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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TCV_this-section-of-15th-st-historical_Washington-DC.html
This section of 15th St. and the east-west blocks meeting it were developed mainly from 1874 to 1887 by a group of speculative investors. The house at the corner of 15th and Q Sts. was built earlier, in 1864.St. Augustine's, Washington's first bla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TCQ_louise-burrell-miller-residence-historical_Washington-DC.html
1204 T Street, NWLouise Burrell Miller led a group that successfully sued the DC Board of Education in 1952 to have deaf African American children educated within the District. Until Miller v. the Board of Education, the children, including Miller…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TCP_john-wesley-cromwell-residence-historical_Washington-DC.html
1439 Swann Street, NWLawyer, scholar, and publisher John Wesley Cromwell (1846-1927) lived here from 1894 until his death. Born enslaved in Portsmouth, Virginia, Cromwell moved to Washington in 1871 to study law at Howard University. He published …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RC6_connecticut-ave-from-lafayette-square-to-ashmead-place_Washington-DC.html
was just a well-worn trail for many years, after L'Enfant made it a prominent diagonal in his 1792 plan. The route was known as "the road to Holmead's" because of the family-owned cemetery at this very location.The mansion behind you at 1701 20th …
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(above) stands the Dove House (1898). The private home has been converted into a 12-unit condominium, including a single unit with a loft in the former high-ceilinged ballroom.The Art Deco Carlyle Suites at 1731 New Hampshire Ave., built as the St…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RBG_rooms-with-a-view_Washington-DC.html
This hill, with its sweeping views of Washington and the Potomac, has tantalized visionaries since the 1800s. But few of their plans have been built.In 1873 businessman and city commissioner Thomas P. Morgan (whose name survives as part of Adams-M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RBB_historic-kappa-house_Washington-DC.html
Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity was founded at Indiana University in 1911. The ten founders determined from the start that membership would be based solely on achievement. In 1949 the fraternity's Washington Alumni Chapter worked with undergraduate cha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R6Q_president-reagan-assassination-attempt_Washington-DC.html
On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan marked the100th visit to Washington Hilton by a sitting U.S. President.Reagan had been invited to speak in the International Ballroomat a meeting of the North America's Building Trades Unions.Upon exiting…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M13_drum-and-spear-bookstore-site_Washington-DC.html
The Drum and Spear Bookstore, founded in 1968 by Charlie Cobb, a former secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, specialized in books written by black authors, and books on Asian, African, and African American subjects. Growing…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KA1_polish-u-s-diplomatic-relations_Washington-DC.html
When Poland declared its independence in 1918 after 123 years or foreign partition, the first prime minister of independent Poland — Ignacy Jan Paderewski — sent Prince Kazimierz Lubomirski to Washington as the country's first diplomat…