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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJRQ_dc-recorder-of-deeds-building-wpa-era-murals_Washington-DC.html
DC's Art Deco/Art Moderne Recorder of Deeds Building (1941) houses city land records. Many notable African Americans have served as recorders of deeds since President Garfield appointed Frederick Douglass to the post in 1881. These include Branche…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJRO_major-general-george-g-meade-memorial_Washington-DC.html
MEADE The Commonwealth of Pennsylvaniato Major GeneralGeorge Gordon Meade who commanded the Union forcesat Gettysburg
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJRN_albert-pike-monument_Washington-DC.html
[pedestal, north face:]Albert Pike
VixitLaborum Ejus Supersites Sunt FructusAuthor - Poet
[pedestal, west face:]Scholar - Soldier
[pedestal, south face:]Erected 1901 by the Supreme Council ofthe A. A. S. R. of Freemasonry for the S. J. U.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ1G_spiritual-life_Washington-DC.html
Washington's first black Muslim temple opened in 1940 when the Nation of Islam established Temple No. 4 at 1525-1527 Ninth Street. The Nation of Islam's second national leader, Elijah Muhammad (1897-1975), presided over the event. Founded in Chic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIG0_reaching-for-equality_Washington-DC.html
For much of the 1900s, inexpensive entertainments lined much of Seventh and Ninth Streets, from D to U Streets. Vaudeville houses, pool halls, record shops and taverns made for a busy night life. And everyone went to the movies. Two small theaters…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIFY_sweet-daddy-grace_Washington-DC.html
Along this block is the world headquarters of the United House of Prayer for All People. Founded in 1919 in Massachusetts by Charles M. "Sweet Daddy" Grace, the church moved its headquarters to Washington in 1926. Soon after, it purchased a mansio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIBE_immaculate-conception-catholic-school_Washington-DC.html
Immaculate Conception Catholic School has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior September 23, 2003
First school built in 1864 Present school built in 1908B. Stanley Simmons, arc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHW8_chinatown_Washington-DC.html
dragons to bring rain, prosperity and friendshipMore than 280 dragons, crowned by 700 glazed tiles, look down from the Chinatown Friendship Archway before you. Symbols of the spirits that bring rain and prosperity in China, these painted and carve…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG3N_community-anchors_Washington-DC.html
Across the intersection stands the tower of O Street Market. When the market opened in 1881, and refrigerators had not been invented, people shopped here daily for everything from live chickens to fresh tomatoes. At first the vendors were German …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEYL_for-the-working-people_Washington-DC.html
"There is not a wrong too long endured that we are not determined to abolish." Samuel Gompers.
This large office building opened in 1916 as the headquarters of the American Federation of Labor. With 2.5 million members, this union was the natio…