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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Washington Chapel): The church's distinct architecture was influenced by the Salt Lake Temple.
The Washington Chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, also known as the Mormons, was constructed in emulation of the church’s temple in Salt Lake City, Utah, but retains its own…
Church of the Ascension and Saint Agnes: The Church of the Ascension and Saint Agnes was built between 1874 and 1875 and has since served as a significant architectural presence on Massachusetts Avenue.
The Church of the Ascension and Saint Agnes is an excellent and well-preserved example of the High Victorian Gothic design, and is the work of noted Baltimore architects Dixon &…
Church of the Epiphany: Many notable historic figures were congregants of the church, including President Buchanan.
Built in 1844, the Church of the Epiphany is an unpretentious Gothic Revival style structure designed by John W. Harkness. Following the founding of the parish in 1842, the congregation consecrated…
Circulating Library: The Circulating Library was established at Saint Elizabeths in 1883 and was a significant part of the daily lives and treatment of patients.
The circulating library played an important role in the daily lives and treatment of Saint Elizabeths’ patients. By 1913, the library’s collection included around six thousand books. Almost ten years…
City Post Office: Built between 1911 and 1914, the Washington City Post Office exemplifies Beaux Arts architecture.
The grand, Beaux Arts-style Washington City Post Office, built between 1911 and 1914, is notable both for its individual design as a monumental public service building and for its important…
City Tavern: Constructed between 1795-1796, City Tavern is a rare surviving example of a federal period tavern.
From 1796 through the mid-nineteenth century, the City Tavern provided a focus for community activity in Georgetown as a site of community meetings, business functions, and transportation. The…
Civil Rights Site: Civic Activism - Hecht's Department Store: 575 7th Street NW
Ask older Black Washingtonians about Hecht's and they may recount that their mothers weren’t allowed to try on clothes, or that only white customers could dine at the store's basement lunch counter.
Civil Rights Site: Civic and Social Life - The Clubhouse: 1296 Upshur Street NW As AIDS became an epidemic in the early 1980s, the ClubHouse became a center for activism by LGBTQ racial minorities.
The ClubHouse (also known as the Clubhouse and the Club House), constructed in phases between 1930 and 1945, served as an automobile garage and showroom before becoming DC’s top African American dance…
Civil Rights Tour: Civic Activism - All Souls Unitarian: 1500 Harvard Street NW
All Souls Church—one of the few places in the city where mixed-race groups could meet—would emerge during the 1940s and 50s as an important center of the Civil Rights Movement in DC.
Civil Rights Tour: Civic Activism - David A. Clarke, Legislating for Social Justice: 3320 17th Street NW
"…the injustice the civil rights movement was fighting against was the same injustice that was denying my city and me home rule."(David Clarke, Washington Post, Aug. 31, 1990)