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O Street Market (Northern Market): The O Street Market is one of three remaining nineteenth century public markets in the city.
The O Street Market exemplifies the large, functional, well-designed market buildings erected in DC under the massive public works campaign headed by Alexander “Boss” Shepherd. After the Civil War, DC…
The Lafayette: The Lafayette Apartment Building is one of DC's earliest remaining apartment buildings.
In the final years of the 19th century, the construction of the Lafayette in 1898 marked a shift in Washingtonians' housing needs. While it only held twelve units, comparatively small to future…
Carter G. Woodson House National Historic Site: For more than forty years, the preeminent educator, publisher, and historian Carter G. Woodson lived and worked in this DC brick rowhouse.
At a time of Jim Crow ideology and enforced segregation, Carter G. Woodson (1875-1950) pioneered the documentation of African American life and the recognition of African American contributions to US…