The Guide to Black Washington

by Fitzpatrick, Sandra

• ISBN13: 9780781808712
• ISBN10: 0781808715
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-06-01
• Publisher: Hippocrene Books

Summary

Now available with black and white photo section! This revised and updated edition of the popular guide includes new maps, entries and places of interest, with details about over 150 sites and institutions that have shaped black history and traditions, both in the nation's capital and throughout the country.

Table of Contents

Foreword	13	(2)
Introduction	15	(8)
Downtown Washington	23	(20)
Site of Thompson's Restaurant	25	(2)
Freedom Plaza	27	(1)
National Theater	27	(1)
District Building	28	(1)
First Congregational Church	29	(1)
Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Library	30	(1)
Site of the Washington Bee Offices	31	(1)
Asbury United Methodist Church	31	(1)
Dr. Alexander T. Augusta Residence	32	(1)
The National Archives	33	(1)
Site of the Capital Savings Bank	33	(1)
Site of Morton's Department Store	34	(1)
Site of the Snow Riot	35	(1)
Site of the Washington Jail	36	(1)
Site of the American Colonization Society Hall	36	(1)
The Smithsonian Institution	37	(1)
Memorial to Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts 54th Regiment	38	(2)
Site of the St. Charles Hotel	40	(1)
A. Philip Randolph Memorial Bust	40	(2)
Philip Reed and the Statue of Freedom	42	(1)
Southwest	43	(4)
Benjamin Banneker Circle and Fountain	45	(1)
Site of Anthony Bowen Residence	45	(1)
Site of William's Private Jail	46	(1)
Robey's Tavern and Slave Pen	46	(1)
Anacostia and Southeast	47	(6)
Martin Luther King, Jr., Avenue	49	(1)
Barry's Farm	49	(1)
Cedar Hill, Frederick Douglass Residence	50	(1)
The Anacostia Museum	51	(1)
Woodlawn Cemetery	51	(1)
Langston Golf Course	52	(1)
Capitol Hill	53	(10)
Site of Duff Green's Row	53	(2)
Frederick Douglass Home	55	(1)
Ebenezer United Methodist Church	56	(1)
Site of George Bell's School	57	(1)
Navy Place Alley	57	(2)
Hopkins Place	59	(1)
Lincoln Park	60	(1)
Emancipation Memorial	60	(1)
Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial	61	(2)
Northeast and Brookland	63	(8)
Northeast	63	(1)
The National Training School for Women and Girls	63	(2)
Mayfair Mansions	65	(1)
Spingarn High School	65	(1)
Langston Terrace Dwellings	66	(2)
Brookland	68	(1)
Rayford Logan Residence	68	(1)
Ralph Bunche Residence	69	(1)
Robert Weaver Residence	70	(1)
Sterling Brown Residence	70	(1)
North Capitol Street	71	(8)
Al Walker Bootblacking Stands and Messenger Service	71	(1)
Bible Way Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ World Wide	71	(2)
M Street High School	73	(1)
Site of Dunbar High School	74	(1)
Armstrong Technical High School	75	(1)
Site of Barnett-Aden Gallery	76	(3)
Florida Avenue and LeDroit Park	79	(22)
Florida Avenue	79	(1)
Emmett J. Scott Residence	79	(2)
Harrison's Cafe	81	(1)
Dr. John Washington Residence	82	(1)
Dr. Ionia R. Whipper Residence	82	(4)
LeDroit Park	84	(2)
Site of David McClelland Residence	86	(1)
Anna J. Cooper Residence	86	(1)
Anna J. Cooper Memorial Circle	87	(1)
Robert and Mary Church Terrell Residence	88	(2)
Fountain Peyton Residence	90	(1)
Walter E. Washington Residence	90	(1)
Dr. Ernest E. Just Residence	91	(1)
Major James E. Walker Residence	92	(1)
Montgomery Apartments	93	(1)
The Honorable Oscar DePriest Residence	93	(1)
John H. Smyth Residence	94	(1)
Dr. Garnet C. Wilkinson Residence	94	(1)
Octavius Augustus Williams Residence	95	(1)
Site of Alice Moore and Paul Laurence Dunbar Residence	95	(1)
John and Julia West Hamilton Residence	96	(1)
Site of Christian Fleetwood Residence	97	(1)
Lucy Diggs Slowe Hall	98	(1)
Senator Edward Brooke Residence	98	(3)
Howard University and Georgia Avenue	101	(16)
Howard University Campus	101	(1)
Founders' Library	101	(2)
Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel	103	(1)
Ira Aldridge Theater	103	(1)
Cramton Auditorium	104	(1)
Howard Hall	104	(1)
Charles Drew Building	105	(1)
Miner Teachers College Building	105	(1)
Site of Andrew Hilyer Residence	106	(1)
Site of John Mercer Langston Residence	107	(1)
Freedmen's Hospital	108	(1)
Site of Will Marion Cook Residence	109	(1)
Georgia Avenue	110	(1)
The Merriweather Home for Children	110	(1)
Benjamin Banneker High School	111	(1)
La Savage Beauty Clinic	111	(1)
Temple of Freedom Under God, Church of God	112	(2)
Site of Griffth Stadium	114	(3)
Shaw East: A Walking Tour	117	(22)
7th Street, NW	119	(2)
The ``Red Summer'' of 1919 Riots	121	(1)
Howard Theater	122	(2)
Site of Waxie Maxie's	124	(1)
S.H. Dudley	125	(1)
Southern Aid Society---Dunbar Theater Building	126	(1)
Asbury Dwellings	126	(1)
7th Street between Rhode Island Avenue and M Streets, NW	127	(1)
First Rising Mount Zion Baptist Church	128	(1)
United House of Prayer for All People	128	(1)
Blanche Kelso Bruce Residence	129	(1)
Joseph's Club	130	(1)
Shiloh Baptist Church	131	(1)
Phillis Wheatley YWCA	131	(1)
Edward Elder Cooper Residence	132	(1)
Lincoln Temple United Church of Christ	133	(1)
Daniel Murray Residence	133	(1)
New Bethel Baptist Church	134	(1)
The Evans-Tibbs Residence	134	(2)
Grimke Elementary School	136	(1)
Black Fashion Museum	137	(2)
Shaw West: A Walking Tour	139	(22)
14th and U Streets, NW	139	(3)
T Street Post Office	142	(1)
Whitelaw Hotel	142	(1)
Edward ``Duke'' Ellington Residence	143	(1)
Anthony Bowen YMCA	144	(2)
Thurgood Marshall Center for Service and Heritage	146	(1)
MuSoLit Club	146	(1)
John Wesley African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	147	(1)
Site of Camp Barker	148	(1)
Smith-Mason Gallery	148	(1)
Logan Circle	149	(1)
11 Logan Circle	150	(1)
8 Logan Circle	150	(1)
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site	151	(1)
The Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History	152	(1)
St. Luke's Episcopal Church	153	(1)
Alma W. Thomas Residence	154	(1)
Patterson Residence	155	(1)
Site of the Syphax Family Residence	155	(1)
1400 Block of Corcoran Street, NW	155	(1)
15th Street Presbyterian Church	156	(1)
Georgia Douglas Johnson Residence	157	(2)
1400 Block of Swann Street, NW	159	(1)
Francis L. Cardozo Residence	159	(2)
U Street and Strivers' Section: A Walking Tour	161	(20)
U Street, NW	161	(2)
Site of Scurlock Photography Studio	163	(1)
Murray Brothers Printing Co.	163	(1)
Future Site of the African American Civil War Memorial	164	(1)
Prince Hall Masonic Temple	165	(1)
Site of Bennett's Barber Shop	165	(1)
Site of Valentine's Western Union	166	(1)
Bohemian Caverns	166	(1)
The Industrial Bank of Washington	167	(1)
True Reformers Hall	168	(2)
Ben's Chili Bowl	170	(1)
Lincoln Theater	171	(1)
Duke Ellington Mural	172	(1)
New Negro Alliance	172	(1)
Terrell Law School	173	(1)
Walker Memorial Baptist Church	174	(1)
Site of Mary Ann Shadd Cary Residence	174	(1)
Frank D. Reeves Center for Municipal Affairs	175	(1)
Site of Artist Sam Gilliam's Studio	175	(1)
Site of Dunbar Hotel	175	(1)
St. Augustine's Catholic Church	176	(2)
Strivers' Section	177	(1)
Corrigan-Curtis Residence	178	(1)
Charlotte Forten Residence	179	(1)
Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. Residence	179	(2)
16th Street, NW	181	(8)
Site of Foraker Residence	181	(2)
Malcolm X Park (Meridian Hill)	183	(1)
Upper 16th Street: The Gold Coast	183	(1)
19th Street Baptist Church	184	(1)
Carter Barron Amphitheater	185	(1)
Shepherd Park	186	(1)
North Portal Estates	186	(3)
Midtown and Lafayette Square	189	(10)
Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church	189	(2)
Site of the Bethel Literary and Historical Association	191	(1)
Sumner School Museum and Archives	192	(1)
Site of Wormley Hotel	193	(1)
Site of Freedmen's Savings Bank	194	(2)
Site of Belasco Theater	196	(1)
Decatur House	196	(1)
Stevens Elementary School	197	(1)
Site of Dr. John R. Francis Sanatorium	197	(2)
Georgetown	199	(10)
The First Baptist Church of Georgetown	199	(2)
Jerusalem Baptist Church	201	(1)
Mount Zion United Methodist Church	201	(1)
Mount Zion Cemetery	202	(1)
Emma V. Brown Residence	202	(1)
Dr. John H. Fleet Residence	203	(1)
Site of Alfred and William H. Lee Business	203	(1)
Whitehurst Freeway	204	(1)
The Billings School	204	(1)
Site of Yarrow Mamout Residence	205	(1)
Slave Quarters Site	205	(1)
Holy Trinity Church and Parish	205	(1)
Epiphany Catholic Church	206	(1)
Father Patrick Francis Healy, SJ., and Georgetown University	206	(1)
Duke Ellington School of the Arts	207	(2)
Foggy Bottom and the Mall	209	(8)
Foggy Bottom Neighborhood	209	(1)
St. Mary's Episcopal Church	209	(2)
Snow's Court	211	(1)
Negro Mother and Child Sculpture	212	(1)
Future Site of the Black Patriots Memorial	212	(1)
Site of Resurrection City	213	(1)
The Lincoln Memorial	214	(3)
Selected Bibliography	217	(10)
Index	227