..    The Dirksen Senate OfficeBuilding(opened 1958), in Washington, is named forEverettM. Dirksen.    Wendell PhillipsSchool(opened 1890, closed 1950) in Washington, was named forWendellPhillips.    The John Philip SousaBridge(built 1938-41), which takes Pennsylvania Avenue over the AnacostiaRiver in Washington, is named forJohnPhilip Sousa.    The Ronald ReaganBuildingand International Trade Center, in the Federal Triangle, Washington,is named forRonaldReagan.    Woodrow WilsonPlaza,in the Federal Triangle, Washington, is is named forWoodrowWilson.    The Robert F. Kennedy Department of JusticeBuilding(opened 1935, renamed 2001), in Washington, is named forRobertF. Kennedy.    Charles SumnerSchool(built 1872 for African-American students; now serves as anarchivesand museum), in Washington, is named forCharlesSumner.    Daniel C. RoperJuniorHigh School (opened 1966; later changed to Roper Middle School;renamed in 1997 as Ron Brown Middle School), in Washington, was namedforDanielC. Roper.    The Ron BrownMiddleSchool (now the Ron Brown College PreparatoryHighSchool), in Washington, is named forRonaldH. Brown.    FortStevens (active during the Civil War, 1861-65; site now apark)in Washington, was named forIsaacI. Stevens.    Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy OnassisHall,at George WashingtonUniversity,Washington, is named forJacquelineKennedy Onassis.    GalesSchool(built 1881; used as a school until 1944; now houses the CentralUnion Mission), in Washington, is named forJosephGales, Jr..    Gaston Hall (completed 1901), a famedauditoriumatGeorgetownUniversity, Washington, is named forWilliamGaston.

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