LeDroit Park in Northwest Washington in Washington, District of Columbia — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
T Street Elites
Worthy Ambition
— LeDroit Park/Bloomingdale Heritage Trail —
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, August 8, 2015
1. T Street Elites Marker
Inscription.
T Street Elites. Worthy Ambition. , The Roster of LeDroit Park's accomplished African Americans is long. Consider these prominent Washingtonians who lived on T Street., Walter E. Washington and his wife, Bennetta Bullock Washington, lived with her family at 408 T Street. Mrs. Washington's father was the Reverend George Bullock. President Lyndon Johnson appointed Walter Washington DC mayor-commissioner in 1967. Eight years later, with the return of limited Home Rule to DC, he took office as the city's first elected mayor since 1871. Bennetta Washington received her Ph.D. in 1939 and was a nationally recognized expert on the impact of poverty on education and employment. , Robert H. and Mary Church Terrell moved to their second LeDroit Park home, half of a double house ate at 326 T Street, in 1899. Robert Terrell, a Harvard graduate, became DC's first black Municipal Court judge in 1902. Mary Terrell, the National Association of Colored Women's first president, was instrumental in desegregating Washington. The 1953 Supreme Court decision to uphold 80-year-old laws guaranteeing equal access to restaurants, stores, and other public facilities resulted from a lawsuit initiated by Mary Terrell and fellow activists., Colonel West Alexander Hamilton, a commander of the all-black 366th Infantry in World War II, lived at 413 T Street. He later fought for school desegregation during two decades of service on DC's Board of Education., Equally distinguished was Dr. Ernest Everett Just, a pioneering cell biologist at Howard University who lived at 412 T Street with his family. Dr. Just's Howard University colleague Dr. Charles Sumner Syphax, a mathematics professor and descendant of Martha Washington's nephew, lived with his family at 315, then 414, and later at 313 T Street.
The Roster of LeDroit Park's accomplished African Americans is long. Consider these prominent Washingtonians who lived on T Street.
Walter E. Washington and his wife, Bennetta Bullock Washington, lived with her family at 408 T Street. Mrs. Washington's father was the Reverend George Bullock. President Lyndon Johnson appointed Walter Washington DC mayor-commissioner in 1967. Eight years later, with the return of limited Home Rule to DC, he took office as the city's first elected mayor since 1871. Bennetta Washington received her Ph.D. in 1939 and was a nationally recognized expert on the impact of poverty on education and employment.
Robert H. and Mary Church Terrell moved to their second LeDroit Park home, half of a double house ate at 326 T Street, in 1899. Robert Terrell, a Harvard graduate, became DC's first black Municipal Court judge in 1902. Mary Terrell, the National Association of Colored Women's first president, was instrumental in desegregating Washington. The 1953 Supreme Court decision to uphold 80-year-old laws guaranteeing equal access to restaurants, stores, and other public facilities resulted from a lawsuit initiated by Mary Terrell and fellow activists.
Colonel West Alexander Hamilton, a commander of the all-black 366th Infantry in World War II, lived at 413 T Street. He later
Click or scan to see this page online
fought for school desegregation during two decades of service on DC's Board of Education.
Equally distinguished was Dr. Ernest Everett Just, a pioneering cell biologist at Howard University who lived at 412 T Street with his family. Dr. Just's Howard University colleague Dr. Charles Sumner Syphax, a mathematics professor and descendant of Martha Washington's nephew, lived with his family at 315, then 414, and later at 313 T Street.
Erected 2015 by Cultural Tourism DC. (Marker Number 2.)
Location. 38° 54.955′ N, 77° 1.079′ W. Marker is in Northwest Washington in Washington, District of Columbia. It is in LeDroit Park. Marker is on T Street Northwest west of 4th Street Northwest when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 417 T Street Northwest, Washington DC 20001, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), November 23, 2017
3. T Street Elites Marker
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, August 8, 2015
4. Walter and Bennetta Washington House
408 T Street
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, August 8, 2015
5. Walter and Bennetta Washington House
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, August 8, 2015
6. W. H. Bullock M.D.
at 408 T Street
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, August 8, 2015
7. Mary and Robert Terrell House
326 T Street
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, August 8, 2015
8. Half Gable
326 T Street
The Terrell house is vacant and is listed as one of Washington's most endangered places.
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, August 8, 2015
9. Robert and Mary Church Terrell House
This home was the residence of Mary Church Terrell, the first African American female school board member in the United States, and Robert T. Terrell, the first African American municipal judge in the District of Columbia.
Library of Congress (Chronicling America)
10. Mrs. Mary Church Terrell
President of the National Association of Colored Women. Her Address on “Woman Suffage” the Hit of the Recent Gathering of America's Brainiest Women.
This picture appeared in The Colored American, Feb. 17, 1900.
Library of Congress (Chronicling America)
11. Prof. Robert H. Terrell
This picture appeared in The Washington Bee May 6, 1999, when Robert Terrell became the Principal of the M Street High School.
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, August 8, 2015
12. 512 T Street (on the left)
Home of Ernest Everett Just
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, August 8, 2015
13. 413 T Street
Home of Colonel West Alexander Hamilton
Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 14, 2015, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. This page has been viewed 877 times since then and 65 times this year. Last updated on July 4, 2020, by Bruce Guthrie of Silver Spring, Maryland. Photos:1. submitted on August 14, 2015, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. 2, 3. submitted on November 23, 2017, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. submitted on August 14, 2015, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.