Langdon in Northeast Washington in Washington, District of Columbia — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Ionia R. Whipper Home
2000 Channing Street, NE
African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), December 4, 2021
1. Ionia R. Whipper Home Marker
Inscription.
Ionia R. Whipper Home. 2000 Channing Street, NE. Obstetrician Ionia Rollin Whipper (1872-1953) was a leader in health care services for the city's young women. Born in South Carolina to an illustrious family, Dr. Whipper was educated in the DC public schools before graduating from Howard University Medical School in 1903. Her experience in the Freedmen's Hospital maternity ward led her to establish the Ionia R. Whipper Home for Unwed Mothers in her home/office at 511 Florida Avenue, NW. the facility moved to 2000 Channing Street, NE, in 1951 and remained the only maternity home for DC's African American women well into the 1960s. In 1978, it became a shelter for young women.
Obstetrician Ionia Rollin Whipper (1872-1953) was a leader in health care services for the city's young women. Born in South Carolina to an illustrious family, Dr. Whipper was educated in the DC public schools before graduating from Howard University Medical School in 1903. Her experience in the Freedmen's Hospital maternity ward led her to establish the Ionia R. Whipper Home for Unwed Mothers in her home/office at 511 Florida Avenue, NW. the facility moved to 2000 Channing Street, NE, in 1951 and remained the only maternity home for DC's African American women well into the 1960s. In 1978, it became a shelter for young women.
Location. 38° 55.352′ N, 76° 58.547′ W. Marker is in Northeast Washington in Washington, District of Columbia. It is
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in Langdon. It is on Channing Street Northeast just west of Lafayette Avenue Northeast, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2000 Channing St NE, Washington DC 20018, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Upper South, in the Mid-Atlantic, in the Tidewater, and in the Chesapeake Bay Region. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), December 4, 2021
2. Ionia R. Whipper Home Marker
is no longer nearby. If trees could talk (was approx. 0.8 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 4, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 1,131 times since then and 52 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on December 4, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
