African American Heritage Trail, Washington, DC
— 1901-1903 Seventh Street, NW —
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 the second floor, and apartments the third. The building's architect, Isaiah T. Hatton, graduated from M Street High School in 1905, then studied steam engineering and worked as a draftsman in the office of architect William Sidney Pittman. Hatton also designed the Whitelaw Hotel (1839 13th Street, NW), the Industrial Savings Bank (12th and U streets), the Murray Palace Casino (918 U Street), and a number of churches and private residences.| HM Number | HM1LEB |
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| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Monday, June 29th, 2015 at 10:05am PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18S E 324709 N 4309372 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 38.91576667, -77.02185000 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 38° 54.946', W 77° 1.311' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 38° 54' 56.76" N, 77° 1' 18.66" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 202, 703 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 1901 7th St NW, Washington DC 20001, US |
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