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Fish Market Lunchroom & Oyster Shucking Shed: The lunchroom and adjacent shed are the only remaining reminders of the Municipal Fish Market’s heyday in the 1920s and 1930s.
The Fish Market Lunchroom and its associated Oyster Shucking Shed were built between 1916 and 1918, in conjunction with the construction of the Municipal Fish Market in the area now known as The…
Banneker Recreation Center: Banneker Recreation Center is significant for its role as a focal point in the development of DC's Black community.
Named for Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806), the Black surveyor who worked with Andrew Ellicott (1754-1820) in surveying DC, the Banneker Recreation Center was the premier Black recreation center in a…
Spring Valley Shopping Center (Massachusetts Avenue Parking Shops and Square 1500): The residential development in Spring Valley created a need for convenient shopping.
As DC’s neighborhoods expanded farther out from the city center, many residents felt disconnected from the downtown commercial district. While public transportation expanded – first through…
Joel Elias Spingarn Senior High School: Spingarn was constructed to serve African American students during the final period of segregated schools in DC.
Built between 1951 and 1952, Spingarn High School was constructed for the education of African American students, meant to relieve the overcrowding of the other segregated high schools and had been…
George P. Scriven House: This Victorian era, upper-class home is most notable as the home of Brigadier General George P. Scriven.
Although erected in 1884 and a fine example of Dupont Circle’s Victorian era residential architecture, this house is most significant for its association with Brigadier General George P. Scriven.…
Park View Playground and Field House: The Park View Playground was a significant site of desegregation efforts in DC.
The Park View Playground, designed by DC Municipal Architect Albert L. Harris, is most notable for its association with community efforts to end segregation in DC's playgrounds. Although the Park View…
Bunker Hill Elementary School: This Colonial Revival style building is one of the District's best examples of an “extensible” school.
Established in 1883, Bunker Hill Elementary School's first building, a one-room brick structure, was used to educate white students before being reassigned to the city’s “colored” school division. A…
Engine Company No. 26: This firehouse took advantage of larger suburban building lots and new automotive apparatus technologies in the interwar period.
Engine Company No. 26 was designed in the Colonial Revival style by DC Municipal Architect Nathan C. Wyeth. The Commission of Fine Arts preferred this sort of one-story "bungalow" for neighborhood…
Engine Company No. 31: Built in 1930, this firehouse was among the new generation of modern fire stations equipped with new technologies.
Engine Company No. 31 was among the new generation of modern fire stations built with motorized apparatuses in mind. Arranged principally on one floor, the station was similar in design to Albert L.…
Engine Company No. 16: This firehouse is often referred to as the "big house," since it is the largest of the city's historic firehouses.
The three-story, four-bay-wide Engine Company No. 16 is often referred to as the "big house," since it is the largest of the city's firehouses and the only one with four apparatus bays. The building…