Dupont Circle in Northwest Washington in Washington, District of Columbia — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
The building on this corner
Dupont Circle
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Police Call Boxes such as this one (originally painted blue) were installed in the District after the Civil War. Officers on foot patrol used this secure telegraph system to contact the station, accessing the box with a now highly collectible "gold key." This system was used until the late 1970s when it was abandoned in favor of more modern communication methods.
The building on this corner is part of an attractive six-residence row that was built in the 1860s and restored in the 1970s and 1980s. A block north lies the one-block Newport St (left). Newport was once an alleyway, lines with modest homes built in the early 1900s to house domestic workers employed in nearby mansions. The worker's houses remain, but most of the grand mansions have been demolished for modern office buildings.
Carol Popper Galaty loves people watching, sun bathing, coffee sipping, reading, and attending political rallies around Dupont Circle. After a long career in health policy and delivery, she returned to art and illustration.
Artist, Carol Popper Galaty
Erected by Cultural Tourism DC.
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Location. 38° 54.439′ N, 77° 2.923′ W. Marker has been reported damaged. Marker is in Northwest Washington in Washington, District of Columbia. It is in Dupont Circle. Marker is at the intersection of N Street Northwest and 22nd Street Northwest on N Street Northwest. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2025 N Street Northwest, Washington DC 20036, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this location. Across 23rd St. and Rock Creek (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Democracy Tree (about 700 feet away); The first houses south and west of Dupont Circle (about 700 feet away); The House of Brig. Gen. George P. Scriven (approx. 0.2 miles away); Taras Shevchenko Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Before the city built a bridge (approx. 0.2 miles away); Washington Before Washington (approx. 0.2 miles away); Myrtilla Miner (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Northwest Washington.
More about this marker. Art on Call signage is missing from the reverse
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 13, 2018
3. Part of the six-residence row described in the marker
Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 13, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 399 times since then and 41 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on January 13, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
