LeDroit Park in Northwest Washington in Washington, District of Columbia — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Freedmen's Hospital
520 W Street, NW
— African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, June 21, 2015
1. Freedmen's Hospital Marker
Inscription.
Freedmen's Hospital was established by the federal government in 1862 to address the needs of thousands of African Americans who poured into the city seeking freedom during the Civil War. The hospital's first administrator was Major Alexander T. Augusta, M.D. (1825-1890), a surgeon and one of eight black physicians serving in the U.S. Army. Blood plasma pioneer Dr. Charles R. Drew later managed the facility. Freedmen's moved to this Howard University site in 1869 and became the university's teaching hospital. In 1975 Freedmen's Hospital was renamed Howard University Hospital and was rebuilt at Georgia and Florida avenues, NW, on the site of the old Griffith Stadium.
Freedmen's Hospital was established by the federal government in 1862 to address the needs of thousands of African Americans who poured into the city seeking freedom during the Civil War. The hospital's first administrator was Major Alexander T. Augusta, M.D. (1825-1890), a surgeon and one of eight black physicians serving in the U.S. Army. Blood plasma pioneer Dr. Charles R. Drew later managed the facility. Freedmen's moved to this Howard University site in 1869 and became the university's teaching hospital. In 1975 Freedmen's Hospital was renamed Howard University Hospital and was rebuilt at Georgia and Florida avenues, NW, on the site of the old Griffith Stadium.
Location. 38° 55.143′ N, 77° 1.21′ W. Marker is in Northwest Washington in Washington, District of Columbia. It is in LeDroit Park. Marker can be reached from the intersection of W Street Northwest and 6th Street Northwest
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, on the left when traveling west. On the Seeley G. Mudd Building, Howard University College of Medicine. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 520 W St Northwest, Washington DC 20001, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Howard University nursing class of 1930 in front of Freedmen's Hospital.
Close-up of photo on marker Scurlock Studio Collection
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5. Alexander Thomas Augusta M.D.
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, June 21, 2015
6. Howard University College of Medicine Seeley G. Mudd Building
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, November 29, 2015
7. Charles R. Drew
This 1953 portrait of Charles R. Drew by Betsy Graves Reyneau hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC.
Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 29, 2015, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. This page has been viewed 684 times since then and 53 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on June 29, 2015, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. 7. submitted on November 30, 2015, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.