THE HISTORICAL
MARKER DATABASE
“Bite-Size Bits of Local, National, and Global History”
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Mary Church Terrell Historical Markers

These markers are about the life and legacy of Mary Church Terrell, one of the first American women of African descent to earn a college degree. She was a notable educator as well as a civil rights activist and suffragette.
 
By Richard E. Miller, September 25, 2010
Pennsylvania Avenue Marker - Panel 2
1 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Judiciary Square — Pennsylvania Avenue — [The Newseum Terrace] —
On Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest (Alternate U.S. 1) east of 6th Street Northwest (U.S. 50), on the right when traveling west.
2 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, LeDroit Park — Alice Moore Dunbar [Nelson] and Paul Laurence Dunbar Residence — 1934 Fourth Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
On 4th Street Northwest just south of Elm Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south.
3 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, LeDroit Park — 6 — Best in the Country — Worthy Ambition — LeDroit Park/Bloomingdale Heritage Trail —
On Elm Street Northwest at 4th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on Elm Street Northwest.
4 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, LeDroit Park — Robert and Mary Church Terrell House
On T Street Northwest east of 4th Street Northwest. Reported permanently removed.
5 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Mount Vernon Square — Central Public Library — Mount Vernon Square — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
On K Street Northwest east of 9th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east.
6 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Mount Vernon Square — 1 — Words and Deeds — Midcity at the Crossroads — Shaw Heritage Trail —
On Mount Vernon Place Northwest (U.S. 1) at 7th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on Mount Vernon Place Northwest.
7 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Penn Quarter — Mary Church Terrell —
On Seventh Street Northwest at F Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north on Seventh Street Northwest.
8 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Penn Quarter — 5850-2019 — Mary Church Terrell — 1863 - 1954 —
On G Street Northwest at 14th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on G Street Northwest.
9 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Shaw — 7 — Safe Havens — Midcity at the Crossroads — Shaw Heritage Trail —
On 9th Street Northwest at Rhode Island Avenue Northwest (U.S. 29) on 9th Street Northwest.
10 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — Thomas Moss ~ Calvin McDowell ~ William Henry Stewart — The Lynching at the Curve —
On South Parkway East 0.7 miles east of South Willett Street, on the right when traveling west.
11 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Mary Church Terrell — 1863-1954 —
Near North Front Street at Madison Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
12 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 4E 123 — Mary Church Terrell — 1863 - 1954 —
On Beale Street east of South 4th Street, on the right when traveling east.
13 ► Virginia, Fairfax County, Lorton — 1/2 — "Forward Out of Darkness" / Issuing a Call for Women's Rights —
Near Lorton Road at Ox Road (Virginia Route 123), on the left when traveling east.
14 ► Virginia, Fairfax County, Lorton — 9/10 — 1916 / Nonviolent Protests at the White House Gates —
On Lorton Road 1 mile south of Ox Road (Virginia Route 123), on the left when traveling east.
15 ► Virginia, Fairfax County, Lorton — 3/4 — Building a Political Movement / Testing Constitutional Amendments —
On Lorton Road 1 mile south of Ox Road (Virginia Route 123), on the left when traveling east.
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16 ► Virginia, Fairfax County, Lorton — 7/8 — New Life in State by State Campaigns / The 1913 Suffrage Parade Captured National Attention —
On Lorton Road 1 mile south of Ox Road (Virginia Route 123), on the left when traveling east.
17 ► West Virginia, Jefferson County, Bolivar — Pilgrimage — Harpers Ferry National Historical Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
Near Murphy Road, on the right when traveling south.
 
 
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Nov. 11, 2026