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By Mike Stroud, August 29, 2010
Visanska-Starks House Marker, reverse text
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1 ► South Carolina, Richland County, Columbia, Waverly — 40-134 — Visanska-Starks House —
This house, built after 1900, was originally a two-story frame residence with a projecting bay and wraparound porch; a fire in 1989 destroyed the second story. Barrett Visanska (1849-1932), a jeweler, bought the house in 1913. Visanska, a native . . . — — Map (db m119157) HM
2 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, U Street Corridor — 1 — You Had to Wear a Tie — City within a City — Greater U Street Heritage Trail — Reported permanently removed
You are standing on Washington’s historic Black Broadway–the heart of African American life in Washington, D.C. from about 1900 to the 1950s. Duke Ellington, its most famous native son, grew up, was inspired, trained, and played his first . . . — — Map (db m130799) HM
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
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