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Seafarers Yacht Club: This 1945 yacht club is the oldest operational Black boating club in the United States.
Established in 1945 by mariner Lewis Thomas Green, the Seafarers Yacht Club became one of the first community spaces for black boaters in Washington, DC. Green began building his own boats around the…
Senator Theater (Entrance Pavilion): The entrance pavilion is the only remaining piece of this cherished neighborhood theater.
Designed by architect John J. Zink, K-B Theatres opened the Senator Theater on February 19, 1942 with 946 available seats. The first film shown in the communal space was Alfred Hitchcock’s Suspicion.…
Sewall-Belmont House National Historic Site: This National Historic Site and National Monument served as the headquarters for the National Woman's Party for nearly 90 years.
The Sewall–Belmont House National Historic Site served as the headquarters for the National Woman's Party (NWP) for nearly 90 years, starting in 1929. Originally founded by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns…
Shrine of the Sacred Heart (including Interior): This parish has been described as “one of the most culturally diverse congregations in the Archdiocese of Washington.”
Shrine of the Sacred Heart, located just off 16th Street NW at Park Road, is a monumental religious space with a century of significant social history.The church was dedicated in December 1922 after…
Smothers Elementary School: This school, named for Henry Smothers, has welcomed students since the 1920s.
As DC’s urban landscape grew to accommodate its growing population, so did its young population of school-aged children. While schoolhouses existed throughout the city for these children, they were…
Social Security Administration (Wilbur J. Cohen) Building: The Wilbur J. Cohen Building was one of the last federal buildings constructed under the extensive construction program of the 1920s and 1930s.
The Wilbur J. Cohen Building, formerly the Social Security Administration Building, is a monumental presence amongst significant public buildings on the National Mall. The building is part of the…
Sofia Reyes de Veyra Residence: This house holds historic significance as the only extant property in Washington associated with Sofia Reyes de Veyra, a well-known Filipina suffragist.
The Sofia Reyes de Veyra Residence was constructed in 1909 and was occupied by Sofia and her husband Jaime Carlos de Veyra from 1917 to 1919. The house was built in a Colonial Revival style with…
Sports and Recreation Tour: Suburban Gardens Amusement Park (1921-1932): At its peak, the park hosted over 20 concessionaires and featured a Miller & Baker roller coaster, a scenic railway, a Ferris wheel, a children’s playground, a dance pavilion, and picnic areas.
Suburban Gardens Amusement Park opened in Northeast Washington, DC, on June 25, 1921. This park was created specifically for Black residents and exclusively employed Black workers at a time of racial…
St. Joseph's Seminary: The Josephites established this Georgian Revival style seminary building in "Little Rome" in 1930.
St. Joseph's Society of the Sacred Heart was one of many Roman Catholic institutions and organizations that established their presence in the Brookland area in the late-19th century and into the 20th…
State, War and Navy Building (Old Executive Office Building; Eisenhower Building): This administrative building is distinguished by its purple-grey Virginia granite walls and slate mansard roofs.
The State, War and Navy Building was built just west of the White House, between 1871 and 1888, to designs by architect Alfred B. Mullett. Like the Greek Revival style Treasury Department Building to…