Pleasant Plains in Washington, District of Columbia — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Merriweather Home for Children

African American Heritage Trail, Washington, D.C.

—733 Euclid Street, NW —

Merriweather Home for Children Marker image. Click for full size.

By Allen C. Browne, June 21, 2015

1. Merriweather Home for Children Marker

Inscription. The National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children was established by an 1863 Act of Congress. Elizabeth Keckley (ca. 1818-1907), former slave and seamstress for Mary Todd Lincoln, was a founding member and spent her last days at the association's home. After Congress withdrew its support for the home in 1892, Mary Robinson Meriwether, a teacher at the Preparatory High School for Negro Youth, saved the facility. In 1930 it moved to this location and shifted its focus to children only. The name eventually changed to the Meriwether Home for Children. (The spelling has evolved to Merriweather.) The home was succeeded by the Key Day Care Center (1975-1998).

Erected by Cultural Heritage DC.

Marker series. This marker is included in the Washington, DC African American Heritage Trail marker series.

Location. Marker has been reported missing. It was located near 38° 55.449′ N, 77° 1.424′ W. Marker was in Pleasant Plains, District of Columbia, in Washington. Marker was on Euclid Street just west of Georgia Avenue, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker was in this post office area: Washington DC 20001, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking

By Allen C. Browne, June 21, 2015

2. Merriweather Home for Children Marker

distance of this location. Beyond the Basics (within shouting distance of this marker); Miner Teachers College (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Lake So Blue (about 700 feet away); Along the "Nile Valley" (about 700 feet away); General Oliver O. Howard (about 700 feet away); Howard Hall (about 700 feet away); Teachers and Preachers (about 700 feet away); Howard University Gallery of Art (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pleasant Plains.

Also see . . .
1. Meriwether. Emergence Community Arts Collective. (Submitted on June 23, 2015, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.)

2. The Emergence Community Arts Collective. (Submitted on December 29, 2017, by Devry Jones of Silver Spring, Maryland.)
3. Merriweather Home for Children/Elizabeth Keckly, African American Heritage Trail. (Submitted on December 29, 2017, by Devry Jones of Silver Spring, Maryland.)

Categories. • African Americans • Charity & Public Work •

Elizabeth Keckly (Keckley) image. Click for full size.

By Allen C. Browne, June 21, 2015

3. Elizabeth Keckly (Keckley)

Close-up of image on marker

733 Euclid Street image. Click for full size.

By Allen C. Browne, June 21, 2015

4. 733 Euclid Street

Today 733 Euclid is The Emergence Community Arts Collective.

Banneker High School image. Click for full size.

By Allen C. Browne, June 21, 2015

5. Banneker High School

Dress maker Elizabeth Keckly died on May 26, 1907 at the National Home for Destitute Colored Women and Children when it was located across Euclid Street where Banneker High School stands today.

770 Euclid Street NW without marker image. Click for full size.

By Devry Becker Jones, December 29, 2017

6. 770 Euclid Street NW without marker

Sign at 770 Euclid Street NW image. Click for full size.

By Devry Becker Jones, December 29, 2017

7. Sign at 770 Euclid Street NW

The
Emergence
Community
Arts
Collective

(202) 462-2285
www.ecacollective.org

Credits. This page was last revised on January 2, 2018. This page originally submitted on June 23, 2015, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. This page has been viewed 304 times since then and 24 times this year. Last updated on December 29, 2017, by Devry Jones of Silver Spring, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on June 23, 2015, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. 6, 7. submitted on December 29, 2017, by Devry Jones of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.