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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMK8_evermay_Washington-DC.html
Samuel Davidson, a Scot of original character, purchased the site and built Evermay, 1792-1794, with proceeds of the sale of lands he owned which include part of the present site of the White House and Lafayette Square. Davidson was buried in a co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMJT_first-baptist-church-georgetown_Washington-DC.html
The first Baptist church established in Georgetown was funded in 1862 by the Reverend Sandy Alexander (1818-1902), a former slave who led the church until 1889. Among the founding members was Collins Williams, a preacher from Fredericksburg, Virgi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMJA_campbell-african-methodist-episcopal-church_Washington-DC.html
Campbell AME, established in 1867 as Mount Zion AME, was an outgrowth of its overcrowded parent church, Allen Chapel AME, founded in 1850. When it moved to a location near the present one in 1890, Mount Zion was renamed for AME Bishop Jabez B. Cam…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMIZ_most-worshipful-prince-hall-grand-lodge-of-the-district-of-columbia_Washington-DC.html
The first African Masonic order south of the Mason-Dixon line was founded in the District of Columbia in 1825. Social Lodge No. 7, as it was known, combined with two other lodges in 1848 to form the Union Grand Lodge. Later, the name was changed t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMIY_lincoln-theatre-and-lincoln-colonnade_Washington-DC.html
The Lincoln Theatre , built by white theater magnate Harry Crandall, opened in 1922 under African American management as U Street's most elegant first-run movie house. With 1,600 seats, it also was one of the biggest. In addition to films, the Lin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMIX_saint-augustine-roman-catholic-church_Washington-DC.html
Saint Augustine Roman Catholic Church began in 1858 when African American congregants of the Saint Matthews Church departed to organize their own day school. The group raised funds—even held an event on the White House lawn—and eventua…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMIV_barry-farm-hillsdale_Washington-DC.html
In 1867 the U.S. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (Freedmen's Bureau) purchased 375 acres from white farmers David and Julia Barry to resettle formerly enslaved African Americans. By 1870 more than 500 families had purchased lots …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM0G_general-comte-jean-de-rochambeau-memorial_Washington-DC.html
[front, south face:]Rochambeau[back, north face:]"We have been contemporaries and fellow labourers in the cause of liberty, and we have lived together as brothers should do, in harmonious friendship,"
Washington to RochambeauFebruary 1, 1784
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLZG_mount-zion-united-methodist-church-and-heritage-center-and-the-female-union-band-cemetery_Washington-DC.html
Mount Zion United Methodist Church is Washington's oldest Black congregation. It was established in 1816 by Shadrack Nugent and 125 other congregants who split from nearby Montgomery Street Methodist Church (now Dumbarton United Methodist) over it…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLZC_new-york-avenue-presbyterian-church-at-herald-square_Washington-DC.html
"The churches are needed as never before for divine services," President Abraham Lincoln
So said President Lincoln from his pew in New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. While other churches were occupied by the federal government for offices an…