Charlotte Forten Grimké House
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| Location | 1608 R St., NW., Washington, D.C. |
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| Coordinates | 38°54′45″N 77°2′13″W / 38.91250°N 77.03694°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| NRHP reference No. | 76002129[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 11, 1976 |
The Charlotte Forten Grimké House is a historic house at 1608 R Street NW in the
freedmen and their children.[2] The house was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976.[3][4]
Description and history
The Charlotte Forten Grimké House is located northeast of Dupont Circle, on the south side of R Street, roughly midway between 16th and 17th Streets. It is a two-story masonry
soldier brick headers. The building's construction date is not known. It was home to Charlotte Forten Grimké and her husband, Rev. Francis Grimké, from 1881 to 1885.[5]
Charlotte Forten was born to wealthy African Americans in
Liberator, the leading anti-slavery publication of the day. During the American Civil War she was chosen to teach former slaves in the South, on the Sea Islands of South Carolina as part of the "Port Royal Experiment". Following the Civil War, she was known as a supporter of women's rights, including suffrage; and as a teacher and writer. In 1894 she was co-founder of the Colored Women's League. She published poetry expressing her activism before the war.[5]
Her journals, reprinted in the 1980s, are significant as works by a free black woman in the antebellum North.
In 1878 Forten married
Francis Grimké, nephew to the activist Grimké sisters. The couple resided at this house from 1881 to 1885, when Francis was pastor at the 15th Street Presbyterian Church.[5]
See also
- List of National Historic Landmarks in the District of Columbia
- National Register of Historic Places listings in the upper NW Quadrant of Washington, D.C.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Grimke, Charlotte Forten, House". National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2008-05-03.
- ^ "Women in the Abolition Movement: Historic Sites in Washington, D.C." National Women's History Museum. Archived from the original on 2007-10-10. Retrieved 2008-05-03.
- Public Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 2008-05-03.
- ^ a b c "NHL nomination for Charlotte Forten Grimke House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
External links
Media related to Charlotte Forten Grimké House at Wikimedia Commons
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