Where was House of Cards filmed

Locations

• First & Franklin Presbyterian Church

  In movie

  Scene where Claire Underwood is attending a service. (Season 6)

  Real

  First & Franklin Presbyterian Church on the map

  Scene was shot The First Presbyterian Church was founded in 1761 by several Scots-Irish families who came to Baltimore Towne from the Pennsylvania frontier to escape the terrors of the French and Indian War. They supported the cause of independence during the American Revolution and advocated the separation of Church and state set forth in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The founding Minister, The Rev. Dr. Patrick Allison of this church was a Chaplain to the Continental Congress and was a personal friend of George Washington. When Baltimore's center city became increasingly commercial, the congregation moved uptown in 1859 to its present location at Park Avenue and Madison Street. The magnificent Gothic edifice was designed by the American architect Norris G. Starkweather.

  Maryland

• Johns Hopkins Peabody Conservatory

  In movie

  Scene where Claire's CWI charity event at 'Hotel Cotesworth' which was visited by teachers protesting Frank's education bill.

  Real

  Johns Hopkins Peabody Conservatory on the map

  Scene was shot The Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University (JHU) is a conservatory and university-preparatory school in the Mount Vernon-Belvedere neighborhood of northern Baltimore. The Peabody Institute was founded in 1857 and opened in 1866 by merchant/ financier and philanthropist George Peabody, (1795–1869), and is the oldest conservatory in the United States. Its association in recent decades begun in 1977 with JHU allows students to do research across disciplines.

  Baltimore

• Lyric Opera House

  In movie

  Scene where Frank Underwood noticed Zoe Barnes for the first time at Washington Opera House.

  Real

  Lyric Opera House on the map

  Scene was shot at the Lyric Theater in downtown Baltimore.

  Baltimore

• Peachoid

  In movie

  Scene where The fruit-shaped watertower, which Frank keeps a picture of in his office.

  Real

  Peachoid on the map

  Scene was shot at a peach-shaped water tower in South Carolina.

  Gaffney

• The Baltimore Sun Building

  In movie

  Scene where Zoe Barnes worked for the Herald as a journalist, along with her colleague later boyfriend political editor Lucas Goodwin.

  Real

  The Baltimore Sun Building on the map

  Scene was shot The offices of the fictional Washington Herald are actually the offices of the Baltimore Sun, a real newspaper.

  Baltimore

• XS

  In movie

  Scene where Doug Stamper meets hacker Gavin Orsay

  Real

  XS on the map

  Scene was shot at a bar on Charles Street in Baltimore.

  Baltimore