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On Rhode Island Avenue Northwest (U.S. 29) at 10th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on Rhode Island Avenue Northwest.
This view visually re-establishes the 10th Street historic right of way and original element of the L'Enfant Plan of the City of Washington. The walkway is in the approximate location of the former street's east sidewalk.
[Caption:] . . . — — Map (db m211180) HM
On R Street Northwest at 10th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east on R Street Northwest.
This view visually re-establishes the 10th Street historic right of way and original element of the L'Enfant Plan of the City of Washington. The walkway is in the approximate location of the former street's east sidewalk.
[Caption:] . . . — — Map (db m211182) HM
On O Street Northwest at 9th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east on O Street Northwest.
You are standing at the entrance to Naylor Court. It was built in the 1860s as one of the hundreds of intersecting alleys hidden behind DC houses. Stables, workshops, sheds, and often cheap two-story houses, built for the poor of all races, . . . — — Map (db m130888) HM
On Florida Avenue Northwest (Route 29) east of 7th Street Northwest, on the left when traveling west.
Shortly before midnight on July 22, 1919, James Scott, a black army veteran, boarded a streetcar at the corner and nearly lost his life.
A few days before, a white mob, including many veterans of World War I, had terrorized Southwest DC, . . . — — Map (db m130772) HM
On Rhode Island Avenue Northwest (U.S. 29) at 10th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on Rhode Island Avenue Northwest.
Benjamin Banneker was born to free parents on November 9, 1731, in Baltimore County, Maryland and spent his childhood on his family's farm. His grandmother taught him to read and write. He later attended a one-room school. Banneker worked a . . . — — Map (db m211190) HM
Near Rhode Island Avenue Northwest (U.S. 29) at 10th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west.
Banneker Junior High School was built in 1938 at 800 Euclid St., NW as a junior high school In August 1981, Benjamin Banneker Academic High School opened as a specialized public institution, providing secondary students with a highly structured . . . — — Map (db m211184) HM
On 9th Street Northwest south of Q Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south.
Carter G. Woodson House
has been designated a
National Historic Landmark
This site possesses national significance
in commemorating the history of the
United States of America. — — Map (db m7121) HM
On Wiltberger Street Northwest at T Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north on Wiltberger Street Northwest.
Cecilia Penny Scott was a pioneering Shaw entrepreneur, community activist, philanthropist, and mentor.
In 1953, Scott opened Cecilia's at 2002 12th Street, NW. The restaurant featured Southern cuisine and attracted notables from social, . . . — — Map (db m234747) HM
On 8th Street Northwest south of Florida Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling south.
Spaces for reflection and expression are paramount, and in the summer of 2020, our entrances at The Shay provided a spectacular canvas for expression by local artist Chris Pyrate.
Inspired by the words of Bob Marley and Ijeoma Oluo on . . . — — Map (db m202444) HM
On 8th Street Northwest just south of Florida Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling north.
Spaces for reflection and expression are paramount, and in the summer of 2020, our entrances at The Shay provided a spectacular canvas for expression by local artist Chris Pyrate.
Inspired by the words of Bob Marley and Ijeoma Oluo on . . . — — Map (db m231899) HM
On 7th Street Northwest at O Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north on 7th Street Northwest. Reported damaged.
Across the intersection stands the tower of O Street Market. When the market opened in 1881, and refrigerators had not been invented, people shopped here daily for everything from live chickens to fresh tomatoes. At first the vendors were . . . — — Map (db m130893) HM
On S Street Northwest west of 9th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east.
Daniel Alexander Payne Murray (1852-1952) was the second African American to hold a professional position at the Library of Congress, achieving the level of assistant librarian by 1881. One of Murray's responsibilities was to gather a copy of every . . . — — Map (db m129070) HM
On 7th Street Northwest at T Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north on 7th Street Northwest.
The Southern Aid Society, one of the nation's oldest black insurance companies, opened this building as its headquarters in 1921. At the street level it housed the Dunbar Theatre, a popular movie house owned by the Murray family. Offices occupied . . . — — Map (db m84762) HM
On R Street Northwest east of 10th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west.
This 1885 building originally housed the DC Fire Department's Engine Company No. 7. It eventually became home to Washington's first all-black fire company. The department had included a few African American firefighters since 1868, but none ever . . . — — Map (db m129347) HM
On 7th Street Northwest at S Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north on 7th Street Northwest.
Thursday Evening, April 4, 1968. The news that the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., has been assassinated in Memphis makes its way like lightning through the city. Nearby at 14th and U Streets — once the cultural heart of DC's African . . . — — Map (db m130774) HM
On T Street Northwest east of 7th Street Northwest, on the left when traveling east.
The legendary Howard opened in 1910 as the nation’s first major theater built for African Americans. Audiences came for plays, variety shows, concerts, and movies. In the 1930s, under manager Shep Allen, the Howard became part of the . . . — — Map (db m130775) HM
On N Street Northwest east of 8th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west.
Immaculate Conception
Catholic Church
has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior September 17, 2003
Cornerstone - November 13, 1870
Construction - 1870-1874 . . . — — Map (db m21773) HM
On N Street Northwest west of 7th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west.
Immaculate Conception Catholic School has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior September 23, 2003 First school built in 1864 Present school built in 1908 B. . . . — — Map (db m27549) HM
On 11th Street Northwest at R Street Northwest when traveling north on 11th Street Northwest.
Churches have deep roots in the life of this historic African American community. A number of congregations in this immediate area, including Lincoln Temple United Church of Christ on this corner and Vermont Avenue Baptist Church just one . . . — — Map (db m145331) HM
On Rhode Island Avenue Northwest (U.S. 29) west of 9th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west.
This was the city’s first Young Women’s Christian Association and the nation’s only independent Black YWCA. It was organized in Southwest Washington as the Colored YWCA in 1905 by members of the Book Lovers Club, a Black women’s literary group led . . . — — Map (db m130891) HM
The Residence Act of 1790 established a 10-mile square along the Potomac River as the permanent seat of the United States government. President George Washington was authorized to select the site and appoint a commission to oversee the planning . . . — — Map (db m211191) HM
On R Street Northwest at 7th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on R Street Northwest.
Wrapping the corner across Rhode Island Avenue is Asbury Dwellings for senior citizens. In 1901 it opened as the city's white-only McKinley Technical School, memorializing slain President William McKinley (1843-1901). In 1928 the "colored" . . . — — Map (db m130845) HM
On 9th Street Northwest at Rhode Island Avenue Northwest (U.S. 29) on 9th Street Northwest.
The building across the street at 901 Rhode Island Avenue is the city's first Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) for African Americans. It honors Phyllis Wheatley (1753-1784), considered America's first published black . . . — — Map (db m143566) HM
On 7th Street Northwest (U.S. 29) just north of T Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north.
Back in the day, Seventh and T was the place to go for a good time. Once the Howard Theatre opened at 620 T Street in 1910, restaurants, nightclubs, and businesses serving the diverse African American communities followed. As Marita Golden . . . — — Map (db m148751) HM
On R Street Northwest just east of 6th Street Northwest (U.S. 1), on the right when traveling west.
Shaw Historic Bike Tour
Asbury Dwellings
Howard Theatre
Industrial Bank of Washington
True Reformer
Lincoln Theatre
Whitelaw Hotel
Thurgood Marshall Center
Sweet Daddy Grace
Mary McLeoud Bethune
Carter G. Woodson
Blanche . . . — — Map (db m150840) HM
On Rhode Island Avenue Northwest (U.S. 29) at 10th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on Rhode Island Avenue Northwest.
Shaw Junior High School was established in 1919 at the M Street School (128 M St., NW). Shaw Junior High School was relocated to the former William McKinley Manual Training School building at 7th Street and Rhode Island Ave., NW in 1928. Under . . . — — Map (db m211185) HM
On 9th Street Northwest north of P Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north.
Washington’s first black Muslim temple opened in 1940 when the Nation of Islam established Temple No. 4 at 1525-1527 Ninth Street. The Nation of Islam’s second national leader, Elijah Muhammad (1897-1975), presided over the event. Founded in . . . — — Map (db m130889) HM
On Rhode Island Avenue Northwest (U.S. 29) at 10th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on Rhode Island Avenue Northwest.
The city blocks occupied by today's Benjamin Banneker Academic High School trace their origins to the earliest plans for the nation's capital. Although the surrounding streets appear on the first maps drawn in 1791, the area was sparsely . . . — — Map (db m211192) HM
On Rhode Island Avenue Northwest (U.S. 29) at 10th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on Rhode Island Avenue Northwest.
The Almanac of 1792
Almanacs were among the most popular publications in 18th century America. Almanacs consisted of an ephemeris, a mathematical table predicting the position of celestial bodies during the course of a year, along with . . . — — Map (db m211187) HM
On Rhode Island Avenue Northwest (U.S. 29) at 10th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on Rhode Island Avenue Northwest.
Banneker's curiosity about the stars was piqued after peering through a telescope owned by George Ellicott. Ellicott encouraged Banneker's exploration of astronomy, lending him several books and instruments. Banneker successfully calculated a . . . — — Map (db m211189) HM
On Rhode Island Avenue Northwest (U.S. 29) at 10th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on Rhode Island Avenue Northwest.
The Evolution of a Neighborhood. The Shaw neighborhood was developed around streetcar lines during and after the Civil War. Businesses occupied the ground floors of row buildings along 7th, 9th and 11th Streets, with residences above and on . . . — — Map (db m211186) HM
On 7th Street Northwest north of P Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north.
The assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Thursday, April 4, 1968, changed this neighborhood forever.
When word of Dr. King’s murder spread that evening, Washingtonians gathered along busy 14th and U streets, NW; H . . . — — Map (db m130892) HM
On T Street Northwest east of 7th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east.
[East side]Moms Mabley (1918-1990)
Moms Mabley was a legendary personality in comedy and became a staple of what became known as the "chitlin' circuit" — a chain of performance venues that primarily booked . . . — — Map (db m130610) HM
On 7th Street Northwest south of T Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north.
[South side]Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915-1973)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe, known as the "Godmother of Rock and Roll", broke race and gender barriers with her genre-bending gospel music and guitar prowess. Initially . . . — — Map (db m152182) HM
On 5th Street Northwest just south of Q Street Northwest, on the left when traveling north.
Third Baptist Church
2008 Historic Landmark
Calvin Brent, Architect
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m245018) HM
On 11th Street Northwest at P Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north on 11th Street Northwest.
Ella Watson, the subject of photographer Gordon Parks's famous and pointed portrait "American Gothic, Washington, D.C.," rented rooms on this block at 1433 11th Street. Watson worked as a cleaning woman in the headquarters of the Farm . . . — — Map (db m130853) HM
On 9th Street Northwest at Q Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north on 9th Street Northwest.
Carter G. Woodson, The Father of Black History, worked and lived at 1538 Ninth Street from 1912 until 1950. The son of formerly enslaved people. Woodson received a Ph.D. from Harvard, and became an acclaimed scholar, educator, and advocate. . . . — — Map (db m130890) HM
