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African American Heritage Trail Historical Markers

A set of more than 100 sites celebrating African American history in Washington, DC.
 
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By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), December 4, 2021
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1 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Atlas District — Henrietta Vinton Davis Residence — 1219 Linden Place, NE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
2 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Brookland — Lois Mailou Jones Residence — 1220 Quincy Street, NE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
3 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Brookland — Robert Clifton Weaver Residence Site — 3519 14th Street, NE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
4 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Brookland — Sterling A. Brown Residence — 1222 Kearny Street, NE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
5 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Carver Langston — Langston Golf Course and Driving Range — 2600 Benning Road, NE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
6 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Carver Langston — Langston Terrace Dwellings / Hilyard Robinson — 21st Street and Benning Road, NE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
7 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Deanwood — Jacob Dodd-built Houses — 4621 Hunt Place, NE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
8 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Deanwood — Lewis Giles, Sr.'s Home and Office — 4428 Hunt Place, NE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
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9 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Eastland Gardens — Eastland Gardens — Between Kenilworth and Anacostia Avenues, and Lee and Ord Streets, NE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
10 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Hillbrook — Howard D. Woodson Residence — 4918 Fitch Place, NE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
11 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Hillbrook — National Training School for Women and Girls / Nannie Helen Burroughs — 601 50th Street, NE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
12 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Lamond Riggs — WOOK-TV Building — 5321 First Place, NE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
13 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Langdon — Ionia R. Whipper Home — 2000 Channing Street, NE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
14 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Mayfair — Mayfair Mansions / Albert I. Cassell — 3819 Jay Street, NE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
15 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, 16th Street Heights — Jones-Haywood School of Ballet — 1200 Delafield Place, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
16 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Calvin T.S. Brent Residence — 1700 V Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
17 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Bloomingdale — Barnett Aden Gallery — 127 Randolph Place, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
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18 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Brightwood — Military Road School — 1375 Missouri Avenue, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
19 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Colonial Village — Frank D. Reeves — 7760 16th Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
20 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Columbia Heights — Charles R. Drew and Lenore Robbins Drew — 3324 Sherman Avenue, NW, Apartment 1 — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
21 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Columbia Heights — Drum and Spear Bookstore Site — 1371 Fairmont Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
22 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Downtown — Metropolitan AME Church — 1518 M Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
23 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Downtown — Wormley's Hotel Site — 1500 H Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
24 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Dupont Circle — Alma Thomas Residence — 1530 15th Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
25 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Dupont Circle — Blanche K. Bruce and Josephine Beall Willson Bruce Residence — 2010 R Street, Northwest — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
26 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Dupont Circle — Charles Hamilton Houston Residence — 1744 S Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
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27 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Dupont Circle — Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives — 17th and M Streets, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
28 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Dupont Circle — Historic Kappa House — 1708 S Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
29 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Dupont Circle — St. Luke's Episcopal Church / Alexander Crummel — 1514 15th Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
30 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Dupont Circle — Todd Duncan Residence — 1600 T Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
31 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Foggy Bottom — St. Mary’s Episcopal Church — 728 23rd Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
32 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Georgetown — Emma V. Brown Residence — 3044 P Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
33 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Georgetown — First Baptist Church, Georgetown — 2624 Dumbarton Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
34 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Georgetown — Mount Zion United Methodist Church and Heritage Center, and the Female Union Band Cemetery — 1334 29th Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
35 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Georgetown — Rose Park Recreation Center — 26th and O Streets, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
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36 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Judiciary Square — DC Recorder of Deeds Building / WPA Era Murals — 515 D Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
37 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, LeDroit Park — Alice Moore Dunbar [Nelson] and Paul Laurence Dunbar Residence — 1934 Fourth Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
38 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, LeDroit Park — Anna Julia Hayward Cooper Residence — 201 T Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
39 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, LeDroit Park — Christian Fleetwood and Sara Fleetwood Residence Site — 319 U Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
40 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, LeDroit Park — Elks Columbia Lodge No. 85 — 1844 Third Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
41 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, LeDroit Park — Freedmen's Hospital — 520 W Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
42 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, LeDroit Park — Griffith Stadium Site — 2041 Georgia Avenue, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
43 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, LeDroit Park — Willis Richardson Residence — 512 U Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
44 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Logan Circle — Alain Locke Residence — 1326 R Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
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45 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Logan Circle — Belford V. Lawson and Marjorie M. Lawson Residence — 8 Logan Circle, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
46 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Logan Circle — Charles M. “Sweet Daddy” Grace Residence — 11 Logan Circle Northwest — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
47 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Logan Circle — Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church — 15th and R streets, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
48 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Logan Circle — James Lesesne Wells Residence — 1333 R Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
49 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Logan Circle — Vermont Avenue Baptist Church — 1630 Vermont Avenue, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
50 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Mount Vernon Square — Central Public Library — Mount Vernon Square — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
51 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Mount Vernon Square — Second Baptist Church — 816 Third Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
52 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, North Cleveland Park — Wormely Family Estate Site — 3530 Van Ness Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
53 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Penn Quarter — National Council of Negro Women — 633 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
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54 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Petworth — Billy Simpson's House of Seafood and Steaks — 3515 Georgia Avenue, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
55 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Petworth — First Church of Seventh-day Adventists — 810 Shepherd Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
56 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Pleasant Plains — Andrew F. Hilyer Residence Site — 2352 Sixth Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
57 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Pleasant Plains — Founders Library and Moorland-Spingarn Research Center — 500 Howard Place, NW, Howard University Campus — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
58 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Pleasant Plains — Howard Hall — 607 Howard Place, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
59 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Pleasant Plains — Howard University — Sixth Street and Howard Place, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
60 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Pleasant Plains — Howard University Gallery of Art — Lulu Vere Childers Hall, Howard University Campus — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
61 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Pleasant Plains — Kelly Miller Residence Site — 2225 Fourth Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
62 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Pleasant Plains — Merriweather Home for Children — 733 Euclid Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC — Reported missing
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63 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Pleasant Plains — Miner Teachers College — 2565 Georgia Avenue, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
64 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Pleasant Plains — Will Marion Cook Family Residence Site — 2232 Sixth Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
65 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Shaw — Daniel A.P. Murray Residence — 934 S Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
66 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Shaw — Dunbar Theater / Southern Aid Society — 1901-1903 Seventh Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
67 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Shaw — Engine Company No. 4 — 931 R Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
68 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Shaw — Phyllis Wheatley YWCA — 901 Rhode Island Avenue, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
69 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Truxton Circle — Baker's Dozen, Inc. Building — 1509 and 1511 Fourth Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC — Reported missing
70 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, U Street Corridor — Ben's Chili Bowl / Minnehaha Theater — 1213 U Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
71 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, U Street Corridor — Edward “Duke” Ellington Residence — 1805 13th Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
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72 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, U Street Corridor — Frelinghuysen University / Jesse Lawson and Rosetta C. Lawson — 1800 Vermont Avenue, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
73 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, U Street Corridor — Georgia Douglas Johnson Residence — 1461 S Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
74 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, U Street Corridor — Industrial Bank of Washington — 2000 11th Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
75 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, U Street Corridor — John Wesley Cromwell Residence — 1439 Swann Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
76 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, U Street Corridor — Lincoln Theatre and Lincoln Colonnade — 1215 U Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
77 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, U Street Corridor — Louise Burrell Miller Residence — 1204 T Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
78 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, U Street Corridor — Mary Ann Shadd Cary Residence — 1421 W Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
79 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, U Street Corridor — Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia — 1000 U Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
80 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, U Street Corridor — New Negro Alliance's Sanitary Grocery Protest Site — 1936 11th Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
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81 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, U Street Corridor — Scurlock Studio Site — 900 U Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
82 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, U Street Corridor — St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church — 1425 V Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
83 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 —
84 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, U Street Corridor — Washington Conservatory of Music and School of Expression / Harriet Gibbs-Marshall / Mary P. Burrill — 902 T Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
85 District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Barney Circle — Seafarers Yacht Club — 1950 M Street, SE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
86 District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Barry Farm — Campbell African Methodist Episcopal Church — 2562 Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, SE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
87 District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Buena Vista — Barry Farm - Hillsdale — Bounded by St. Elizabeths Hospital, Alabama Avenue and Morris Road, SE, and the Anacostia River — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC — Reported missing
88 District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Buena Vista — Nichols Avenue Elementary School / Old Birney School Site — 2427 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, SE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
89 District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Capitol Hill — Ebenezer United Methodist Church — 400 D Street, SE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
90 District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Congress Heights — Congress Heights School — 3100 Martin Luther King, Jr., Avenue, SE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
91 District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Fort Dupont — John Philip Sousa Junior High School — 3650 Ely Place, SE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
92 District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Fort Dupont — Woodlawn Cemetery — 4611 Benning Road, SE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
93 District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Navy Yard — Saint Paul African Union Methodist Protestant (AUMP) Church — 401 I Street SE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
 
 
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