Banneker Recreation Center

ID: 2746 ~ Source: National Register of Historic Places, Nomination Form ~ Creator: Martha Bowers, Photographer ~ Date: August 2, 1984

This file appears in: Banneker Recreation Center: Banneker Recreation Center is significant for its role as a focal point in the development of DC's Black community.

This file appears in: Banneker Recreation Center: Banneker Recreation Center is significant for its role as a focal point in the development of DC's Black community.

Banneker Recreation Center: Banneker Recreation Center is significant for its role as a focal point in the development of DC's Black community.

By The DC Historic Sites team

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…