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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UD1_georgetown-and-the-chesapeake-ohio-canal-historical_Washington-DC.html
Left panel:Georgetown became a port city soon after its 1751 founding. Located on the Potomac River, it was the logical choice for the canal's terminus. Canal activity further spurred Georgetown's economic growth. By the late 1800s, it was a bustl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UCG_political-salons-of-georgetown-historical_Washington-DC.html
Throughout its history, Georgetown has been at the center of Washington's political and social life. As early as 1789, Washington and Jefferson met in a local tavern to plan the new capital. The Marquis de Lafayette, who fought with us in the Amer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UCD_the-last-home-of-stephen-bloomer-balch-d-d-historical_Washington-DC.html
This tablet marks the last home ofStephen Bloomer Balch, D.D. An officer in the Revolution1747-1833To the youth under his academic guidance he gave military training and led them in active service. For fifty years he was a leader in the religious,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UBY_margaret-peters-and-roumania-peters-walker-historical_Washington-DC.html
The families of the Peters Sisters, Friends of Rose Park, DC Department of Parks & Recreation, and the City of Washington, DC are proud to name the Rose Park Tennis Courts after the Peters Sisters who grew up in this neighborhood on O Street, NW. …
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3044 P Street, NWEmma V. Brown (1840-1902) was an accomplished poet and the first African American teacher to be employed by the DC Public Schools. Educated at Myrtilla Miner's school on N Street, NW, and at Oberlin College, native Washingtonian B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UBT_the-presbyterian-congregation-in-george-town-historical_Washington-DC.html
founded in 1780 and chartered by Congress in1806, has the longest unbroken ministry inWashington. This building was erected in 1821at what is now 30th and M, was moved to thissite in 1873 and altered to a Victorian style.In 1956, the building was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UBS_ambassador-david-k-e-bruce-historical_Washington-DC.html
1405 34th Streetc. 1810Foundation forthe Preservation ofHistoric GeorgetownEasement acquiredSeptember 1996
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UBD_the-colonial-historical_Washington-DC.html
Long a Georgetown landmark, this building was occupied from 1826 by Miss Lydia English's Georgetown Female Seminary, whose patrons and frequent visitors included Martin Van Buren, James Buchanan, Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, Andrew Johnson, General…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UBC_mt-zion-united-methodist-church-parsonage-historical_Washington-DC.html
Erected 1897Birthplace ofLeontine Turpeau C. KellyMarch 5, 1920First African-American Woman Bishopof theUnited Methodist Church, 1984
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UAR_m-street-a-road-well-traveled-historical_Washington-DC.html
M Street has always been heavily traveled. In 1795 this prompted passage of the first local speeding law, making it illegal to gallop horses on M Street. Back in 1634, things were quieter. Then, Englishman Henry Fleet wrote of finding "deer, buffa…