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Logan Circle Historic District
This approximately eight-block area is a unique, virtually...
Greater U Street Historic District
The Greater U Street Historic District is a Victorian-era ...
Greater 14th Street Historic District
The Greater 14th Street Historic District is significant f...
Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church
The history of the Metropolitan AME Church is very importa...
Mayflower Hotel
Built in 1925, the Mayflower Hotel, an architectural and s...
Charles Sumner School
The Charles Sumner School was constructed in 1872 and desi...
Embassy Gulf Service Station
The Embassy Gulf Service Station, designed in 1936 by Gulf...
St. Matthew's Cathedral
St. Matthew's Cathedral is one of the most impressive hous...
Heurich Mansion
The Christian Heurich Mansion (Heurich House Museum) commo...
Saint Michaels Cemetery tombstone symbols, Pensacola Fl
Numerous graves located within Saint Michaels Cemetery are...
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Logan Circle Historic District
This approximately eight-block area is a unique, virtually unchanged example of a prosperous, late-19th-century residential neighborhood constructed around a large open urban space. The focal point of the district is Logan Circle, an important element of the 1791-92 L'Enfant Plan ...
Greater U Street Historic District
The Greater U Street Historic District is a Victorian-era neighborhood, developed largely between 1862 and 1900. The area consists of a coherent group of row houses constructed overwhelmingly by speculative builders and real estate developers along streets established by the ...
Greater 14th Street Historic District
The Greater 14th Street Historic District is significant for its representation of residential and commercial development resulting from the establishment of the 14th Street streetcar line. Fourteenth Street has been a transportation corridor since its earliest days when it served ...
Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church
The history of the Metropolitan AME Church is very important in the development of the AME Church in the District of Columbia. The impetus for the organization of the church was dissatisfaction among the District of Columbia's black community with ...
Mayflower Hotel
Built in 1925, the Mayflower Hotel, an architectural and social landmark in the capital city, was the dream of Washington developer Allen E. Walker, a prominent businessman credited with developing Brookland and large areas of northwest Washington during the boom ...
Charles Sumner School
The Charles Sumner School was constructed in 1872 and designed by Washington architect Adolph Cluss. Named for US Senator Charles Sumner, a major figure in the fight for abolition of slavery and the establishment of equal rights for African Americans, ...
Embassy Gulf Service Station
The Embassy Gulf Service Station, designed in 1936 by Gulf Oil Corporation architect P.L.R. Hogner, was conceived and sited to complement its setting as part of an aesthetic directive by the Gulf Oil Corporation to construct a gas station with ...
St. Matthew's Cathedral
St. Matthew's Cathedral is one of the most impressive houses of worship in the United States. The red brick church, designed by C. Grant La Farge in 1893, has eclectic features inspired by Italian churches. The simplicity of the exterior ...
Heurich Mansion
The Christian Heurich Mansion (Heurich House Museum) commonly known as the Brewmaster's Castle, was built in 1892-1894 by German immigrant, Christian Heurich, as a private residence. Mr. Heurich was one of Washington's wealthiest citizens and known philanthropists. Born in 1842, ...
Saint Michaels Cemetery tombstone symbols, Pensacola Fl
Numerous graves located within Saint Michaels Cemetery are marked with numerous symbols, many of which relate to fraternal organizations. The Masonic order is one of the predominant and reoccurring symbols amongst a variety of stones. One such stone is that ...
