Banneker Rec Center DC

ID: 2745 ~ Source: Wiki Commons ~ Creator: Smallbones- Own Work ~ Date: 18 August 2011
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Banneker Rec Center DC
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Banneker Recreation Center on the NRHP since April 28, 1986. At 2500 Georgia Ave. NW, Washington, DC. Near Howard University, Columbia Heights neighborhood.

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Named for Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806), the Black surveyor who worked with Andrew Ellicott (1754-1820) in surveying DC, the Banneker Recreation Center was the premier Black recreation center in a period when DC municipal facilities were segregated.…