List of African-American historic places in Washington, D.C.
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This list of African American Historic Places in Washington, D.C., is based on a book by the National Park Service, The Preservation Press, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers.
Some of these sites are on the National Register of Historic Places (NR) as independent sites or as part of larger historic district. Several of the sites are National Historic Landmarks (NRL). Others have Washington, D.C., historical markers (HM). The citation on historical markers is given in the reference. The location listed is the nearest community to the site. More precise locations are given in the reference.
Northwest
Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel, Frederick Douglass Memorial Hall, Founders Library
Asbury United Methodist Church
Banneker Recreation Center
Brightwood
Military Road School
Carter G. Woodson House
Charles Sumner School
Charlotte Forten Grimké House
Columbia Heights
Francis L. Cardozo Senior High School
Downtown
Freedman's Bank Building
Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church
Dupont Circle
Strivers' Section Historic District
Foggy Bottom
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
Georgetown
Mount Zion Cemetery
Mount Zion United Methodist Church
Howard Theatre
Howard University
Howard University Hospital
LeDroit Park
Historic District
Mary Church Terrell House
Lincoln Theatre
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
Miner Normal School
Mount Vernon Square/Convention Center
Blanche K. Bruce House
Shaw
Blagden Alley-Naylor Court Historic District
Frelinghuysen University, Former Classroom Building
Lincoln Temple United Church of Christ
Mary Ann Shadd Cary House
Prince Hall Masonic Temple
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Shaw Junior High School
Southern Aid Society-Dunbar Theater Building
True Reformer Building
Twelfth Street YMCA Building
Truxton Circle
John Fox Slater Elementary School
John Mercer Langston School
Margaret Murray Washington School
U Street Corridor
Whitelaw Hotel
Northeast
Brentwood
Ralph Bunche House
Brookland
Sterling Brown House
Carver Langstron
Langston Terrace Dwellings
Fletcher Chapel
Langston Golf Course Historic District
Kingman Park Historic District
Mayfair
Mayfair Mansions Apartments
Nannie Helen Burroughs School
Young, Browne, Phelps and Spingarn Educational Campus Historic District
Southeast
Anacostia
Anacostia Historic District
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
John Philip Sousa Junior High School
Navy Yard
Saint Paul African Union Methodist Church
Southwest
Friendship Baptist Church
Lincoln Memorial
William Syphax School
Other locations
Camp Greene on Theodore Roosevelt Island
Evans-Tibbs House
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