Character of Property Included in Rock Creek Park

ID: 5920 ~ Source: Inashima 1985 ~ Date: 1985
This file appears in: African American Rural Home Sites in Washington DC, 1865-1900
Character of Property Included in Rock Creek Park

National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form

This file appears in: African American Rural Home Sites in Washington DC, 1865-1900

Three sites located in Rock Creek Park mark a historic settlement of African Americans following the Civil War. Washington, DC, was established as a slave-holding district in 1790. Prior to its establishment and the urban design of Pierre L’Enfant,…