List of African-American historic places in Washington, D.C.
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List of African-American historic places in the District of Columbia
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This list of African American Historic Places in Washington, D.C., is based on a book by the
National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers.[1]
| Northwest - Northeast - Southeast - Southwest |
Some of these sites are on the
National Historic Landmarks (NRL). Others have Washington, D.C.
, historical markers (HM). The citation on historical markers is given in the reference. The location listed is the nearest community to the site. More precise locations are given in the reference.
Northwest
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The Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church (founded in 1838; known as "the National Cathedral of African Methodism") located at 1518 M Street, NW in Downtown Washington, D.C.
- Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel, Frederick Douglass Memorial Hall, Founders Library
- Asbury United Methodist Church
- Banneker Recreation Center
- Brightwood
- Carter G. Woodson House
- Charles Sumner School
- Charlotte Forten Grimké House
- Columbia Heights
- Francis L. Cardozo Senior High School
- Downtown
- Dupont Circle
- Foggy Bottom
- Freedman's Hospital
- Georgetown
- Howard Theatre
- Howard University
- Howard University Hospital
- LeDroit Park
- LeDroit Park Historic District
- Mary Church Terrell House
- Lincoln Theatre
- Margaret Murray Washington School
- Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
- Miner Normal School
- Mount Vernon Square/Convention Center
- Shaw
- Blagden Alley-Naylor Court Historic District
- Frelinghuysen University, Former Classroom Building
- Lincoln Temple United Church of Christ
- Mary Ann Shadd Cary House
- Prince Hall Masonic Temple
- St. Luke's Episcopal Church
- Shaw Junior High School
- Southern Aid Society-Dunbar Theater Building
- True Reformer Building
- Twelfth Street YMCA Building
- Truxton Circle
- U Street Corridor
- Whitelaw Hotel
Northeast
- Brentwood
- Brookland
- Sterling Brown House
- Carver Langstron
- Fletcher Chapel
- Langston Golf Course Historic District
- Kingman Park Historic District
- Mayfair
- Nannie Helen Burroughs School
- Young, Browne, Phelps and Spingarn Educational Campus Historic District
Southeast
Southwest
Other locations
- Camp Greene on Theodore Roosevelt Island
- Evans-Tibbs House
- Gen. Oliver Otis Howard House
- M Street High School
- Phillis Wheatley YMCA
- True Reformer Building
See also
- List of artworks commemorating African Americans in Washington, D.C.
- History of Washington, D.C.
- Timeline of Washington, D.C.
References
- ^ African American Historic Places, National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places