Thompson’s Restaurant was located in the centermost of the three buildings seen here

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Thompson’s Restaurant was located in the centermost of the three buildings seen here

It has since been razed. Historical Society of Washington, D.C.

This file appears in: Women in History DowntownDC Callbox Tour: Mary Church Terrell

Born into wealth in Memphis—her father, Robert Church, was the South’s first black millionaire—Mary Church had earned two degrees from Oberlin by 1888. She moved to Washington to teach at the M Street High School, founded after the Civil War as the…