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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEEA_words-and-deeds_Washington-DC.html
Wealthy industrialist Andrew Carnegie donated funds to build the Beaux Arts-style building you see across the street to your left, the city's first public library. The Central Library opened in 1903 with 12,412 books by its predecessor, the priva…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEDM_immaculate-conception-catholic-church_Washington-DC.html
...has been placed on theNational Register of Historic Placesby the United States Department of the Interior September 17, 2003Cornerstone - November 13, 1870Construction - 1870-1874Dedication - February 14, 1875Completion - 1908to replace the ear…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEAW_the-fires-of-1968_Washington-DC.html
The assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Thursday, April 4, 1968, changed this neighborhood forever.
When word of Dr. King's murder spread that evening, Washingtonians gathered along busy 14th and U streets, NW; H Street, NE…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCC1_central-public-library_Washington-DC.html
This majestic building was opened in 1903 as the Central Public Library, popularly known as the Carnegie Library because Andrew Carnegie donated funds to build it. From the start Central was open to all. Mary Church Terrell and historian John Crom…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC3O_discover-dc-judiciary-square_Washington-DC.html
Welcome to downtown Washington DC—an area rich in history, culture and places to see.You will enjoy visiting the following sites located in the vicinity of this sign.
The Courts on Judiciary Square.Judiciary Square is one of the original …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMATL_mary-surratts-boarding-house_Washington-DC.html
"The nest in which the egg was hatched."President Andrew Johnson, April 1865.The building at 604 H Street, today Golo's Chinese Restaurant, is intimately connected with the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater, just five bl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMADR_st-patricks-parish_Washington-DC.html
First church to be erected in the "Federal City" outside the limits of "George Towne." First pastor, Rev. Anthony Caffrey, brought from Dublin at suggestion of James Hoban, architect of the "Presidential Palace." March 17, 1953.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9ND_civil-war-camp-to-victorian-neighborhood_Washington-DC.html
The Shaw neighborhood and the Greater U Street Historic District are rich in African American and Civil War history. They are the ideal place for the African American Civil War Memorial now located on this Metro plaza. The neighborhood was named f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM73U_metropolitan-wesley-a-m-e-zion-church_Washington-DC.html
Organized 1832. 2nd Church Built 1833.Admitted to Philadelphia-Baltimore Conference, 1837.3rd Church Built 1888.Relocated present site, 1956.
Bishop Raymond Luthe Jones, Presiding Bishop, 4th Episcopal District.Dr. William B. Baker, Presiding E…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5TV_friendship-archway_Washington-DC.html
This friendship archway was erected by the District of Columbia and the Municipality of Beijing, 1986.
Marion Barry, Jr.Mayor of Washington, D.C.
Chen XitongMayor, Beijing Municipal Government