Historical Markers in Brookland, District of Columbia

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Historical Markers in Brookland, District of Columbia

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1 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Brookland — Agostino Gemelli / Dr. Bernard J. Ficarra —

. . . — — Map (db m208437) HM

2 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Brookland — Aristides Leonori —

Sacred to the memory of the servant of God Aristides Leonori Third Order of St. Francis. Saintly Roman architect of this memorial church and monastery of the Holy Sepulcher, Wash. D.C. Born - July 28, 1856 Died - July 30, 1938 . . . — — Map (db m208432) HM

3 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Brookland — Carlo Angelo Facchina —

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

4 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Brookland — Charles Richard Drew Memorial Bridge —

. . . — — Map (db m6262) HM

5 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Brookland — Corinthian Capital —

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 . . . — — Map (db m111792) HM

6 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Brookland — Crosby S. Noyes Elementary School — Dedicated in memory of Crosby Noyes. — Children first: Their Future is Now —

This building, completed in 2004, is an addition to and renovation of an earlier school building constructed on this site in 1931. — — Map (db m197692) HM

7 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Brookland — Erected to the Memory of the Very Reverend Commissaries —

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 . . . — — Map (db m111791) HM

8 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Brookland — Fort Bunker Hill — Civil War Defenses of Washington — 1861-1865 —

[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

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9 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Brookland — Fort Bunker Hill —

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

10 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Brookland — Grotto of Lourdes —

This grotto is a replica of the one in Southern France where the Virgin Mary appeared to Bernadette in 1858 — — Map (db m208440) HM

11 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Brookland — Iglesia La Luz del Mundo — [Light of the World Church] —

Este Templo fue consagrado a la Gloria de Dios por el Excelentísimo Apóstol de Jesucristo Samuel Joaquín Flores Washington, D.C. Julio 7 de 2002 [English translation:] This Temple . . . — — Map (db m238259) HM

12 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Brookland — Lois Mailou Jones Residence — 1220 Quincy Street, NE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —

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

13 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Brookland — Middle Atlantic Lieutenancy of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem —

To commemorate the establishment of the Middle Atlantic Lieutenancy in 1993 in the United States of America, of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem H.E. Bernard J. Ficarra, KGCHS, Lieutenant • H.E. James Cardinal . . . — — Map (db m208438) HM

14 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Brookland — Pleasant Grove Baptist Church —

Founded Feb. 8, 1942 by Rev. James S. Olphant 1942 - 1961 Rev. Cleavant Derrick, Sr. 1962 - 1975 Rev. Armistice Calvert 1977 — — Map (db m243992) HM

15 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Brookland — Robert Clifton Weaver Residence Site — 3519 14th Street, NE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —

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

16 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Brookland — St. Paul Baptist Church —

Organized Sept. 19, 1926 by Rev. Ernest Gibbs Present site purchased June 24, 1952 Rev. James E. McCoy Pastor — — Map (db m243993) HM

17 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Brookland — Sterling A. Brown Residence — 1222 Kearny Street, NE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —

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

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18 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Brookland — Stone Straw Building —

Stone Straw Building circa 1931; site of the development of the paper drinking straw and other wound paper products by Marvin C. Stone, inventor of the paper straw. (c.1888) On this site was developed the automated equipment and manufacturing . . . — — Map (db m144339) HM

19 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Brookland — The Catholic Academy of Sciences in the United States of America — Washington, D.C. —

Bernard J. Ficarra, M.D., Ph.D. Founding President Brother Austin David Carroll, F.S.C., Ph.D. Founding Secretary Sustaining Academicians John E. Albers, M.D. • Julian L. Ambrus, M.D. • George A. Antonelli, Ph.D. • . . . — — Map (db m208436) HM

20 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Brookland — The Jackson H. Gerhart House — Engine Company 17 — Constructed 1902 - Renovated 2007 —

Dedicated in memory of the longest serving member of Engine Company 17, Wagon Driver Jackson H. Gerhart. He was appointed on Feb. 3, 1963 and retired on Sept. 30, 1994. He succumbed to injuries sustained in the line of duty while operating . . . — — Map (db m111800) HM

21 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Brookland — The Poet's House — 1222 Kearney Street N.E. — Sterling Allen Brown (1901-1989) —

. . . — — Map (db m111797) HM

22 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Brookland — Tomb of the Virgin Mary —

This edifice is a replica of the Tomb of Mary. The Shrine as it appears today was constructed by the Crusaders in the 12th century. It is located just east of Jerusalem. — — Map (db m208439) HM

23 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Brookland — Very Rev. Charles A. Vissani, O.F.M. —

Sacred to the memory of Very Rev. Charles A. Vissani, O.F.M. First Commissary General of the Holy Land for the United States 1880 - 1896 The first to conduct an American Catholic pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1889, and to place the . . . — — Map (db m111788) HM

24 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Brookland — Very Rev. Charles A. Vissani, O.F.M. —

Sacred to the memory of Very Rev. Charles A. Vissani, O.F.M. Founder of the cause of the Holy Land in the United States Erected to commemorate the centenary of the First Commissariat in New York City in 1880 Fr. Charles . . . — — Map (db m111789) HM

25 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Brookland — Very Rev. Godfrey Schilling, O.F.M. —

Sacred to the memory of Very Rev. Godfrey Schilling, O.F.M. 1896-1901 Commissary 1911-1922. Founder of this Memorial Church and Monastery of the Holy Sepulcher in 1897. Fr. Godfrey was the first American Missionary to the Holy Land. By the . . . — — Map (db m111787) HM

26 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Brookland — Very Reverend Father Godfrey Schilling O.F.M. —

In loving memory of the Very Reverend Father Godfrey Schilling O.F.M. Superior Builder of this church Dedicated 1899 Born 1855 - Died 1934 — — Map (db m208431) HM

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