201 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, U Street Corridor — The Northumberland Apartments — 2039 New Hampshire Avenue Northwest —

The Northumberland Apartments Erected 1909 - 1910 Albert H. Beers, Architect Harry Wardman, Builder was listed in the District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites and in the National Register of Historic Places, U.S. . . . — — Map (db m212704) HM

202 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, U Street Corridor — 2 — The True Reformer Building — City Within a City — Greater U Street Heritage Trail —

The daily lives of residents of this historic African American community were woven together through hundreds of social and civic organizations--fraternal organizations, clubs, school alumni associations, civic associations and the like. The . . . — — Map (db m130800) HM

203 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, U Street Corridor — 8 — The Whitelaw Hotel and “the Duke” — City Within a City — Greater U Street Heritage Trail —

The elegant Whitelaw Hotel at the corner of 13th and T Street opened its doors in 1919, offering African American travelers their first opportunity to stay in a first-class hotel in the segregated nation's capital. Inside they found a lobby . . . — — Map (db m130796) HM

204 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, U Street Corridor — 253 — This is part of the Shaw neighborhood — Dupont Circle — Diverse Visions | One Neighborhood — Reported unreadable

Police Call Boxes such as this one (originally painted blue) were installed in the District after the Civil War. Officers on foot patrol used this secure telegraph system to contact the station, accessing the box with a now highly collectible . . . — — Map (db m112665) HM

205 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, U Street Corridor — Washington Afro-American Newspaper Office Building — 1800 11th Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —

The independent weekly Afro-American, one of the most enduring Black newspapers in the country was founded in Baltimore in 1892 by John H. Murphy, Sr. The Washington Afro-American began publication in 1932, and operated from this . . . — — Map (db m55538) HM

206 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, U Street Corridor — 1 — You Had to Wear a Tie — City within a City — Greater U Street Heritage Trail — Reported permanently removed

You are standing on Washington’s historic Black Broadway–the heart of African American life in Washington, D.C. from about 1900 to the 1950s. Duke Ellington, its most famous native son, grew up, was inspired, trained, and played his first . . . — — Map (db m130799) HM

207 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, U Street Corridor — 1 — You Had To Wear a Tie — City Within a City — Greater U Street Heritage Trail —

You are standing on Washington's historic Black Broadway—the heart of African American life in Washington, D.C. from about 1900 to the 1950s. Duke Ellington, its most famous son, grew up, was inspired, trained, and played his first music . . . — — Map (db m212702) HM

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