Historical Markers in LeDroit Park, District of Columbia
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On Anna J. Cooper Circle Northwest at T Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south on Anna J. Cooper Circle Northwest.
This Circle Honors Anna Julia Haywood Cooper the educator and civil and women's rights advocate who lived in the gracious house at 201 T Street from 1916 until her death in 1964 at age 105. Born into slavery, Cooper graduated from Oberlin . . . — — Map (db m170781) HM
On 4th Street Northwest just south of Elm Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south.
Alice Moore Dunbar [Nelson] (1875-1935), a budding poet and essayist, and Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906), already a nationally and internationally acclaimed poet, married in 1898 and moved to this house. Mary Church Terrell, an activist and . . . — — Map (db m144576) HM
On T Street Northwest west of 2nd Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west.
Educator, feminist, and civil rights activist Anna Julia Hayward Cooper (1858-1964) lived here from 1916 until her death. Born in North Carolina, Cooper graduated from Oberlin College and moved to Washington in 1887 to teach Latin at the Preperatory . . . — — Map (db m124921) HM
On Elm Street Northwest at 4th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on Elm Street Northwest.
Poet May Miller once remarked that unlike New York's Harlem, LeDroit Park didn't have to have a renaissance. In fact, before they joined the cultural movement of the 1920s and '30s, most Harlem Renaissance intellectuals spent time at Howard . . . — — Map (db m130838) HM
On U Street Northwest west of 3rd Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west.
Christian Fleetwood (1840-1914) was one of 21 African Americans to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery during the 1864 Battle of Chaffin's Farm near Richmond. After the Civil War he worked for the federal government and organized . . . — — Map (db m77543) HM
On 3rd Street Northwest south of Rhode Island Avenue Northwest (U.S. 1), on the left when traveling north.
Columbia Lodge No. 85 of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks of the World was incorporated in Washington in 1906, eight years after the parent organization was incorporated in Cincinnati, Ohio. Lodge No. 85's first meeting took . . . — — Map (db m170808) HM
Near W Street Northwest at 6th Street Northwest, on the left when traveling west.
Freedmen's Hospital was established by the federal government in 1862 to address the needs of thousands of African Americans who poured into the city seeking freedom during the Civil War. The hospital's first administrator was Major Alexander T. . . . — — Map (db m84805) HM
On 3rd Street Northwest at U Street Northwest, on the left when traveling north on 3rd Street Northwest.
To your right is Lucy Diggs Slowe Hall, a Howard University dormitory. It opened in 1942 as U.S. government housing for African American women who came to DC to take new war-related jobs or fill in for men who left to join the military during . . . — — Map (db m130836) 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 Georgia Avenue Northwest (U.S. 29) south of V Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north.
Before Howard University Hospital was built in 1975, Griffith Stadium stood here. Constructed in 1914, the stadium was one of the few public spaces that were open to everyone during the segregation era. It was home to the Homestead Grays of the . . . — — Map (db m107755) HM
On T Street Northwest east of 4th Street Northwest. Reported missing.
Save America's Treasures
This home was the residence of Mary Church Terrell, the first African American school board member in the United States, and Robert H. Terrell, the first African American municipal judge in the District of . . . — — Map (db m110498) HM
On T Street Northwest west of 4th Street Northwest when traveling west.
The Roster of LeDroit Park's accomplished African Americans is long. Consider these prominent Washingtonians who lived on T Street.
Walter E. Washington and his wife, Bennetta Bullock Washington, lived with her family at 408 T Street. Mrs. . . . — — Map (db m152367) HM
On Florida Avenue Northwest west of 5th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west.
When I was at Dunbar, I thought I wanted to be a doctor. In our community, doctors were the men who made the most money, earned the most respect and had the prettiest wives."
Sen. Edward W. Brooke, Bridging the Divide: . . . — — Map (db m190357) HM
On Florida Avenue Northwest (U.S. 29) near 6th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west.
A Peaceful Landscape With City Conveniences for wealthy Washingtonians: that was the goal of the men who made LeDroit Park.
Brothers-in-law Amzi L. Barber and Andrew Langdon purchased land here, and in 1873 hired local architect/builder . . . — — Map (db m152365) HM
On 3rd Street Northwest at Florida Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling north on 3rd Street Northwest.
Before there was a LeDroit Park, map engraver David McClelland owned a mansion on the property across Rhode Island Avenue. When the Civil War broke out in April 1861, McClelland possessed a detailed map of Washington that suddenly had great . . . — — Map (db m130844) HM
On 5th Street Northwest at U Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north on 5th Street Northwest.
Howard University's Employment, educational, and cultural opportunities have attracted and kept families in LeDroit Park and Bloomingdale for generations. Ettyce Hill Moore, a third generation Washingtonian who grew up at 128 V Street in the . . . — — Map (db m113985) HM
On U Street Northwest west of 5th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east.
Willis Richardson (1889-l977) Was a prolific and acclaimed playwright known for realistic portrayals of ordinary African Americans. Family circumstances forced the promising writer to choose work over college, and Richardson spent his career at . . . — — Map (db m86907) HM