18th Street NW
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Commissioned | 1791 |
18th Street Northwest is a prominent north–south
Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C.
History
The "18th Street" roadway was part of the 1791 L'Enfant Plan for Washington by Pierre Charles L'Enfant.
In the present day 18th Street also travels through
Mount Pleasant neighborhoods. It is also one of the main streets in the Adams Morgan neighborhood; the other is Columbia Road
.
It passes through the
last call.[2]
Notable residents
- Margaret Cameron, daughter of Soviet Lifemagazine).
- U.S. Representative, who also lived at 1706 18th Street.
- Albert Lasker, advertising executive, and Mary Woodward Lasker, the health activist and philanthropist, also lived at 1706 18th Street.
- David Aiken Reed, a United States Senator from Pennsylvania who also lived at 1706 18th Street.
- William J. French, a physician who lived at 1742 18th Street, N.W.
- Kristen Grimm Wolf, former executive vice president of Fenton Communications and founder of Spitfire Strategies who lived at 1742 18th Street, N.W.
- Brigadier General Joseph Green Tilford, who lived at 1743 18th Street, N.W., a home designed by architect Thomas Franklin Schneider
- General Isaac Khan Mofakhamed Douley, followed by his cousin Mirza Ali Kuli Khan, who also lived at 1743 18th Street, N.W.
- Brigadier General Louis Collardet, a French military attaché who also lived at 1743 18th Street, N.W.
- folkloristwho also lived at 1743 18th Street, N.W.
- Francis C. Dart, an attorney who also lived at 1743 18th Street, N.W.
- The Black Panther Party had its national headquarter in 2327 18th Street, N. W. in 1971.[3]
See also
References
- ^ Google (March 3, 2019). "18th Street NW" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
- ^ Marshall, Ryan (March 1, 2006). "Welcome to D.C.'s 18th Street". American Observer. Archived from the original on September 1, 2006. Retrieved January 1, 2007.
- ^ Huey P. Newton Papers, Green Library, Stanford, M 864, Series 2, box 1, folder 22
External links
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