On Florida Avenue Northeast at 10th Street Northeast, on the right when traveling east on Florida Avenue Northeast.
The Trinidad neighborhood, named for W.W. Corcoran's original estate, got its start in the 1890s after the Washington Brick Machine Company used up the clay here making bricks. With H Street filling in with houses and businesses, the company . . . — — Map (db m186807) HM
On H Street Northeast at 4th Street Northeast, on the right when traveling east on H Street Northeast.
Cathy Hughes and WOL-AM have made an indelible mark on this Washington D.C. community. In 1982, Hughes purchased a building at the corner of 4th and H Streets and found it littered with almost 200 hypodermic needles and crack pipes. The home of her . . . — — Map (db m111969) HM
On H Street Northeast west of 13th Street Northeast, on the right when traveling west.
Dr. Granville N. Moore practiced medicine on this site for over 50 years, providing medical care for the poor and underprivilege.
In the spirit of Dr. Granville's commitment to the community, we reopen these doors as a . . . — — Map (db m244968) HM
On Linden Place Northeast just east of 12th Street Northeast, on the right when traveling east.
Henrietta Vinton Davis (1860-1941), a certified teacher by age 15, was the first black woman employed by the DC Recorder of Deeds. After serving there with Frederick Douglass, she went on to become an acclaimed actor and elocutionist (a . . . — — Map (db m187432) HM
On H Street Northeast at 11th Street Northeast, on the right when traveling west on H Street Northeast.
The handsome church on this corner is the second to occupy this spot. The first was a small brick chapel built by John A. Douglas in 1878 for the new Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church. Soon after, it was renamed Douglas Memorial Methodist . . . — — Map (db m71691) HM
On H Street Northeast at 7th Street Northeast, on the right when traveling west on H Street Northeast.
On Friday, April 5, 1968 the 600 block of H Street went up in flames. The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., had been assassinated a day earlier, and grief-stricken, angry men and women had taken to the streets across the city. Some took . . . — — Map (db m71692) HM
On Washington Place Northeast, 0.3 miles south of Rhode Island Avenue Northeast (U.S. 1), on the right when traveling south.
This area, including that of the adjacent shopping center, was once the site of Columbian Harmony Cemetery. The cemetery, established in 1828 "for free persons of color," was originally located near 6th and S Streets, NW, Washington, D.C. . . . — — Map (db m146576) HM
Near Washington Place Northeast at Rhode Island Avenue Northeast (U.S. 1), on the right when traveling south.
Many distinguished Black citizens including Civil War veterans were buried in this cemetery.
These bodies now rest in the new National Harmony Memorial Park Cemetery in Maryland. — — Map (db m16069) HM
On Quincy Street Northeast east of 12th Street Northeast.
Lois Mailou Jones (1905-1998), internationally acclaimed artist and teacher, lived here from the 1950s into the 1970s. Born and educated in Boston, Jones joined the Howard University Art Department in 1930 and stayed for nearly 50 years. She began . . . — — Map (db m111784) HM
On 14th Street Northeast north of Monroe Street Northeast.
Economist Robert Clifton Weaver (1907-1997) was born in Washington and grew up here in Brookland. After graduating from Dunbar High School, he earned three degrees in economics from Harvard and moved into a long career in government service. Weaver . . . — — Map (db m111796) HM
On Kearny Street Northeast east of 12th Street Northeast.
Sterling Brown (1901-1989) was a central figure of the New Negro Renaissance of the 1920s and '30s and the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and '70s. Brown's work includes Southern Road (1932), The Negro in American Fiction (1937), . . . — — Map (db m111799) HM
On 2nd Street Northeast at Constitution Avenue Northeast (Alternate U.S. 1), on the right when traveling south on 2nd Street Northeast.
“[The British] put a slow match to the [Sewall] house and those rockets burst until they made the rafters fly East and West.” — Enslaved African American diarist and eyewitness, Michael Shiner.
As the British . . . — — Map (db m87856) HM
Near A Street Northeast east of Frederick Douglas Court Northeast, on the left when traveling east.
Orator - Publisher - Statesman
Precursor of the Civil Rights Movement
An ex-slave who rose to world renown as an abolitionist and who served in high government posts under presidents Grant through Cleveland, Frederick Douglass resided in this . . . — — Map (db m69264) HM
On East Capitol Street Northeast at 12th Street Northeast, in the median on East Capitol Street Northeast.
In grateful memory of Abraham Lincoln. This monument was erected by the Western Sanitary Commission of Saint Louis, Mo., with funds contributed solely by emancipated Citizens of the United States declared free by his Proclamation, January 1st . . . — — Map (db m41617) HM
Near 1st Street Northeast south of Constitution Avenue Northeast (Alternate U.S. 1), on the right when traveling south.
Front:
One of the icons of world architecture, the U.S. Capitol has been the meeting place of Congress since 1800. President George Washington laid the cornerstone on September 18, 1793. While under construction, the the building was . . . — — Map (db m111467) HM
On 26th Street Northeast north of Benning Road Northeast, on the right when traveling north.
Until 1939, the only place for African Americans to play golf in Washington was West Potomac Park. That year, in response to petitions by African American golfers asking Interior Secretary Harold Ickes to desegregate the city's public golf courses, . . . — — Map (db m112998) HM
On Benning Road Northeast at 21st Street Northeast, on the right when traveling west on Benning Road Northeast.
Langston Terrace Dwellings, opened in 1938, was the first federally funded public housing project in Washington and among the first in the nation. It honors John Mercer Langston (1829-1897), abolitionist, founder of Howard University Law School, and . . . — — Map (db m112792) HM
On Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue Northeast east of Minnesota Avenue Northweast, on the right when traveling east.
Westernmost panel:
100 Years of Afro-American History
By Jerome Johnson
Sponsors
D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Sign of the Times Cultural Workshop & Gallery
CFC # 16414 & United Black Fund #8558
. . . — — Map (db m112798) HM
On Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue Northeast at Division Avenue Northeast, on the left when traveling north on Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue Northeast. Reported missing.
The Two-Story Art Deco Style Building on your left was once the Strand Theater. Abe Lichtman, a Jewish businessman whose movie theaters catered to black patrons, opened the Strand in 1918. Lichtman also operated the Lincoln and Howard . . . — — Map (db m130777) HM
On 49th Street Northeast south of Hayes Street Northeast, on the right when traveling north.
To your right it is the former Merritt Educational Center which operated from 1943 to 2008. However, if you were standing here in the 1920s or '30s, in its place you would have seen exuberant crowds of fashionably dressed African Americans . . . — — Map (db m130780) HM
On Sheriff Road Northeast just east of 43rd Place Northeast, on the left when traveling west.
This quaint frame building has served several church congregations since its construction in 1908. The First Zion Baptist Church stayed for more than 60 years. Since 1993 members of Joshua's Temple First Born Church have worshiped within its . . . — — Map (db m130784) HM
On Jay Street Northeast at 49th Street Northeast, on the right when traveling east on Jay Street Northeast.
Largely ignored by city officials and isolated from downtown DC, Deanwood remained semi-rural until around World War II (1941-1945).
Lifelong residents who grew up in the 1930s and '40s remember outsiders telling them that they lived in . . . — — Map (db m130781) HM
On Hunt Place Northeast just east of 46th Street Northeast, on the right when traveling east.
Jacob Dodd (d. 1930) left the Government Printing Office in 1920 to join his brother Randolph (d. 1944) in the house-building business. Though they collaborated on at least 50 projects in Deanwood, they also worked individually, completing more . . . — — Map (db m187368) HM
On Hunt Place Northeast just west of 46th Street Northeast, on the right when traveling west.
Lewis Giles, Sr. (1894-1974) was an influential Washington architect who designed this Colonial Revival/craftsman style house in 1929. He lived here the rest of his life, and worked in his home office.
Giles graduated from Armstrong . . . — — Map (db m187369) HM
On Sheriff Road Northeast just west of 50th Street Northeast, on the right when traveling west.
A monument for God
North West Beulah Baptist Church
Organized 1945
Built August 24, 1969
Rev. Moses Henderson
Founder and Pastor
Robert Nash, Architect
Elmer W. Sarbacher, Builder — — Map (db m244004) HM
On 45th Street Northeast, 0.1 miles north of Sheriff Road Northeast, on the right when traveling north.
In 1907, when Deanwood's African American children needed a school close to home, city officials decided to place a public elementary here. Snowden Ashford (1866-1927), the District's inspector of buildings, designed the original four-room . . . — — Map (db m158343) HM
On Sheriff Road Northeast at 46th Street Northeast, on the right when traveling west on Sheriff Road Northeast.
Sheltered from the overt bigotry many African Americans experienced when venturing downtown, Deanwood shoppers of the 1950s patronized Sheriff Road's mostly African American businesses, including Mouse Gordon's tailor shop, Tip Top Grocery, . . . — — Map (db m130783) HM
On 48th Street Northeast at Sheriff Road Northeast, on the right when traveling north on 48th Street Northeast.
Up the hill to your left are several signature handcrafted houses, Beginning in the late 1800s, Deanwood attracted skilled black migrants, who freely passed on their know-how.
In the 1920s Jacob and Randolph Dodd built about 50 structures . . . — — Map (db m153319) HM
On Lee Street Northeast east of 42nd Street Northeast, on the right when traveling east.
Water and land embrace one another here in Eastland Gardens, adjacent Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens. The Neighborhood dates to 1928 when a group of developers call Eastland Gardens Inc. bought some 150 acres of the former Benning Racetrack property and . . . — — Map (db m119740) HM
On Harry Thomas Way Northeast south of Quincy Lane Northeast, on the right when traveling north.
Alethia Tanner, or "Lethe" as she was known, was born into slavery in 1781 on a plantation in Prince George's County, Maryland, where she lived and worked with her sisters, Laurana and Sophia, before coming to Washington in the early 1800s. . . . — — Map (db m234910) HM
On Harry Thomas Way Northeast at Q Street Northeast, on the right when traveling north on Harry Thomas Way Northeast.
Religious Organizations
Free and enslaved African Americans played vital roles in early Washington as laborers, servants, merchants, drivers and federal workers. They created Black charitable groups, schools, and churches, which served . . . — — Map (db m234907) HM
On Harry Thomas Way Northeast at Q Street Northeast, on the right when traveling north on Harry Thomas Way Northeast.
The Plantation
Alethia Tanner and her sisters worked alongside other enslaved workers on the Chelsea Plantation in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. It was owned by Tobias Belt and later by his daughter, Rachel Belt Pratt.
When Tobias Belt . . . — — Map (db m234912) HM
On 6th Street Northeast at Neal Place Northeast, on the right when traveling south on 6th Street Northeast.
Successful entrepreneurs get in the ring to fight for their businesses and communities every day. "Entrepreneurship is a Boxing Match," inspired by a poem by Shelly Olimβdθ Bell, founder & CEO of Black Girl Ventures Foundation (BGV), highlights . . . — — Map (db m202317) HM
Near Lincoln Circle Northeast north of Florida Avenue Northeast, on the right when traveling south.
Teachers:
Mary E. Britt, Rubye S. Frye, Robert Robinson, Bessie Z. Thornton
Students:
Mary Arnold, Irene Brown, Darrel Chatman, Robbie Cheatham, Dorothy Howard, Robert Jones, Richard King, Rial Loftis, William Matthews, Donald . . . — — Map (db m216739) HM
On Grant Street Northeast east of 49th Street Northeast, on the right when traveling east.
Deanwood once was farmland belonging to slave-holding families. Some of their namesSherriff, Lowrie, and Benning--still mark local roads.
In 1833 Levi Sherriff purchased several hundred acres along Watts Branch from William Benning's . . . — — Map (db m130778) HM
On Fitch Place Northeast just east of 49th Place Northeast, on the right when traveling west.
Howard Dilworth Woodson (1877-1962), a Pittsburgh native, arrived in Washington in 1907 to work as a structural engineer in the Office of the Supervising Architect, U.S. Department of the Treasury. One of the first African American professionals . . . — — Map (db m187367) HM
On 49th Street Northeast south of Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue Northeast, on the right when traveling south.
Welcome to the Robert F. Lederer Environmental Education Center and Youth Garden. This center honors Robert F. Lederer, the Executive Vice President of the American Association of Nurserymen during the United States President Lyndon B. Johnson's . . . — — Map (db m130779) HM
Near 50th Street Northeast at Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue Northeast, on the right when traveling south.
The National Training School for Women and Girls was founded here in 1909 by Nannie Helen Burroughs (1879 - 1961). With its focus on the three B's Bible, bath and broom the school taught skills such as business, sewing, and printing. It . . . — — Map (db m103272) HM
On Nannie Helen Burroughs Boulevard Northeast at 50th Street Northeast, on the right when traveling east on Nannie Helen Burroughs Boulevard Northeast.
Atop this hill are the sprawling grounds on which Nannie Helen Burroughs (1879-1961) founded the National Training School for Women and Girls in 1909. Burroughs was an outspoken advocate for women's rights, civil rights, and religious . . . — — Map (db m184992) HM
On Anacostia Avenue Northeast just west of Ponds Street Northeast, on the right when traveling west.
Helen Fowler took over administration of the Shaw Gardens from her father in 1912. Under her guidance the gardens grew into one of the most extensive water plant businesses in the nation. By 1938, Shaw Gardens encompassed 42 ponds spread over nine . . . — — Map (db m141717) HM
On Anacostia Avenue Northeast just west of Ponds Street Northeast, on the right when traveling west.
National parks are special places owned by all Americans. Caring for these treasures is everyone's job. Throughout the country, citizen organized friends grouped to get people interested in and involved with preserving natural and cultural . . . — — Map (db m145319) HM
On First Place Northeast south of Riggs Road Northeast, on the right when traveling north.
WOOK-TV, on the air from 1963 to 1972, was the first "all-Negro" television station in the nation. White founder Richard Eaton also started its predecessor, WOOK-Radio, in 1947 in the nation's first "Negro-oriented" . . . — — Map (db m113223) HM
On 20th Street Northeast south of Hamlin Street Northeast, on the right when traveling south.
[Plaque on sculpture along 20th Street]
A Celebration of Chuck Brown
(1936-2012)
The fundamental force behind Go-Go music -- Using music, story-telling, and rhythm to help create a culture of inclusion and participation in . . . — — Map (db m130826) HM
On Channing Street Northeast just west of Lafayette Avenue Northeast, on the right when traveling west.
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 . . . — — Map (db m187434) HM
On Division Avenue Northeast at Foote Street Northeast, on the right when traveling north on Division Avenue Northeast.
Across the street is Watts Branch, an actively used creek that has tied together many communities. Unfortunately humans have not always been respectful of this resource. The stream has experienced cycles of neglect and rejuvenation.
In . . . — — Map (db m130776) HM
On Minnesota Avenue Northeast at Hayes Street Northeast, on the right when traveling north on Minnesota Avenue Northeast.
If you had stood here 100 years ago, you might have heard the cheering crowds and thundering hoofbeats of Benning Racetrack just across the tracks to your right.
Beginning in 1890, Benning was the best-equipped race course in Washington. . . . — — Map (db m130786) HM
On Kenilworth Terrace Northeast at Jay Street Northeast, on the right when traveling south on Kenilworth Terrace Northeast.
Mayfair Mansions, completed in 1946 on the site of the old Benning Race Track, was one of the city's earliest garden apartment developments. The 500-unit, first-class complex was designed by Howard University Professor of Architecture Albert I. . . . — — Map (db m136186) HM
On 1st Street Northeast at Massachusetts Avenue Northeast, on the right when traveling south on 1st Street Northeast. Reported missing.
Union Station, across First Street, was the worlds largest railroad terminal when it opened in 1907. Its construction took five years and displaced hundreds of small houses and businesses. Architect Daniel Burnhams Beaux-Arts masterpiece, . . . — — Map (db m71678) HM
On Crittenden Street Northwest west of 14th Street Northwest, on the left when traveling west.
Commemorated in 2020 to celebrate the life of
Danny Hogg a.k.a. Cool "Disco" Dan
the most iconic graffiti writer to emerge
from Washington, DC in the 1980s.
Cory Lee Stowers - Curator
Gabriela Mossi - Community . . . — — Map (db m231119) HM
On Colorado Avenue Northwest just north of Longfellow Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north.
Organized August 19, 1994
Rev. Carlton W. Veazey
Pastor and founder
Dedicated September 26, 1999
Carrie L. Leary
Chair, Diaconate Board
F. Alexis Roberson
Chair, Board of Trustees
On Georgia Avenue Northwest (U.S. 29) south of Missouri Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling south. Reported missing.
English, Irish and German settlers, as well as enslaved and free African Americans, were the first non-natives to claim Brightwood. Farmers dominated until the Civil War. Then in the 1890s electric streetcars allowed government workers to live . . . — — Map (db m121018) HM
On Georgia Avenue Northwest (U.S. 29) at Delafield Place Northwest, on the right when traveling south on Georgia Avenue Northwest.
The Jones Haywood School of Ballet was founded here by Doris W. Jones and Claire H. Haywood in 1941. Their Capitol Ballet Company, established in 1961, remained the nation's only predominantly African American, professional ballet troupe through the . . . — — Map (db m65511) HM
On Georgia Avenue Northwest (U.S. 29) north of Madison Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south. Reported missing.
The City Park across the street was once Emery Place, the summer estate of Matthew Gault Emery.
A prominent builder, Emery was Washington City's last elected mayor during the period of home rule. He was succeeded in 1874 by a . . . — — Map (db m72816) HM
On Georgia Avenue Northwest (U.S. 29) just south of Allison Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south.
- founder -
Rev. Charles C. Hayes 1963
Destroyed by fire 1979
Rebuilt 1981
building fund chairman
Dea. Roy L. Dixon
co-chairman
Dea. Curtis M. Dudley
pastor
Rev. Charles C. Hayes
architect - Cass & . . . — — Map (db m243814) HM
On 16th Street, NW just south of Harvard Street, NW, on the right when traveling south.
Three dramatic religious structures dominate this corner. They are among some 40 religious institutions lining 16th Street between the White House and the Maryland state line.
Many serve as unofficial embassies representing the . . . — — Map (db m152206) HM
On Calvert Street Northwest at Biltmore Street Northwest, on the left when traveling east on Calvert Street Northwest. Reported permanently removed.
In 2013, Howard University archaeologists, working with concerned citizens, completed a seven-year survey of Walter C. Pierce Community Park. Their goal: to identify and protect two 19th Century cemeteries--the Colored Union Benevolent . . . — — Map (db m112588) HM
On Calvert Street Northwest at 20th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on Calvert Street Northwest.
In 2013, Howard University archaeologists, working with concerned citizens, completed a seven-year survey of Walter C. Pierce Community Park. Their goal, to identify and protect two historic cemeteriesthe Colored Union Benevolent . . . — — Map (db m236781) HM
On 18th Street Northwest at California Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south on 18th Street Northwest.
Across the street you can see the Marie H. Reed Community Learning Center. It opened in 1977 on the former sites of Morgan Community School and Happy Hollow Playground.
Both the Adams and Morgan elementary schools became "community schools" . . . — — Map (db m130703) HM
On 17th Street Northwest south of V Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south.
Calvin T.S. Brent (1854-1899), believed to be Washington's first African American architect, lived here briefly in the early 1890s. (His other residences have been demolished.) Brent began practicing in 1875 and after a two-year apprenticeship and . . . — — Map (db m129528) HM
On 16th Street Northwest south of Euclid Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south.
During the Civil War (1861-1865), the Union Army Carver Hospital and barracks occupied Meridian Hill. The facilities attracted African American freedom seekers looking for protection and employment. By wars end, a Black community had put down . . . — — Map (db m130705) HM
On 16th Street Northwest south of Crescent Place Northwest, on the right when traveling south.
Long before Europeans arrived, Meridian Hill was a sacred place for Native Americans. As recently as 1992, a delegation of Native Americans walked across the continent to this park to mourn the 500th anniversary of Columbuss arrival. They were . . . — — Map (db m130706) HM
On Calvert Street Northwest at 20th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on Calvert Street Northwest.
The African American and Quaker cemeteries here were almost lost to time. Both closed in 1890 due to development. Parts of the land were sold to the National Zoo and National Park Service. Developers bought the rest and tried . . . — — Map (db m236780) HM
On Calvert Street Northwest at 20th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on Calvert Street Northwest.
Today's Walter Pierce Park was once the site of two cemeteriesthe Friends (Quaker) Burying Ground, in use from 1807 to 1890, and Mt. Pleasant Plains Cemetery, where more than 8,400 African Americans were buried between 1870 and 1890. . . . — — Map (db m236776) HM
On Calvert Street Northwest at 20th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on Calvert Street Northwest.
Mt. Pleasant Plains Cemetery was the final resting place for some of the passengers and conductors of the largest Underground Railroad operation in history: the escape on the sailing ship Pearl. In April 1848, after months of planning, . . . — — Map (db m236777) HM
On Calvert Street Northwest at Biltmore Street Northwest, on the left when traveling east on Calvert Street Northwest. Reported permanently removed.
"I knew him when he was drafted for the war, and I knew him when he came back ... He had a soldier's clothes on when he came back, with a gun, canteen, knap sack and blanket."-- Lloyd Mudd, testifying to U.S. Pension officials about . . . — — Map (db m112866) HM
On Calvert Street Northwest at 20th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on Calvert Street Northwest.
The Civil War changed Washington, as Union troops poured into the city to secure it, and thousands of refugees from slavery arrived here seeking freedom. More than 40 African American soldiers and sailors were later buried at Mt. . . . — — Map (db m236779) HM
On Calvert Street Northwest west of Biltmore Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west.
Named in honor of
Edward Kennedy Ellington
1899-1974
Native Son
Composer - Performer - Playwright
International Statesman of Goodwill — — Map (db m67913) HM
On Kalorama Road Northwest east of 17th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west.
In 1947, the building on your left opened as the National Arena, a public roller rink and bowling alley. It also hosted professional wrestling, roller derbies, and rock concerts. In 1986 it became the Citadel Motion Picture Center, where . . . — — Map (db m130710) HM
On 17th Street Northwest at Columbia Road Northwest, on the left when traveling south on 17th Street Northwest.
[Marker depicts individuals in historical fashion styles in DC from the 19th and 20th centuries.]
Elizabeth Keckley
Dressmaker
1818, Dinwiddie, VA ~ 1907, Washington, DC
"Art still has . . . — — Map (db m163274) HM
Near Adams Mill Road Northwest south of Ontario Place Northwest, on the right when traveling north.
The Rock Creek Valley, once home to Native Americans, had attracted European settlers by 1703. Before he became president in 1825, John Quincy Adams purchased Adams Mills on Rock Creek from his cousin. The mills, just down the hill, processed . . . — — Map (db m130713) HM
On Randolph Place Northwest west of 1st Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west.
The Barnett Aden Gallery, which operated on the first floor of this house between 1943 and 1968, was the first privately owned black art gallery in the United States. It was founded by James Vernon Herring (1897-1969), chair of Howard University's . . . — — Map (db m110518) HM
On V Street Northwest at 1st Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east on V Street Northwest.
You are standing in the heart of Bloomingdale. Noted DC developer Harry Wardman, responsible for 180 Bloomingdale houses, was one of many builders who built here between 1890 and 1910.
These Victorian rowhouses were designed for . . . — — Map (db m130827) HM
On Bryant Street Northwest west of 1st Street Northwest, on the left when traveling east.
In the 1940s, homeowners in the 100 block of Bryant Street breached a contract when they sold their houses to African Americans. Covenants, or agreements, in their real estate deeds prohibited "the sale of the house to anyone of the Negro . . . — — Map (db m130828) HM
On T Street Northwest at 1st Street Northwest, on the left when traveling east on T Street Northwest.
This busy stretch of Rhode Island Avenue was a racial dividing line even as DC became majority African American in 1957. "African Americans were not welcome on [the north] side of the street," commented Reverend Bobby Livingston years later, . . . — — Map (db m130840) HM
On T Street Northwest at North Capitol Street Northwest on T Street Northwest.
St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church celebrated its first Mass in 1901 in a nearby mansion. Father Eugene Hannan, a graduate of Gonzaga High School just south of here, founded St. Martin's to serve the growing Catholic population that dated to . . . — — Map (db m130841) HM
On Randolph Place Northwest at 2nd Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on Randolph Place Northwest. Reported missing.
Bloomingdale of the 1940s and '50s was a village of high expectations. Within a block of this sign lived four young women who grew up to be judges.
Anna Diggs Taylor rose to chief judge of the U.S. District Court in Michigan. The . . . — — Map (db m130843) HM
On Randolph Place Northwest at 1st Street Northwest, on the left when traveling west on Randolph Place Northwest.
Edward Brooke, who represented Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate from 1967 to 1979, was the first African American elected to the Senate in the 20th century. Brooke was born at 1938 Third Street and later lived with his family at 1730 First . . . — — Map (db m130842) HM
On North Capitol Street Northwest at R Street Northwest on North Capitol Street Northwest.
Organized 1832.
2nd Church Built 1833.
Admitted to Philadelphia-Baltimore Conference, 1837.
3rd Church Built 1888.
Relocated present site, 1956.
Bishop Raymond Luthe Jones, Presiding Bishop, 4th Episcopal District.
Dr. William B. . . . — — Map (db m11042) HM
On 2nd Street Northwest near Elm Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north.
The Nathaniel Gage School for white children opened here in 1904, when Washington's public school system was segregated. By the 1930s, even though LeDroit Park was an African American neighborhood, Gage remained white only. "I had to walk by . . . — — Map (db m130839) HM
On 14th Street Northwest at Rock Creek Ford Road Northwest on 14th Street Northwest.
Even before emancipation freed Washington's enslaved people in April 1862, a free African American community had developed here amid the European American farmers. The District of Columbia, unlike its neighbors, permitted the formerly enslaved . . . — — Map (db m143796) HM
On 13th Street Northwest at Quakenbos Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north on 13th Street Northwest.
Elizabeth Proctor Thomas (1821-1917), a free Black woman whose image appears on each Brightwood Heritage Trail sign, once owned 11 acres in this area. Known, respectfully in her old age as "Aunt Betty," Thomas and her husband James farmed and . . . — — Map (db m72830) HM
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