On New York Avenue Northwest west of H Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west.
This church, one of the Nation’s most historic, traces its beginnings to a small group of Scottish stonemasons meeting in a carpenter’s shop on the grounds of the White House during its construction in 1793. Many prominent Americans, including . . . — — Map (db m122257) HM
On K Street Northwest (U.S. 29) just west of 12th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west. Reported permanently removed.
Human Being is my attempt to break the wall of xenophobia associated with the Arabic language. Over time, the worldwide Arabic population and the Arabic language has increasingly portrayed in a negative light. The media strongly focuses on . . . — — Map (db m164290) HM
On M Street Northwest west of 15th Street Northwest, on the left when traveling west.
Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church was founded in the District of Columbia in 1838. It is the oldest A.M.E. church and the oldest continuously black-owned property in Washington, D.C. - the Nation's Capital. The church . . . — — Map (db m18028) HM
On M Street Northwest west of 15th Street Northwest, on the left when traveling west.
Metropolitan African
Methodist Episcopal Church
Was organized 1822, rebuilt in 1838 and completed in 1880.
This site possess exceptional value in commemorating the Religious Life of the Negro in the United States of America. . . . — — Map (db m10191) HM
On M Street Northwest west of 15th Street Northwest, on the left when traveling west.
This church started on Capitol Hill in 1821 as Israel Bethel, was founded by African Americans denouncing White racism at Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Church. Later, Pastor Henry McNeal Turner helped persuade President Lincoln to accept Black . . . — — Map (db m30056) HM
On New York Avenue Northwest at H Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on New York Avenue Northwest.
"The churches are needed as never before for divine services.
So said President Lincoln from his pew in New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. While other churches were occupied by the federal government and . . . — — Map (db m211822) HM
On 19th Street Northwest south of I Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south.
The Nineteenth Street Baptist Church building occupied this site from 1871 until 1975.
The first Baptist congregation in the city met here in 1802, with both white and black attending services. The "First Baptist Church" moved in 1833 and this . . . — — Map (db m117616) HM
On M Street Northwest at 9th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on M Street Northwest.
A post-Civil War building boom brought grand new houses to this convenient area. By 1881 Blanche Kelso Bruce, the first African American to serve a full term in the U.S. Senate, and Major John Wesley Powell, pioneering director of the U.S. . . . — — Map (db m130887) HM
On 15th Street Northwest north of L Street Northwest, on the left when traveling north.
On Trinity Sunday, June 11, 1876 the first Black Catholic Church in Washington District of Columbia was dedicated under the patronage of Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo in Africa. Saint Augustine Church stood on this site until 1947. The present . . . — — Map (db m29509) HM
On 16th Street Northwest / Black Lives Matter Plaza north of H Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north.
Every President of the United States since President James Madison has attended occasional services here. Many of them were communicants of the parish.
This building was completed in 1816 from plans of Benjamin Henry Latrobe.
an adjacent . . . — — Map (db m39126) HM
On Massachusetts Avenue Northwest west of 12th Street Northwest, on the left when traveling west.
The Church of the Ascension and St. Agnes
has been designated A National Landmark listed in The National Register of Historic Places under the provisions of the Historic Act of August 1, 1935. This site possesses historic architectural . . . — — Map (db m99179) HM
On 12th Street Northwest at L Street Northwest, on the left when traveling north on 12th Street Northwest.
The original Messer Building was developed by James A. Messer and occupied a portion of this site for over half a century until 1989. The Messer family, early Scottish immigrants who settled in the District of Columbia, have left their mark as . . . — — Map (db m88823) HM
On New York Avenue Northwest at H Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on New York Avenue Northwest.
Formed by the merger in 1859 of the F Street Church, founded in 1803, and the Second Presbyterian Church, founded in 1819. Present building, dedicated December 20, 1951, is an enlargement of, but a reproduction in design of the building erected . . . — — Map (db m211820) HM
On Massachusetts Avenue Northwest west of 20th Street Northwest.
Goddess Saraswati is portrayed standing straight, facing forward, looking to the right direction, depicting positive thinking based on the values of truth. Universally, Saraswati is known as the goddess of knowledge and art. Embodied as a . . . — — Map (db m71863) HM
On 16th Street Northwest at Church Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south on 16th Street Northwest.
What's happening Here?
Stormwater runoff (rainwater that flows off surfaces such as rooftops and parking lots) causes erosion in streambeds and carries harmful pollutants such as oil, sediment, trash, and animal waste. The rain garden and . . . — — Map (db m243545) HM
On Connecticut Avenue Northwest at N Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north on Connecticut Avenue Northwest.
Signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Presbyterian Minister.
“For my own part, of property I have some reputation more that reputation staked. That property is pledged on the issue of this contest: and although these gray hairs must . . . — — Map (db m29499) HM
On R Street Northwest west of 18th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west.
Memorial Garden Light
Sponsored by Mathew Millen
In Memory of WWII Veterans
1Lt. Edith Millen •
1Lt. Louis Millen •
Sgt. Max S. Millen
National Museum of American Jewish Military . . . — — Map (db m236367) WM
On Rhode Island Avenue Northwest at M Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east on Rhode Island Avenue Northwest.
(Upper Inscription): They comforted the dying, Nursed the wounded, carried hope to the imprisoned, gave in His name a drink of water to the thirsty. (Lower Inscription):To the memory and in honor of The Various Orders of Sisters who . . . — — Map (db m10176) HM
On 16th Street Northwest just north of S Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south.
This tower
dedicated to the ideal
of international justice
and world peace is a
loving and grateful
tribute to Owen D Young
who inspired by faith in the
constructive power of human
brotherhood contributed his
rare talents . . . — — Map (db m114772) HM
On 16th Street Northwest at Q Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north on 16th Street Northwest.
The City's Jewish Community Center opened here in 1926. Its grand presence one mile north of the White House expressed Jewish residents' prosperity and their growing contributions to the federal city and the nation. With American Jews . . . — — Map (db m130847) HM
On 15th Street Northwest south of Church Street Northwest, on the left when traveling north.
This was the first independent black Episcopal parish church in the city. It was established in 1879 by a breakaway group from a Foggy Bottom mission church, St. Mary's Chapel for Colored People, led by former St. Mary's pastor, Alexander Crummell . . . — — Map (db m110910) HM
Near 18th Street Northwest south of Church Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north.
The park you are enjoying today was built on the site of the St. Thomas' Church, a beautiful Gothic structure built in 1893 and destroyed by fire in 1970. This park is intended by the parish to be a place of calm and meditation, as well as joy and . . . — — Map (db m96081) HM
On Rhode Island Avenue Northwest at St. Matthews Court Northwest, on the left when traveling east on Rhode Island Avenue Northwest.
The Cathedral of
St. Matthew the Apostle
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Construction begun 1893, dedicated 1913.
Built to replace the . . . — — Map (db m32131) HM
Near 18th Street Northwest north of Connecticut Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling north.
On this site stood the edifice which housed The National Presbyterian Church and its predecessors The Church of the Covenant 1883-1930 The Covenant First Presbyterian Church 1930-1947 — — Map (db m98038) HM
On S Street Northwest at 16th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on S Street Northwest.
What's happening Here?
Stormwater runoff (rainwater that flows off surfaces such as rooftops and parking lots) causes erosion in streambeds and carries harmful pollutants such as oil, sediment, trash and animal waste. The rain garden and . . . — — Map (db m240375) HM
Near Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest west of 12th Street Northwest.
Lithuania
Capital Vilnius
Population 2.88 Million
Primary Export Refined fuel
Flag Fact
Lithuania's flag features three equal horizontal bands of yellow (top), green, and red. The color yellow symbolizes golden fields, . . . — — Map (db m113333) HM
On 23rd Street Northwest south of I Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north.
In commemoration of Liberty Baptist Church which occupied a building on this site between 1915 and 1960. Formed as an African-American congregation in 1869, the Liberty Baptist Church was originally located at 18 and E Streets, NW, before moving to . . . — — Map (db m115044) HM
On 23rd Street Northwest south of H Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south.
Listed in the
National Register of Historic Places, was the first Black Episcopal church built in the City of Washington.
Saint Mary’s represents a landmark in the history of the Black American struggle for equal rights and human dignity, . . . — — Map (db m182173) HM
On 23rd Street Northwest south of H Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south.
St. Mary’s was the first Episcopal church in Washington where African Americans could worship free of discrimination. It was established in 1867 by 28 men and women, many of them formerly enslaved. Two White congregations, St. John’s Church and . . . — — Map (db m46905) HM
On Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest south of L Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east.
This ceramic Statue of St. Stephen Martyr, the first Christian martyr, is the work of the nationally known sculptor Felix G. W. deWeldon who is best known for the Iwo Jima Memorial in Arlington, Virginia — — Map (db m114045) HM
On 20th Street Northwest at G Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north on 20th Street Northwest.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, December 14, 1978. Dedicated May 15, 1892, this was the second church built on this site by the Concordia Lutheran Evangelical German congregation, founded January 17, 1833; the lot was sold to . . . — — Map (db m47539) HM
On 20th Street Northwest north of H Street Northwest, on the left when traveling north.
• 1846, July 1 - cornerstone laid for the Union Methodist Church, founded February 13, 1846, in the Union Fire Hall, that stood on the southeastern corner of 19th and H Street, N.W.
• 1862 - served as a hospital during the Civil War, and in 1863, . . . — — Map (db m111949) HM
On O Street Northwest at 31st Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east on O Street Northwest.
Almost a miniature Gothic cathedral, Christ Church behind you was built in 1885. It is the third building to occupy the spot since a group of Georgetown Episcopalians founded the parish in 1817. Among the founders were Francis Scott Key, author of . . . — — Map (db m113421) HM
On O Street Northwest west of 29th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west.
Alfred Pope and his mother, Jedidah, moved from South Carolina and lived with Congressman John Carter at 3013 Q Street. Hannah worked as a lady's maid at Tudor Place. She was the daughter of Barbara Cole, whose family was enslaved to George . . . — — Map (db m234906) HM
On 37th Street Northwest at O Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north on 37th Street Northwest.
Georgetown University, founded in 1789 by the Reverend John Carroll as a school for students of "Every Religious Profession," is the oldest Catholic university in America, administered by the Jesuits since 1805. According to the 1831 University . . . — — Map (db m121208) HM
On Old North Way just north of Library Walk, on the left when traveling north.
Anne Marie Becraft (1805-1833) was a 19th-century free woman of color who founded one of the first schools for black girls in the Georgetown neighborhood. In 1831, she joined the Oblate Sisters of Providence, the first female religious order in the . . . — — Map (db m212203) HM
Near N Street Northwest just west of 35th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west.
Dedicated to the memory of those unknown who were enslaved and buried in the Archdiocese of Washington
The souls of the just are in the hand of
God, and no torment shall touch them
Wisdom 3:1
[Additional sign to . . . — — Map (db m147417) HM
On Dumbarton Street Northwest east of Wisconsin Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling west.
First organized in a cooper's shop in 1772. Bishop Asbury preached here. This church was built in 1849 and renovated tin 1898. It served as a Civil War Hospital in 1862. President Lincoln attended this church on March 8, 1863 to hear Bishop Simpson . . . — — Map (db m113904) HM
On N Street Northwest at 29th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north on N Street Northwest.
Georgetown's first African Americans were brought as slaves to labor for the tobacco industry and for domestic service in the houses of wealthy tobacco merchants. Others came as freed men and women before and after the Civil War. Over time, in . . . — — Map (db m113639) HM
On Dumbarton Street Northwest east of 28th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east.
In 1923 the Archbishop authorized the establishment of the Epiphany Mission where African Americans created a new community under the leadership of the Josephite Fathers. In 1925 the church was built and the mission became Epiphany Parish — — Map (db m113637) HM
On Dumbarton Street Northwest at 27th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east on Dumbarton Street Northwest.
The first Baptist church established in Georgetown was funded in 1862 by the Reverend Sandy Alexander (1818-1902), a former slave who led the church until 1889. Among the founding members was Collins Williams, a preacher from Fredericksburg, . . . — — Map (db m33773) HM
On P Street Northwest at 27th Street Northwest on P Street Northwest.
You are standing in the heart of a once thriving African American community. At the time of the American Revolution in 1776, one third of Georgetown's population was African American. By the time of the Civil War in the 1860s, many former slaves . . . — — Map (db m110018) HM
On N Street Northwest at 36th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on N Street Northwest.
"Holy Hill," the site of Georgetown University, the Convent of the Visitation, and Holy Trinity Church, has been the center of Catholic spiritual life in the nation's capital since its beginnings in the late-18th century.
Shortly after the . . . — — Map (db m112129) HM
On 36th Street Northwest north of N Street Northwest, on the left when traveling south.
Founded by the Jesuit community of George-town College.
This church was first dedicated 15 June 1851. Restored and re-dedicated 23 September 1979
The original church, to the rear, was dedicated 1792 and remains the oldest standing . . . — — Map (db m22077) HM
Near Carroll Walk south of Old N Way, on the left when traveling south.
First Archbishop of Baltimore Founder of Georgetown University
By Sculptor Jerome Connor commissioned by alumni, faculty and Jesuits
To ensure that this University treasure, placed here on May 4, 1912, will forever survive to greet all . . . — — Map (db m190027) HM
On 36th Street Northwest north of N Street Northwest, on the left when traveling south.
[Rendering of the Seal of the President of the United States]
In Memoriam
Within the hallowed walls of the historic Church of the Holy Trinity in
Georgetown, D.C. worshipped the late President of the United States, John
Fitzgerald . . . — — Map (db m193433) HM
On Tondorf Road Northwest north of Prospect Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north.
Compassionate Jesuit, gifted scholar
generous friend, loyal alumnus (c' 56)
distinguished 47th President of Georgetown University
given by friends in loving honor
— — Map (db m114041) HM
On Dent Place Northwest just west of 33rd Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west.
Yarrow Mamout, born in 1736, arrived in Annapolis in 1752 on the Elijah and served the Beall family until 1796. His name indicates he was Fulani, an educated devout Muslim, he could read and write in Arabic. Freed at age 60, he used money . . . — — Map (db m187427) HM
Near Old North Way north of Library Walk, on the right when traveling south.
Chaplain (Captain) Martin J. O'Gara, S.J., a native of Brooklyn, NY, joined the Georgetown University faculty in 1940 as Assistant Professor of Religion. While at Georgetown, he gave freely of his time and talents to the students both inside and . . . — — Map (db m212202) HM
On 29th Street Northwest north of Dumbarton Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling south.
Mount Zion United Methodist Church is Washington’s oldest Black congregation. It was established in 1816 by Shadrack Nugent and 125 other congregants who split from nearby Montgomery Street Methodist Church (now Dumbarton United Methodist) over its . . . — — Map (db m32930) HM
On 27th Street Northwest, 0.1 miles north of Q Street Northwest, on the left when traveling north.
Mt. Zion Cemetery
(Old Methodist Burial Ground)
1809 - 1950s
Female Union Band Society
Cemetery
1842 - 1950s
have been listed in the
National Register of Historic Places
by the
United States Department of the . . . — — Map (db m189267) HM
On 29th Street Northwest just north of Dumbarton Street Northwest, on the left when traveling north.
Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, the First Black Methodist Church in Washington, D.C., founded October 16, 1816, is designated a District of Columbia Historic Landmark. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on July 24, 1975. — — Map (db m177949) HM
On O Street Northwest west of 29th Street Northwest, on the left when traveling west.
Erected 1897
Birthplace of Leontine Turpeau C. Kelly March 5, 1920
First African-American Woman Bishop of the United Methodist Church, 1984 — — Map (db m97731) HM
On 37th Street Northwest just north of O Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north.
The building commemorates Father Ferdinand Poulton, S.J. a founding member of the American Jesuit Community, who arrived in Maryland in 1638. The building was acquired under the College Building Program of the Federal Works Agency. — — Map (db m110020) HM
Near Tondorf Road, 0.2 miles north of North Road, on the right when traveling south.
Father Davis (C'47, L'49, H'85) served as dean of Georgetown College from 1966 to 1989, a period of great change at Georgetown. During his tenure, women entered the College and the curriculum grew with the expansion of the fine arts, the . . . — — Map (db m212207) HM
Near 37th Street Northwest at N Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south.
On the Fifth Anniversary of September 11, 2001 the Georgetown University Community offers this remembrance in love and with a prayer for peace. — — Map (db m211971) WM
On O Street Northwest at 35th Street Northwest on O Street Northwest.
Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, straight ahead in the next block, is one of the oldest Catholic institutions in America. It was founded in 1799 by three pious ladies under the spiritual guidance of the president of Georgetown College, . . . — — Map (db m112132) HM
On Potomac Street Northwest at O Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east on Potomac Street Northwest.
This first Episcopal congregation in Georgetown was founded in 1796 by the Reverend Walter Dulany Addison. Other founders and benefactors include Thomas Hyde, Thomas Corcoran, Benjamin Stoddert, and Francis Scott Key. President Thomas Jefferson . . . — — Map (db m113951) HM
On O Street Northwest at Prospect Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on O Street Northwest.
Step across the cobblestone street and trolley tracks of a bygone era and look up at the façade of St. John's Church, Georgetown Parish, designed in the Federal style by William Thornton, architect of the Capitol. This Episcopal parish, . . . — — Map (db m112133) HM
Near Reservoir Road Northwest east of 38th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east.
This building is named in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary and was dedicated to Our Lady of Victory. Originally built as a combined Nursing School and Nurses Dormitory. The building is home to the School of Nursing and Health Studies although it no . . . — — Map (db m110854) HM
Near Reservoir Road Northwest west of Winfield Lane Northwest, on the left when traveling west.
The building is named in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary and was dedicated to Our Lady of Victory. Originally built as a combined Nursing School and Nurses Dormitory. The building is still home to the School of Nursing and Health Studies although . . . — — Map (db m199525) HM
On Tondorf Road, 0.3 miles north of Library Walk, on the right when traveling north.
Pedro Arrupe, S.J. Hall is a LEED registered residence hall with a certification goal of gold. Some of the green design strategies features in the building include indoor bicycle parking to support sustainable transportation, a green roof to help . . . — — Map (db m211969) HM
On Library Walk just east of Old North Way, on the right when traveling west.
Ida Ryan Hall and Isaac Hawkins Hall is a LEED Gold certified residence hall that is home to the Spirit of Georgetown Residential Academy.
This site exemplifies adaptive reuse: the process of repurposing an existing building for a use other . . . — — Map (db m212201) HM
Near O Street Northwest west of 31st Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east.
This, the cornerstone of the original Christ Church, was placed here on May 5, 1968 during services commemorating the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of the parish. — — Map (db m113423) HM
Near Reservoir Road Northwest just west of 39th Street Northwest, on the left when traveling west.
In October of 2014, the artists of the Georgetown Lombard ARts and Humanities Program painted a navy blue labyrinth on the round outside of the 2CCC Surgery Center Waiting Room. The labyrinth is based on a 13th century design from the Cathedral of . . . — — Map (db m146575) HM
On P Street Northwest west of 31st Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west.
The Presbyterian Congregation in George Town, founded in 1780 and chartered by Congress in 1806, has the longest unbroken ministry in Washington. This building was erected in 1821 at what is now 30th and M, was moved to this site in 1873 and altered . . . — — Map (db m97747) HM
On Volta Place Northwest at Wisconsin Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling east on Volta Place Northwest.
The first house of worship in Georgetown — a town dominated by Presbyterian Scots — was a log church built in 1769 by a Lutheran congregation where the present Lutheran church now stands (opposite). The Presbyterian Burial Ground, once . . . — — Map (db m120508) HM
On O Street Northwest at 31st Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on O Street Northwest.
Before there was a DC Fire Department, companies from two then-separate towns — Georgetown and Washington — provided local fire protection. In 1789, Georgetown citizens purchased a hand-pumped engine and fire buckets with funds raised . . . — — Map (db m113420) HM
On W Place Northwest east of 37th Street Northwest.
Funded by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities,
Public Art Building Communities Grant Program
DC Commission on
The Arts & Humanities
The name Glover Park which first appeared in advertisements in 1926, honors the . . . — — Map (db m113383) HM
On Wisconsin Avenue Northwest north of 35th Street Northwest, on the left when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
Originally known as the Upper Graveyard, Holy Rood Cemetery was established by Holy Trinity Catholic Church in 1832. In 1853, the cemetery was expanded, and in the years following the Civil War improvements were made. A house was added for the . . . — — Map (db m112149) HM
On Wisconsin Avenue Northwest just south of W Place Northwest, on the right when traveling south.
Holy Trinity Catholic Church established Holy Rood Cemetery as its parish cemetery on high ground above Georgetown in 1832. The cemetery was expanded in 1853 to the 6.5 acres it is today. Originally known as the Upper Graveyard, in 1886 the . . . — — Map (db m155228) HM
On Edmunds Street Northwest west of Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling west.
This parish was founded in 1930 for the purpose of religious worship, and to perpetuate the memory of all Russians who gave their lives for their country and their faith during the tragic years of World War I and the Russian Revolution. — — Map (db m31265) HM
Near Massachusetts Avenue Northwest west of Edmunds Street Northwest, on the left when traveling west.
[Marker Plaque 1:] "988 - 1988"
The year 1988 marks the 1000th anniversary of the baptism of Rus’ in the year 988 by decision of the Prince of Kiev, St. Vladimir the Great. This monument was erected by the American Spiritual Children of . . . — — Map (db m31271) HM
On 35th Street Northwest at Wisconsin Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling north on 35th Street Northwest.
Ahead on the hill is Holy Rood Cemetery, the first Catholic parish cemetery in Washington. Established by Georgetown's Holy Trinity Church in 1832, the cemetery contains the remains of more than 7,300 whites and African Americans, both enslaved and . . . — — Map (db m113385) HM
On Massachusetts Avenue Northwest west of Edmunds Street Northwest, on the left when traveling west.
This church has been built to serve as a house of worship to the glory of God and as a memorial to honor those Orthodox Christians who lost their lives in the cause of freedom
Consecrated: November 25, 1962
Metropolitan Leonty
Primate of . . . — — Map (db m31266) WM
On 3rd Street Northwest at F Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north on 3rd Street Northwest.
This monument, erected on the occasion of the 1992 Quincentennial Jubilee celebrating the discovery of America, pays tribute to Cristoforo Colombo and his seafaring companions. Their bold voyage led to a historic encounter between the European . . . — — Map (db m209469) HM
On G Street Northwest at 3rd Street Northwest, on the left when traveling east on G Street Northwest. Reported missing.
“The neighborhood
was our whole life.”
Albert Small, born in the neighborhood in 1902.
This is the oldest surviving synagogue building in Washington. Constructed in 1875 by Adas Israel Congregation, and . . . — — Map (db m29761) HM
On G Street Northwest at 3rd Street Northwest, on the left when traveling east on G Street Northwest. Reported missing.
Listed on the United States Register of Historic Places and
an officially designated Landmark of the District of Columbia
Maintained by the Jewish Historical Society of
Greater Washington as the
Lillian and Albert Small
Jewish Museum . . . — — Map (db m29797) HM
On Georgia Avenue Northwest (U.S. 29) south of V Street Northwest, on the left when traveling south.
“I used to come home every night, get a quarter from my mother, run to Griffith Stadium, and sit in the bleachers,” Abe Pollin once said. “I would look out at these good seats and say, ‘Some day, maybe I will get a good seat.’ . . . — — Map (db m130756) HM
On Church Street Northwest at 15th Street Northwest, on the left when traveling west on Church Street Northwest.
Across the street is St. Luke's Episcopal Church, completed in 1880 by DC's first black Episcopalian congregation. Founding pastor Alexander Crummell was a prominent African American intellectual. After 20 years as a missionary in Liberia, . . . — — Map (db m130848) HM
On 14th Street Northwest at Church Street Northwest, on the left when traveling north on 14th Street Northwest.
Etched into the corner of the building next to this sign are the names of cars and trucks sold here back when showrooms lined this stretch of 14th Street. Hurley Motor Company, which opened here in 1920, sold Milwaukee-made Nash cars and . . . — — Map (db m110913) HM
On 15th Street Northwest just north of R Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north.
1885-1929
Site of the Washington Hospital for Foundlings
1929-1966
St. Augustine Catholic Church constructed a complex consisting of a school, convent and chapel. Early in the 1980's the property was converted to condominiums. . . . — — Map (db m140139) HM
On Vermont Avenue Northwest north of Thomas Circle Northwest, on the left when traveling north.
Luther Place Memorial Church has been a neighborhood fixture since 1873, when the Maryland Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church established it as a "memorial to God's goodness in delivering the land from slavery and from war." It quickly . . . — — Map (db m130857) HM
On Logan Circle Northwest west of 13th Street Northwest.
Charles M. “Sweet Daddy” Grace (1881-1960) brought his United House of Prayer for All People of the Church on the Rock of the Apostolic Faith to Washington in 1927, eight years after founding the charismatic Christian denomination in Massachusetts. . . . — — Map (db m79318) HM
On 15th Street Northwest north of R Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north.
The Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church has been a vital religious, educational, and social center since 1841. It was founded by John F. Cook, Sr. (ca. 1810-1855), who rose from slavery to run Union Seminary and become Washington's first black . . . — — Map (db m112661) HM
On 14th Street Northwest at Corcoran Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north on 14th Street Northwest.
United States
Department of the Interior
National Park Service
National Register
of Historic Places
John Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church
"The National Church of Zion Methodism"
14th and Corcoran Streets, NW
Washington, . . . — — Map (db m110914) HM
On R Street Northwest at 14th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east on R Street Northwest.
By the 1970s, nearby Dupont Circle's counterculture and gay businesses extended into Logan Circle, making Logan an attractive place to live for members of DC's gay and lesbian communities. Political collectives and individuals acquired . . . — — Map (db m184989) HM
On 14th Street Northwest at Thomas Circle Northwest when traveling south on 14th Street Northwest. Reported damaged.
Through The 1960s President Lyndon B. Johnson and his family worshipped across the street to your left at National City Christian Church. The First Family sat near the front in the pew deemed safest by their Secret Service agents. The church . . . — — Map (db m130858) HM
On 15th Street Northwest north of O Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north.
Theodore Roosevelt
worshiped here regularly
from 1901 to 1909
while Vice President and President
of the United States.
On July 1, 1902 he
laid the cornerstone and
on June 7, 1903 delivered
an address at the dedication
of this . . . — — Map (db m70144) HM
On Vermont Avenue Northwest at 15th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south on Vermont Avenue Northwest.
Vermont Avenue Baptist Church was formed in 1866 by seven formerly enslaved men and women meeting in the home of John and Amy Slaughter. They joined the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church for assistance in organizing their own church. Then, led by . . . — — Map (db m145601) HM
On Wisconsin Avenue Northwest north of Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling north.
In recognition of the contributions made by generations of All Hallows Guild members since 1916 to the gardens, oak grove, and grounds of Washington National Cathedral a haven of peace and refreshment a revelation of God’s beauty and a . . . — — Map (db m71205) HM
Near 36th Street Northwest south of Garfield Street Northwest, on the left when traveling north.
[ Top of monument :]
His Grace, Bishop Aimilianos Laloussis - 1902-1992
In celebration of his life and work, this park is lovingly dedicated.
[Image of His Grace]
[ Monument Panels 1 and 2 :]
This park is . . . — — Map (db m31261) HM
Near Wisconsin Avenue Northwest north of Cathedral Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling north.
The overall inspiration for the Bishop's Garden is a 14th century monastic garden, in keeping with the gothic design of the Cathedral. However, this small garden room — called the Hortulus or "little garden" — is anchored firmly in the 9th century . . . — — Map (db m203137) HM
Near Wisconsin Avenue Northwest, 0.1 miles north of Cathedral Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling north.
The August 23, 2011, magnitude 5.8 earthquake left the flying buttresses in bad shape. The shaking cracked buttress flyers, twisted buttresses pinnacles and shook stones apart. To stabilize the stones and prevent major damage in the case of a future . . . — — Map (db m203134) HM
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