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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Washington, District of Columbia
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| On H Street Northeast east of 13th Street Northeast, on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed. |
| | 100 ft x 5 ft
Mylar paper, acrylic paint
2018
This installation is inspired by the work and legacy of the late conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein. Informed by Bernstein's varied lyrical style and socially motivated themes, the . . . — — Map (db m115787) HM |
| On H Street Northeast at 8th Street Northeast, on the right when traveling west on H Street Northeast. |
| | One year before Congress and the President arrived in their new capital city in 1800, Washington's Navy Yard opened at the foot of Eighth Street, two miles south of this sign. The yard soon became the city's biggest employer. In 1908 streetcars . . . — — Map (db m71680) HM |
| 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 m71686) 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 3rd Street Northeast at H Street Northeast, on the right when traveling north on 3rd Street Northeast. |
| | The elegant Romanesque portion of the Senate Square condominium complex started life in 1874 as the Little Sisters of the Poor House for the Aged. St. Aloysius Church member Ellen Sherman, wife of Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman, . . . — — Map (db m71682) HM |
| On H Street Northeast at 13th Street Northeast, on the right when traveling west on H Street Northeast. |
| | When the Atlas Performing Arts Center opened in 2005, it gave hope to an area still recovering from the destruction following the assassination of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1968. But when K-B's Atlas movie house opened here in . . . — — Map (db m152470) HM |
| On H Street Northeast at 13th Street Northeast, on the right when traveling east on H Street Northeast. |
| | The small scale and low rents of H Street's oldest buildings have lured waves of immigrant entrepreneurs since the buildings were new in the 1880s. By 1930, alongside Greek, Italian, Irish, and other immigrant-owned shops, at least 75 . . . — — Map (db m71690) HM |
| On H Street Northeast at 7th Street Northeast, on the right when traveling east on H Street Northeast. |
| | Ourisman Chevrolet once occupied almost the entire north side of this block. After two years as a top-performing Chevy salesman on Connecticut Avenue, and with a $2,000 loan from his widowed mother, Benjamin Ourisman opened his own dealership . . . — — Map (db m71693) HM |
| On H Street Northeast east of 10th Street Northeast, on the left when traveling east. |
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[The mural depicts individuals on H Street Northeast, along with images from the past on several years:]
1905
1927
1947
1966
1987
2009 — — Map (db m154454) HM |
| On Maryland Avenue Northeast at G Street Northeast, on the right when traveling west on Maryland Avenue Northeast. |
| | Maryland Avenue in the 1930s was home to immigrants from around the Mediterranean. Evelyn Kogok Hier grew up at 1328 Maryland Avenue. She remembered her next-door neighbor, the Right Reverend Ayoub (Job) Salloom, hosting after-church gatherings . . . — — Map (db m152471) HM |
| On H Street Northeast at 6th Street Northeast, on the right when traveling east on H Street Northeast. |
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Calvary Episcopal Church, half a block north at 820 Sixth Street, has been a community anchor since 1901. For most of its early years, the congregation, led by founding rector Reverend Franklin I.A. Bennett, met at 11th and G. In 1941 it . . . — — Map (db m152487) 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 part . . . — — Map (db m71692) HM |
| On H Street Northeast at Maryland Avenue Northeast (U.S. 1), on the right when traveling east on H Street Northeast. |
| | The starburst intersection of five major roads marks this spot as a transportation hub for the neighborhood and the region. Shortly after Congress arrived in Washington in 1800, city leaders chose an old farm road to create a private toll . . . — — Map (db m71688) HM |
| On M Street Northeast at 3rd Street Northeast, on the right when traveling west on M Street Northeast. |
| | Uline Arena was built in 1941 by ice maker Mike Uline to present ice skating, hocky, basketball, and tennis. The Dutch immigrant, originally named Migiel Uihlein, had made a fortune patenting ice production equipment and selling ice from his . . . — — Map (db m71683) HM |
| Near 17th Street Southeast at H Street Northeast, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Peace – War
[Rendering of the Healing Totem Poles]
Liberty - Freedom
SOVEREIGNTY
The cross piece at the top carries two eagles: Peace, a female, faces east; War, a male, faces west. The eagles are symbols of courage . . . — — Map (db m39960) HM |
| Near 17th Street Southeast at G Street Southeast, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Barney Circle honors U.S. Navy Commodore Joshua Barney. In August 1814, Barney, his Chesapeake Flotillamen, and a contingent of U.S. Marines guarded a bridge over the Eastern Branch (Anacostia River) on today's Bladensburg Road, NE. When it became . . . — — Map (db m80473) HM |
| Near E Street Southeast 0.2 miles east of Potomac Avenue Southeast, on the right when traveling east. |
| |
Benjamin Franklin McAlwee
Medal of Honor
Serg. Maj. Co D 3 MD Infantry
Civil War
Jan 7 1838 - June 28 1918
— — Map (db m141890) HM |
| Near E Street Southeast east of Potomac Avenue Southeast, on the right when traveling east. |
| | General Peterson Goodwyn equipped his own company and was cited for gallantry at the battles of Smithfield and Great Bridge — member of the Virginia House of Delegates 1789 – 1802, elected as a Democrat to the eighth and seven succeeding . . . — — Map (db m80692) HM |
| Near Potomac Avenue Southeast at E Street Southeasr, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Civil War Washington City
Over the course of the Civil War, the nation's capital was transformed. The dignified government city Pierre Charles L' Enfant laid out in 1791 was hardened into a sprawling military center. Encircled by strong . . . — — Map (db m139512) HM |
| Near E Street Southeast west of 19th Street Southeast, on the right when traveling east. |
| | In Honor of
Elbridge Gerry
The only signer of the
Declaration of Independence
Interred in the
District of Columbia
— — Map (db m81296) HM |
| Near E Street Southeast 0.1 miles east of Potomac Avenue Southeast, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Elbridge Gerry was a 1762 graduate of Harvard and a signer of the Declaration of Independence and Vice President of the United States. Gerry served as a representative from Massachusetts to the First Continental Congress, and on July 4, 1776, he . . . — — Map (db m141885) HM |
| On East Capitol Street Southeast west of 22nd Street Southeast, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The F-16 became the D.C. Air National Guard alert duty aircraft on Sept. 11, 2001. For twelve years, this capable fighter has responded to more than 4,000 individual alert missions over the District of Columbia. The U.S. Air Force has flown the F-16 . . . — — Map (db m74097) HM WM |
| On E Street Southeast just east of Potomac Avenue Southeast, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Congressional Cemetery, founded 1807, is the resting ground for many War of 1812 figures. Among them are Navy Yard Commandant Thomas Tingey, the first architect of the Capitol, Dr. William Thornton, State Department Clerk Stephen Pleasonton, and . . . — — Map (db m80481) HM |
| Near E Street Southeast at Potomac Avenue Southeast, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Historic
Congressional Cemetery
listed in the
National Registry of Historic Places
and
District of Columbia Landmarks — — Map (db m74098) HM |
| Near 17th Street Southeast south of G Street Southeast, on the right when traveling north. |
| | John Philip Sousa (1854–1932), known as the “March King,” grew up in Washington on G Street SE, between 6th and 7th. Sousa became a leader of the Marine Band in 1880 and served in this position for 12 years, leading band tours . . . — — Map (db m82268) HM |
| Near E Street Southeast 0.1 miles east of Potomac Avenue Southeast, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Patriot John Smilie (1741-1812) joined the militia when the Revolutionary War began, leaving his Pennsylvania farm in the care of his wife. He was elected to the Pennsylvania state legislature in 1784. A vocal abolitionist, Smilie was instrumental . . . — — Map (db m141886) HM |
| Near E Street Southeast 0.2 miles east of Potomac Avenue Southeast, on the right when traveling east. |
| |
Never Again
6 July 1943
Never Forget
22 June 1988
A Gay Vietnam Veteran
When I was in the military
they gave me a medal for killing two men
and a discharge for loving one.
[Presidential plaque on grave . . . — — Map (db m141894) WM |
| Near E Street Southeast 0.1 miles east of Potomac Avenue Southeast, on the right when traveling east. |
| |
1749 - 1807
Revolutionary War Soldier
Levi Casey
Lieutenant Colonel-SC
— — Map (db m141897) HM |
| Near E Street Southeast just east of Potomac Avenue Southeast, on the right when traveling east. |
| |
Historic Congressional Cemetery is the final resting place of four significant contributors to the Underground Railroad.
William Boyd
John Dean
David A. Hall
Hannibal Hamlin
— — Map (db m141883) HM |
| Near E Street SE at Potomac Avenue SE, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Choctaw Chief—Diplomat—Education Leader
Born January 30, 1896
Died January 17, 1881
Principal Chief, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma 1864-1866
Tribal Commissioner for land claims against the U.S. Government
(1853-61 — . . . — — Map (db m139480) HM |
| Near E Street Southeast 0.1 miles east of Potomac Avenue Southeast, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Brigadier General Pushmataha (1764-1824) was a Choctaw chief, warrior, hunter, and great friend of many, including President Andrew Jackson. In 1812, Pushmataha led 1,000 warriors of Choctaw Nation to fight alongside Jackson at the Battle of New . . . — — Map (db m141889) HM |
| On M Street Southeast east of Water Street Southeast, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The Seafarers Yacht Club is the oldest African American boat club on the East Coast. It was founded in 1945 by Lewis T. Green, Sr., a vocational arts teacher in the DC Public Schools who built boats as a hobby. Needing a dock, he contacted the U.S. . . . — — Map (db m89445) HM |
| Near E Street Southeast 0.1 miles east of Potomac Avenue Southeast, on the right when traveling east. |
| | On the "cold, damp" day of Friday, January 30, 1835 President Andrew Jackson and other dignitaries attended a memorial service in the Capitol Rotunda for the recently deceased South Carolina Congressman Warren R. Davis. As the crows departed at the . . . — — Map (db m141888) HM |
| Near 17th Street Southeast at G Street Southeast, on the right when traveling north. |
| |
Dedicated to the Memory of the Victims of the U.S. Arsenal Explosion on June 17, 1864
Ellen Roche
Julia McEwen
Bridget Dunn
W. E. Tippett
Margaret Horan
Johanna Connors
Susan Harris
Lizzie Brahler
Margaret Yonson . . . — — Map (db m80961) WM |
| On East Capitol Street Southeast east of 19th Street Southeast, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The venerable UH-I “HUEY” helicopter was a beloved work horse for the District of Columbia Army National Guard, safely and reliably supporting the Nations Capital for over 40 years. With 2-4 crew members, HUEYs carried up to 6 litter . . . — — Map (db m73785) HM WM |
| Near E Street Southeast 0.1 miles east of Potomac Avenue Southeast, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Uriah Tracy (1755-1807) was a Revolutionary War patriot and later a Senator from Connecticut. As a young man, he joined a militia company that responded to the famous Lexington Alarm in 1775. Tracy studied law at Yale & served in the Connecticut . . . — — Map (db m141895) HM |
| Near E Street Southeast east of Potomac Avenue Southeast, on the right when traveling east. |
| |
Founder
National Museum of
African Art
Smithsonian Institution
"Our hope is to provide a
foundation for interracial
understanding."
~W.M.R. [1977] — — Map (db m142067) HM |
| On E Street Southeast just east of Potomac Avenue Southeast, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Welcome to Congressional Cemetery, a place where American heritage comes to life every day.
There are about 65,000 people buried on these 35 acres, and about half of them are children. Historic Congressional Cemetery predates Arlington Cemetery . . . — — Map (db m141882) HM |
| On Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Southeast north of Sumner Road Southeast, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Just beyond this sign is the edge of Barry Farm Dwellings, built during World War II for African American families. The war had caused acute housing shortages, so people divided large homes into rooming houses, took in boarders, or crammed into . . . — — Map (db m113608) HM |
| On Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Southeast at Stanton Road Southeast, on the right when traveling north on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Southeast. |
| | Campbell AME, established in 1867 as Mount Zion AME, was an outgrowth of its overcrowded parent church, Allen Chapel AME, founded in 1850. When it moved to a location near the present one in 1890, Mount Zion was renamed for AME Bishop Jabez B. . . . — — Map (db m33749) HM |
| On Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Southeast north of Eaton Road Southeast, on the right when traveling south. |
| | You are standing in the middle of what once was a large estate owned by James Barry. The Washington City merchant, land speculator, and councilman purchased part of the "St. Elizabeths" tract hoping to profit as the city expanded eastward.
. . . — — Map (db m152378) HM |
| On Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Southeast north of Pomeroy Road Southeast, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The fence and wall ahead of you, on either side of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, enclose historic St. Elizabeths Hospital. The pioneering facility opened in 1855 to treat mentally ill members of the armed forces and DC residents. At a time when . . . — — Map (db m100694) HM |
| On Elmira Street Southwest at Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Southwest, on the right when traveling west on Elmira Street Southwest. |
| | Earthworks of Fort Greble are visible beyond this exhibit. Fort Greble was named in honor of Lt. John T. Greble, slain at the Battle of Big Bethel, June 10, 1861, the first U.S. Military Academy graduate killed in the Civil War. — — Map (db m40866) HM |
| Near Kenilworth Avenue Freeway. |
| | Jurisdiction of the United States Miles 9 291 P 1792
Maryland
Var 0⁰ 37 E — — Map (db m154797) |
| On Texas Avenue Southeast at C Street Southeast, on the right when traveling south on Texas Avenue Southeast. |
| | Earthworks of Fort Chaplin are visible through the wooded areas at the top of the hill. Fort Chaplin was named in honor of Col. Daniel Chaplin, who was mortally wounded on August 17, 1864, at Deep Bottom, Virginia. — — Map (db m10628) 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 well-to-do . . . — — 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 race" . . . — — 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 daughter . . . — — Map (db m130843) HM |
| On Randolph Place Northwest at 1st Street Northwest, on the left when traveling west on Randolph Place Northwest. Reported missing. |
| | 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. |
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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 2nd Street Northwest at Bryant Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north on 2nd Street Northwest. |
| |
You are entering Bloomingdale. Its name recalls the estate of Navy Commander George Beale, who served in the War of 1812, and his wife Emily, the daughter of Commodore Thomas Truxton. The estate occupied the land now bounded by Florida . . . — — Map (db m110508) HM |
| On Washington Place Northeast 0.3 miles south of Rhode Island Avenue Northeast (U.S. 1), on the right when traveling south. |
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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 Quackenbos Street Northwest east of 13th Street Northwest, on the left when traveling west. |
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Hearing those words, President Abraham Lincoln ducked down from the Fort Stevens parapet during the Civil War battle that stopped the Confederates from taking Washington. On July 9, 1864, some 15,000 Rebels led by General Jubal A. Early . . . — — Map (db m72829) HM |
| On Georgia Avenue Northwest (U.S. 29) at Peabody Street Northwest, on the left when traveling north on Georgia Avenue Northwest. |
| | The Large Structure across Georgia Avenue opened in 1909 as a "car barn" for the Brightwood Railway. The facility could service more than 40 streetcars at once, and often did so late at night. As a young boy in the 1950s, Thomas Reardon . . . — — Map (db m72831) 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 |
| Near Dahlia Street Northwest east of 14th Street Northwest, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Army Medical Museum
has been designated a
Registered National
Historic Landmark
under the provision of the
Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935
This site possesses exceptional value
in commemorating and illustrating
the . . . — — Map (db m17095) WM |
| On Main Drive Northwest 0.2 miles east of 16th Street Northwest, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Until the early 20th century, the Army largely relied on untrained civilian women for temporary medical care for the sick and wounded. Shortages in medical staff set the stage for greater involvement of women in Army medical care and made a . . . — — Map (db m143701) 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 |
| On Georgia Avenue Northwest (U.S. 29) at Underwood Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south on Georgia Avenue Northwest. |
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This busy section once was a "Country Road" to Washingtonians looking for peace and recreation. If you drove by here a century ago, you would have passed woods and large estates, and might even have seen fox hunters. Across Georgia was the . . . — — Map (db m72813) HM |
| On Butternut Street Northwest at 12th Street Northwest, on the left when traveling west on Butternut Street Northwest. |
| | Although nothing remains of the original landscape, this area was a battleground of the only Civil War battle fought in Washington. On July 11, 1864, Confederate troops attempted to capture the Union's capitol by first taking a meagerly defended . . . — — Map (db m105292) HM |
| On Main Drive Northwest just west of 12th Street Northwest, on the left when traveling west. |
| | WRAMC was named for Major Walter Reed, but it was the persistence and vision of another Army doctor, Major William Cline Borden, that led to the construction of the first prominent structures for a U.S. Army general hospital on this site. Borden . . . — — Map (db m143695) HM |
| On Main Drive Northwest 0.1 miles west of 12th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east. |
| | While the hospital continued to emphasize clinical microscopy and bacteriology, achievements in other fields set the standards for military and civilian care in fields such as dentistry and X-ray use. The circumstances of World War I and the high . . . — — Map (db m143699) HM |
| On Missouri Avenue Northwest at Georgia Avenue Northwest (U.S. 29), on the right when traveling west on Missouri Avenue Northwest. |
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In 1818 the Private Rockville and Washington Turnpike Co. began building a road to link Washington City to Rockville, Maryland. This road helped create a village. A toll gate on what today is Georgia Avenue between Quackenbos and Rittenhouse . . . — — Map (db m72819) HM |
| On Main Drive Northwest 0.1 miles west of 12th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The home of Thomas Carberry was later sold to James Donald Cameron, former Secretary of War under President Grant. When the U.S. government acquired property here for the Army hospital in 1905, the small stream running through the property was known . . . — — Map (db m143703) HM |
| On 14th Street Northwest at Rittenhouse Street Northwest, on the left when traveling north on 14th Street Northwest. |
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Apple and Peach Trees once covered the slopes to your left, some 40 acres' worth, all planted by noted horticulturalist John Saul (1819-1897). In the 1870s Saul was one of Brightwood's largest landowners. In addition to these orchards, he . . . — — Map (db m143797) HM |
| On 13th Street Northwest at Quakenbos Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north on 13th Street Northwest. |
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Civil War Defenses of Washington 1861-1865 The partial reconstruction of Fort Stevens that you see today was done by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1937. No visible evidence of the original fort remains. Battle of Fort Stevens July . . . — — Map (db m3028) HM |
| On Quackenbos Street Northwest at 13th Street Northwest, on the left when traveling east on Quackenbos Street Northwest. |
| | “We havent taken Washington, but we scared Abe Lincoln like hell! ” General Jubal Anderson Early Built between 1861-1863 this structure was originally called Fort Massachusetts and guarded the northern defenses of the . . . — — Map (db m49456) HM |
| Near 13th Street Northwest north of Fort Stevens Drive Northwest, on the right when traveling north. |
| |
Lincoln Under Fire at Fort Stevens
July 12, 1864 — — Map (db m901) HM |
| On Missouri Avenue Northwest east of 14th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The Military Road School opened in 1864 here along what then was Military Road, an artery linking Civil War forts. The School was one of the first to open after Congress authorized public education for Washington's African Americans in 1862. . . . — — Map (db m115232) HM |
| On Sheridan Street Northwest east of 14th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west. |
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We have Harry Wardman to thank for the rich variety of Sheridan Street rowhouses. Wardman, considered Washington's most prolific developer, built hundreds of offices, apartments, hotels, and comfortable rowhouses from 1899 to 1939. When he . . . — — Map (db m72823) HM |
| On Georgia Avenue Northwest (U.S. 29) south of Sheridan Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south. Reported missing. |
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Back in the 1920s, most people walked or rode a streetcar to go shopping. Then cars became affordable, and people drove everywhere. Soon the shopping center, with free parking, was born. In 1937 Brightwood's "Park and Shop" opened on Georgia . . . — — Map (db m72826) HM |
| On Quackenbos Street Northwest near 13th Street Northwest, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Dedicated September 1936 in memory of The Grand Army of the Republic by the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861-1865 — — Map (db m49526) HM |
| On Missouri Avenue Northwest west of 13th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west. |
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The School Building Just Ahead of You Opened In 1912 as the Military Road School, the area's third public elementary for African Americans. For decades it was the only public school serving black children in Upper Northwest and nearby . . . — — Map (db m110235) HM |
| On Butternut Street Northwest west of Georgia Avenue Northwest (Route 29), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Used as a signal station
· by ·
Confederate soldiers under
Gen. Jubal A. Early
during the attack on
· Washington ·
July 11 and 12, 1864
Also used by
Confederate Sharpshooters
The lower plaque reads:
Two cannon balls . . . — — Map (db m42698) WM |
| On Georgia Avenue Northwest (U.S. 29) at Quackenbos Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south on Georgia Avenue Northwest. Reported permanently removed. |
| |
Across Quackenbos Street Emory United Methodist Church. Named to honor Bishop John Emory of Maryland (1789-1835), the congregation dates from 1832.
From the beginning, Emory welcomed all races but, like most Washington churches then, . . . — — Map (db m118907) HM |
| On Georgia Avenue Northwest (U.S. 29) at Quackenbos Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south on Georgia Avenue Northwest. |
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Across Quackenbos Street is Emory United Methodist Church. Named to honor Bishop John Emory of Maryland (1789-1835), the congregation dates from 1832.
From the beginning, Emory welcomed all races but, like most Washington churches then, . . . — — Map (db m147739) HM |
| On Piney Branch Road Northwest at Georgia Avenue Northwest (U.S. 29), on the right when traveling west on Piney Branch Road Northwest. Reported missing. |
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On July 11 and 12, 1864, this intersection was the center of the only Civil War battle fought in the District of Columbia. Here, Union sharpshooters at Fort Stevens, supported by forces across the
northernmost of Washington's ring of . . . — — Map (db m123226) HM |
| On Georgia Avenue Northwest (U.S. 29) south of Elder Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south. |
| | This year marks the centennial of the first armed forces personnel qualifying for a Purple Heart. Over the last century 1.9 million Americans have been awarded a Purple Heart for loss of life or injury in combat. To Count So High honors those . . . — — Map (db m125298) HM WM |
| Near Main Drive Northwest (U.S. 29) 0.1 miles west of 12th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Although first envisioned during the Civil War, it was not until 1909 that an army general hospital was built in Washington. Named in honor of Major Walter Reed, famed for conquering yellow fever, the original hospital resulted from determined . . . — — Map (db m14164) HM |
| On Main Drive Northwest 0.1 miles west of 12th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west. |
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Walter Reed
Army Medical Center
Named in honor of
Major Walter Reed, pioneer in military medicine
Dedicated September 26, 1977 A.D.
Dedicated to Major Walter Reed, who proved the mosquito transmission of . . . — — Map (db m143697) HM |
| On Main Drive Northwest 0.1 miles west of 12th Street Northwest, on the left when traveling west. |
| | As conceived by Major Borden, the Walter Reed General Hospital campus was to focus around a large hospital and administrative building, with separate and symmetrically arranged outbuildings. In 1905, congressional funding provided for construction . . . — — Map (db m143696) HM |
| On Main Drive Northwest at 14th Street Northwest, in the median on Main Drive Northwest. |
| | Walter Reed 1851 - 1902 Bacteriologist - Research Scientist
In honor of his great work in the fight for the eradication of yellow fever
Reverse:
Insignia of the Army Medical Corps
In recognition of the high public service of . . . — — Map (db m68990) HM |
| On Tuckerman Street Northwest at 13th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east on Tuckerman Street Northwest. |
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In the 1930s as now, this area was a family friendly, "move-up" destination for hard-working government clerks and professionals. Like many DC neighborhoods, Brightwood had covenants prohibiting sales to certain white ethnics and African . . . — — Map (db m72777) HM |
| Near Main Drive Northwest west of 12th Street Northwest, on the left when traveling west. |
| | To keep pace with the advances in medical technology and consolidate patient care in one facility, congressional funds were procured for a new modern hospital facility on the WRAMC campus in 1967. Construction of the New Hospital commenced in 1972, . . . — — Map (db m143704) HM |
| Near 14th Street Northeast south of Quincy Street Northeast, on the right when traveling north. |
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In loving memory
Carlo Angelo Facchina
First Mosaicista
for
the Franciscan Monastery
Born
Sequals, Italia
1870
Died
Brookland, D.C.
1948 — — Map (db m111793) HM |
| On Michigan Avenue Northeast east of 7th Street Northeast, on the left when traveling west. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m6262) HM |
| Near 14th Street Northeast south of Quincy Street Northeast, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Corinthian Capital Circa 2nd-3rd century AD. This capital, the top of a column, is from Jerusalem. Capitals of this type can be seen in Roman buildings constructed during the time of the Roman occupation of the Holy Land. Good examples can still be . . . — — Map (db m111792) HM |
| Near 14th Street Northeast south of Quincy Street Northeast, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Erected to the memory of the very Reverend Commissaries of the Holy Land for the United States; who have, since 1880 contributed to the preservation of the Holy-Places and prospered the charitable missionary activities of the Franciscan Custody of . . . — — Map (db m111791) HM |
| On 14th Street Northeast at Perry Street Northeast, on the left when traveling north on 14th Street Northeast. |
| | Captions:
Fort Bunker Hill from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers drawing.
Built by the 11th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment who named the fort after the Revolutionary War battle in their home state.
Other Civil War fort . . . — — Map (db m111794) HM |
| Near Otis Street Northeast near 14th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west. |
| | One of the Civil War Defenses of Washington erected in the fall of 1861, Fort Bunker Hill occupied an important position between Fort Totten and Fort Lincoln in the defense of the National Capital. Thirteen guns and mortars were mounted in the fort. — — Map (db m111795) HM |
| Near 14th Street Northeast at Quincy Street Northeast, on the right when traveling north. |
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D.C. Historic Preservation
Division Landmark Designee
November 8, 1964
National Register of
Historic Places Designee
January 17, 1991 — — Map (db m111786) 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), and . . . — — Map (db m111799) HM |
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