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DC, Art on Call Historical Markers

Historical markers that were installed in approximately 145 decommissioned call boxes in the District of Columbia by Cultural Tourism DC. Note that not all the markers issued by Cultural Tourism DC qualify for inclusion in the database, so we would not have all 145.
 
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By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 1, 2018
Churches and Cemeteries Marker
1 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, American University Park — Churches and Cemeteries — Tenleytown, DC — Country Village to City Neighborhood —
On 44th Street Northwest at Yuma Street Northwest on 44th Street Northwest.
2 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, American University Park — Early Commerce — Tenleytown, DC — Country Village to City Neighborhood —
On Brandywine Street Northwest at 44th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east on Brandywine Street Northwest.
3 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, American University Park — Early Inhabitants — Tenleytown, DC — Country Village to City Neighborhood
On Brandywine Street Northwest at 43rd Place Northwest on Brandywine Street Northwest. Reported damaged.
4 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Cathedral Heights — The Kengla Farms
On Bellevue Terrace Northwest at Garfield Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north on Bellevue Terrace Northwest.
5 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Cathedral Heights — The Nourse Farm
On Wisconsin Avenue Northwest at Woodley Road Northwest on Wisconsin Avenue Northwest.
6 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Cleveland Park — 11 — Bungalow
On Porter Street Northwest at 30th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on Porter Street Northwest.
7 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Cleveland Park — 4 — Causeway at Tregaron — Cleveland Park Historic District
On Macomb Street Northwest at Ross Place Northwest, on the right when traveling west on Macomb Street Northwest.
8 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Cleveland Park — 2 — Commerce
On Connecticut Avenue Northwest at Orway Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south on Connecticut Avenue Northwest.
9 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Cleveland Park — 7 — Early Fire Fighting
On Newark Street Northwest at 33rd Place Northwest, on the right when traveling east on Newark Street Northwest. Reported unreadable.
10 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Cleveland Park — 14 — Flower — Cleveland Park Historic District
On Quebec Street Northwest at Idaho Avenue Northwest, on the left when traveling west on Quebec Street Northwest.
11 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Cleveland Park — 15 — Landscape — Cleveland Park Historic District
On Reno Street Northwest at Quebec Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north on Reno Street Northwest.
12 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Cleveland Park — 12 — Map — Cleveland Park Historic District — Art on Call Locator —
On Porter Street Northwest at 35th Street Northwest, on the left when traveling west on Porter Street Northwest.
13 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Cleveland Park — 13 — Mary Day and the Washington Ballet
On Porter Street Northwest at Wisconsin Avenue NW, on the left when traveling west on Porter Street Northwest.
14 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Cleveland Park — 6 — Queen Anne Style
On Newark Street Northwest west of Connecticut Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling west.
15 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Cleveland Park — 1 — Roma Restaurant
On Connecticut Avenue Northwest at Macomb Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north on Connecticut Avenue Northwest.
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16 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Cleveland Park — 9 — Rosedale — Cleveland Park Historic District
On Newark Street Northwest at 36th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on Newark Street Northwest.
17 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Cleveland Park — 8 — Sherman Cottages — Cleveland Park Historic District
On Highland Place Northwest at Ashley Terrace Northwest, on the right when traveling north on Highland Place Northwest.
18 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Cleveland Park — 5 — Site of Red Top — President Cleveland's Cottage — Cleveland Park Historic District —
On 35th Street Northwest at Macomb Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south on 35th Street Northwest.
19 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Cleveland Park — 3 — The Broadmoor
On Connecticut Avenue Northwest north of Porter Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north. Reported damaged.
20 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Columbia Heights — Elder Spirit — Everyday People Columbia Heights Art on Call
On 16th Street Northwest at Meridian Place Northwest, on the right when traveling north on 16th Street Northwest.
21 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Columbia Heights — Everyday People — Columbia Heights Art on Call — World in the Park —
On 15th Street Northwest near Columbia Road Northwest.
22 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Columbia Heights — Growing Strong — Everyday People Columbia Heights Art on Call
On Meridian Place Northwest at Center Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east on Meridian Place Northwest.
23 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Columbia Heights — Mix of Cultures — Everyday People Columbia Heights Art on Call
On Florida Avenue Northwest east of 11th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west.
24 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Columbia Heights — 8 — Mount Pleasant: The Immigrants' Journey
On Park Road Northwest at 16th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on Park Road Northwest.
25 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Columbia Heights — Moving between Old and New — Everyday People Columbia Heights Art on Call
On Spring Road Northwest east of 13th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east.
26 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Columbia Heights — 7 — Turbulence and Change — The '50s and '60s
On Irving Street Northwest near 15th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west. Reported damaged.
27 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Downtown — Downtown Washington, 1801
On 15th Street Northwest at New York Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling south on 15th Street Northwest.
28 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Downtown — The Inaugural Parade Tradition
Near 15th Street Northwest south of G Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south.
29 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Dupont Circle — After the Civil War — Dupont Circle — Diverse Visions | One Neighborhood
On P Street Northwest at 17th Street Northwest, on the left when traveling west on P Street Northwest. Reported unreadable.
30 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Dupont Circle — 255 — All the Row Houses — Dupont Circle — Diverse Visions | One Neighborhood —
On Q Street Northwest west of 17th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east.
31 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Dupont Circle — Before the city built a bridge — Dupont Circle — Diverse Visions | One Neighborhood —
On 21st Street Northwest near P Street Northwest, on the left when traveling north.
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32 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Dupont Circle — 7 — Connecticut Ave. from Lafayette Square to Ashmead Place — Dupont Circle — Diverse Visions | One Neighborhood —
On R Street Northwest at 20th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on R Street Northwest.
33 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Dupont Circle — 319 — Development in the neighborhood — Dupont Circle — Diverse Visions | One Neighborhood —
On Massachusetts Avenue Northwest near 20th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west.
34 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Dupont Circle — 336 — From 1890 to 1910 — Dupont Circle — Diverse Visions | One Neighborhood —
On R Street Northwest at 21st Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on R Street Northwest.
35 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Dupont Circle — 326 — Myrtilla Miner — Dupont Circle — Diverse Visions | One Neighborhood —
On 20th Street Northwest at N Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north on 20th Street Northwest.
36 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Dupont Circle — The building on this corner — Dupont Circle — Diverse Visions | One Neighborhood
On N Street Northwest at 22nd Street Northwest on N Street Northwest. Reported damaged.
37 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Dupont Circle — The Dupont Circle area has always been — Dupont Circle — Diverse Visions | One Neighborhood —
On 15th Street Northwest at Corcoran Street Northwest on 15th Street Northwest.
38 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Dupont Circle — The first houses south and west of Dupont Circle — Dupont Circle — Diverse Visions | One Neighborhood —
On 21st Street Northwest at O Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south on 21st Street Northwest.
39 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Dupont Circle — 5 — The Gilded Age — Sheridan Kalorama — Call Box Restoration Project —
On 23rd Street Northwest south of Sheridan Circle Northwest, on the left when traveling south.
40 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Dupont Circle — The mansion at 1801 Massachusetts Ave. — Dupont Circle — Diverse Visions | One Neighborhood —
On Massachusetts Avenue Northwest at 18th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south on Massachusetts Avenue Northwest.
41 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Dupont Circle — Theodore Roosevelt — Dupont Circle — Diverse Visions | One Neighborhood —
On N Street Northwest west of Connecticut Avenue Northwest, on the left when traveling east.
42 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Dupont Circle — 249 — This section of 15th St. — Dupont Circle — Diverse Visions | One Neighborhood —
On 15th Street Northwest at S Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south on 15th Street Northwest.
43 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Dupont Circle — You are standing at the heart — Dupont Circle — Diverse Visions | One Neighborhood —
On Dupont Circle Northwest at 19th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east on Dupont Circle Northwest.
44 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Foggy Bottom — George Washington
On G Street Northwest at 20th Street Northwest on G Street Northwest.
45 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Foggy Bottom — Ingrid Bergman — Lisner Auditorium — The George Washington University
On 21st Street Northwest at H Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south on 21st Street Northwest. Reported missing.
46 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Forest Hills — Connecticut Avenue Streetcars — Forest Hills Neighborhood — Art on Call —
Near Tilden Street Northwest at Connecticut Avenue Northwest, in the median.
47 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Forest Hills — Cultural Institutions — Forest Hills Neighborhood Art on Call — Artist: Rebecca Osten —
On Upton Street Northwest west of 29th Street Northwest, on the left when traveling west.
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48 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Forest Hills — Flora and Fauna of Rock Creek Park — Forest Hills Neighborhood Art on Call
On Albemarle Street Northwest near Linnean Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling west.
49 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Forest Hills — Peirce Mill — Forest Hills Neighborhood Art on Call
On Tilden Street Northwest at Linnean Avenue Northwest, on the left on Tilden Street Northwest.
50 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Forest Hills — Site of the National Bureau of Standards — Forest Hills Neighborhood Art on Call
On Connecticut Avenue Northwest at Windom Place Northwest, on the left when traveling north on Connecticut Avenue Northwest.
51 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Forest Hills — Soapstone Valley — Forest Hills Neighborhood — Art on Call —
On 30th Street Northwest at Albemarle Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south on 30th Street Northwest.
52 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Georgetown — A Georgetown "Cathedral"
On O Street Northwest at 31st Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east on O Street Northwest.
53 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Georgetown — America's Oldest Catholic University
On 37th Street Northwest at O Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north on 37th Street Northwest.
54 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Georgetown — Crossroads of Georgetown
On Wisconsin Avenue Northwest at M Street Northwest, on the left when traveling north on Wisconsin Avenue Northwest.
55 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Georgetown — Early African American Georgetown
On N Street Northwest at 29th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north on N Street Northwest.
56 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Georgetown — Freed Slave and Future President
On Dent Place Northwest at 34th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east on Dent Place Northwest.
57 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Georgetown — Georgetown's First Market
On M Street Northwest at Potomac Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east on M Street Northwest.
58 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Georgetown — Georgetown's Watering Holes
On Wisconsin Avenue Northwest at N Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south on Wisconsin Avenue Northwest.
59 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Georgetown — Healing in War and Peace
On Reservoir Road Northwest at 39th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east on Reservoir Road Northwest.
60 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Georgetown — Herring Hill
On P Street Northwest at 27th Street Northwest on P Street Northwest.
61 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Georgetown — Historic Preservation in Georgetown
On 31st Street Northwest at N Street Northwest, on the left when traveling north on 31st Street Northwest.
62 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Georgetown — History Preserved and Adapted
On K Street Northwest at 30th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east on K Street Northwest.
63 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Georgetown — Holy Hill
On N Street Northwest at 36th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on N Street Northwest.
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64 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Georgetown — Houses With A Prospect
On Prospect Street Northwest at 34th Street Northwest, on the left when traveling west on Prospect Street Northwest. Reported damaged.
65 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Georgetown — Let the Good Times Roll
On Prospect Street Northwest at 33rd Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on Prospect Street Northwest.
66 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Georgetown — M Street - A Road Well Traveled
On M Street Northwest at 30th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east on M Street Northwest.
67 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Georgetown — Simplicity, Gentleness, Humility
On O Street Northwest at 35th Street Northwest on O Street Northwest.
68 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Georgetown — St. John's: 200 Years of History
On O Street Northwest at Prospect Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on O Street Northwest.
69 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Georgetown — Stately Houses and Gardens
On N Street Northwest at 30th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on N Street Northwest.
70 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Georgetown — Temple of Learning and Talent
On R Street Northwest at 35th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north on R Street Northwest.
71 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Georgetown — Volta Place: A Place in History
On Volta Place Northwest at Wisconsin Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling east on Volta Place Northwest.
72 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Georgetown — Volunteerism and Valor
On O Street Northwest at 31st Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on O Street Northwest.
73 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Georgetown — Washington Before Washington
On P Street Northwest west of 23rd Street Northwest.
74 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Glover Park — Charles Carroll Glover
On 37th Street Northwest at Calvert Street Northwest on 37th Street Northwest.
75 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Glover Park — Dischord Records — Born on Beecher — 1980 —
On Beecher Street Northwest at Huidikoper Place Northwest on Beecher Street Northwest.
76 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Glover Park — Herbert R. Morgan
On Calvert Street Northwest west of 37th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east. Reported damaged.
77 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Glover Park — Mapping Art On Call
On Hall Place Northwest at Wisconsin Avenue Northwest, on the left when traveling east on Hall Place Northwest.
78 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Glover Park — The Georgetown Departed
On 35th Street Northwest at Wisconsin Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling north on 35th Street Northwest.
79 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Glover Park — Tunlaw Road
On Tunlaw Road Northwest south of 37th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south.
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80 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Glover Park — Victory Gardens
On Beecher Street Northwest at 42nd Street Northwest, on the left when traveling west on Beecher Street Northwest.
81 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Massachusetts Heights — 10 — Washington National Cathedral
On Woodley Road Northwest west of 35th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east.
82 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, McLean Gardens — Cathedral Heights Business District
On Wisconsin Avenue Northwest at Macomb Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south on Wisconsin Avenue Northwest.
83 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, McLean Gardens — Evalyn Walsh McLean and the Hope Diamond
On Wisconsin Avenue Northwest at Quebec Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south on Wisconsin Avenue Northwest.
84 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, McLean Gardens — Friendship Estate
On Wisconsin Avenue Northwest north of Quebec Street Northwest, on the left when traveling north.
85 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, McLean Gardens — The Woodley Inn
On Woodley Road Northwest at Wisconsin Avenue Northwest, on the left when traveling north on Woodley Road Northwest.
86 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, McLean Gardens — Transportation Hub — Tenleytown, DC — Country Village to City Neighborhood —
On Wisconsin Avenue Northwest at Upton Street Northwest, on the left when traveling north on Wisconsin Avenue Northwest.
87 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Mount Pleasant — 6 — At Home and Abroad — The War Years 1941-45
On Kilbourne Place Northwest at 17th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on Kilbourne Place Northwest.
88 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Mount Pleasant — 3 — Casualties Arriving at Mount Pleasant General Hospital, May 1864
On Park Road Northwest at 17th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on Park Road Northwest.
89 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Mount Pleasant — 2 — Harvest at Pleasant Plains — ca. 1750
On Kenyon Street Northwest west of 19th Street Northwest.
90 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Mount Pleasant — 9 — Mount Pleasant Street, ca. 2004
On Mount Pleasant Street Northwest at Kenyon Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south on Mount Pleasant Street Northwest.
91 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Mount Pleasant — 1 — Nacotchtank Family at the Piney Branch Quarry, ca. 1600
On Newton Street Northwest near 18th Street Northwest.
92 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Mount Pleasant — 5 — The Trolley Arrives in Mount Pleasant
On Mount Pleasant Street Northwest at Hobart Place Northwest, on the right when traveling south on Mount Pleasant Street Northwest. Reported damaged.
93 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, North Cleveland Park — Early Homes — Tenleytown, DC — Country Village to City Neighborhood —
On Warren Street Northwest at 38th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east on Warren Street Northwest.
94 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, North Cleveland Park — Firehouse — Tenleytown, DC — Country Village to City Neighborhood —
On 37th Street Northwest at Windom Place Northwest on 37th Street Northwest.
95 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, North Cleveland Park — The Rest — Tenleytown, DC — Country Village to City Neighborhood —
On Yuma Street Northwest at 39th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on Yuma Street Northwest.
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96 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Penn Quarter — British Spare Rhodes Tavern, 1814
On F Street Northwest at 15th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on F Street Northwest.
97 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Sheridan-Kalorama — 9 — Architects and Architecture — Sheridan Kalorama — Call Box Restoration Project —
On Connecticut Avenue Northwest at Wyoming Avenue Northwest, on the left when traveling north on Connecticut Avenue Northwest.
98 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Sheridan-Kalorama — 12 — Chief Justices — Sheridan Kalorama — Call Box Restoration Project
On Tracy Place Northwest at 24th Street Northwest on Tracy Place Northwest. Reported damaged.
99 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Sheridan-Kalorama — 16 — Diplomacy — Sheridan Kalorama — Call Box Restoration Project —
On Massachusetts Avenue Northwest at Belmont Road Northwest, on the right when traveling north on Massachusetts Avenue Northwest.
100 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Sheridan-Kalorama — 8 — Educational Institutions — Sheridan Kalorama — Call Box Restoration Project —
On California Street Northwest at Phelps Place Northwest, on the right when traveling west on California Street Northwest.

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