Logan Circle in Northwest Washington in Washington, District of Columbia — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Belford V. Lawson and Marjorie M. Lawson Residence
8 Logan Circle, NW
— African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, November 30, 2014
1. Belford V. Lawson and Marjorie M. Lawson Residence Marker
Belford V. Lawson (1909–1985) and Marjorie M. Lawson (1912–2002) were prominent attorneys. Mr. Lawson helped win landmark civil rights cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, including New Negro Alliance v. Sanitary Grocery (1938) and Henderson v. Southern Railway Company (1950). Mrs. Lawson advised John F. Kennedy's 1960 presidential campaign, and he appointed her to the D.C. Juvenile Court bench. President Lyndon Johnson chose her for the U.S. delegation to the United Nations.
The Lawsons lived here between 1938 and 1958, at time renting their third floor to U.S. Rep. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (D-N.Y.).
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Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Civil Rights • Government & Politics. In addition, it is included in the African American Heritage Trail, the Former U.S. Presidents: #35 John F. Kennedy, and the Former U.S. Presidents: #36 Lyndon B. Johnson series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1960.
Location. 38° 54.606′ N, 77° 1.814′ W. Marker is in Northwest Washington in Washington, District of Columbia. It is in Logan Circle. Marker is on Logan Circle Northwest west of 13th Street Northwest when
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Pratt House (here, next to this marker); Charles M. “Sweet Daddy” Grace Residence (a few steps from this marker); 6 Logan (a few steps from this marker); John Logan House (within shouting distance of this marker); Logan Circle (within shouting distance of this marker); Old Korean Legation in Washington, D.C. (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named John Logan House (within shouting distance of this marker); No Braver Man Than John Logan (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Northwest Washington.
Also see . . . Belford Lawson, Jr. Wikipedia biography (Submitted on December 4, 2014, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.)
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, November 30, 2014
2. Belford V. Lawson and Marjorie M. Lawson Residence Marker
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Photographed By Allen C. Browne, November 30, 2014
3. Belford V. Lawson and Marjorie M. Lawson
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, November 30, 2014
4. Belford V. Lawson and Marjorie M. Lawson Residence
Historic American Building Survey
5. 8 Logan Circle
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, November 30, 2014
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Photographed By Charles Barney Whittelsey, 1898
7. General Eliphalet Whittlesey
The Original Owner of 8 Logan Circle
The Original Owner of 8 Logan Circle
Whittlesey was a professor of Rhetoric at Bowdoin College before the Civil War. During the war he was Chaplain of the 19th Maine, Judge Advocate on Oliver O. Howard's staff, and Colonel of the 46th Colored Infantry. He was brevetted Brigadier General at the end of the war. After the war he somewhat controversially served as assistant commissioner of the Freedman's Bureau in North Carolina, was on the Faculty at Howard University and was secretary to the Board of Indian Commissioners until his death in this house on the 29th of September 1909. He is buried in Arlington Cemetery along with his wife Augusta Patton Whittlesey.photo from Genealogy of the Whittelsey-Whittlesey family
by Charles Barney Whittelsey, 1898.
by Charles Barney Whittelsey, 1898.
Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 4, 2014, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. This page has been viewed 993 times since then and 47 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on December 4, 2014, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. 7. submitted on January 17, 2015, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
