Phillip Fenwick Springhouse.jpg
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Fenwick Farm Springhouse on Lowell Elementary School Campus, courtesy of the DC Historic Preservation Office. Included in their report, “Rural Remnants of Washington County: An Architectural Survey of Washington’s Historic Farms and Estates.” September 2013. https://planning.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/op/publication/attachments/Farm%20Estates_0.pdf.
This file appears in: Philip Fenwick Plantation Site: Capital City Slavery Tour
Philip Fenwick Plantation Site: Capital City Slavery Tour
In 1855, Philip Fenwick is listed in assessment records as the owner of 145 acres in Northwest Washington and seven unidentified enslaved persons.[1] Maps indicate a variety of buildings on the former plantation site that may include the springhouse…