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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 Tour: Political Empowerment - Wilhelmina and Calvin Rolark, Crusaders for Justice: 524 Foxhall Place SE
Attorney and politician Wilhelmina Jackson Rolark (1916–2006) and publisher and executive Calvin Rolark (1927–1994) were activists and outspoken advocates for DC. Their legacy is carried on by the…
Civil Rights Tour: Civic Activism: Murray Brothers and the Black Press: 918-922 U Street NW
Murray Brothers Printing Company opened in 1907, at the height of an era when Black businesses proliferated in DC. In 1920, the Murrays built this building at 918-922 U Street, moving their business…
Civil Rights Tour: Political Empowerment - Howard Croft, Social Justice Crusader: 1515 U Street SE
Howard Croft (1941-2020) is remembered as a fierce crusader for social justice and DC Statehood.
Civil Rights Tour: Education - Gardner Bishop, Barber and Activist: 1900 15th Street NW
For 40 years, the three-story building at 1900 15th Street NW housed B & D Barber Shop on the ground floor. The business was owned by Gardner LaClede Bishop (1909–1992), a leader in the mid-20th…
Civil Rights Tour: Protests - Childs Restaurant Sit-Ins: 2 Massachusetts Avenue NW
The distinctive stone building at the apex of Massachusetts Avenue and North Capitol Street was designed and built as a Childs Restaurant in 1925 to attract visitors—white visitors, that is—as they…
Perna Brothers Chesapeake Street Houses: The Perna Brothers Chesapeake Street Houses demonstrate the physical and economic development of Tenleytown, from the earlier rural and suburban houses to the later multi-family residential homes.
Built for Tenleytown’s blue-collar residents, these double houses on Chesapeake Street stand out among the nearby single-family contemporaries. Of the four houses, two were converted into multiple…
Lafayette Elementary School: Lafayette Elementary School became a visual landmark of the Chevy Chase neighborhood, as well as a community center, from 1931 onwards.
Built in 1931, Lafayette Elementary School accommodated the rapid growth of the suburban community, Chevy Chase. One of several schools of the 1925 five-year plan, this major building campaign…
Holzbeierlein Bakery: This early 20th century bakery building has been preserved and successfully incorporated into a new, mixed-use development.
In 1895, Michael Holzbeierlein (1860-1939) opened his bakery at the rear of his house at 1849 7th Street, after having worked for several years as a foreman for the Charles Schneider Baking Company at…
Glade Apartments: Influenced by transportation improvements, a new zoning ordinance, and Depression-era population growth, The Glade Apartments embody the physical and social developments of the Brightwood neighborhood during the interwar period.
Up until the early twentieth century, the Brightwood area was mostly rural. In the 1820s, Brightwood contained important transportation routes until the road network changed during the Civil War for a…