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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24VK_lin-han-noodle-master_Washington-DC.html
Chinatown Express
Restaurant
The Washington Post
Nov. 30, 2016
Lin Han, noodle master
It's a simple window that looks out onto Sixth Street NW, but in a way, it's also a stage. Chinatown Express is the theater. "Fresh Noodle Made on the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24O2_l-enfant-plan-for-the-federal-city_Washington-DC.html
No nation perhaps had ever before the opportunity offer'd them of deliberately deciding on the spot where their Capital City should be fixed..."
—Peter C. L'Enfant to George Washington, September 11, 1789
A new nation faced dissolution. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM240C_bakers-dozen-inc-building_Washington-DC.html
Starting in 1950, the Baker's Dozen, Inc. Youth Center operated here in two formerly derelict buildings redesigned by architect Howard H. Mackey. The youth center was the project of the Baker's Dozen social club, founded in 1944 by 13 members of D…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM240B_the-john-t-williams-building_Washington-DC.html
The John T. Williams Building
dedicated to the memory of
Firefighter John T. Williams
who gave his life in the line of duty
with Rescue Squad #1, Box 144
at 806 - 14th Street, N.W.
on December 19, 1984
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23SO_capitol-square_Washington-DC.html
Front:
1 Summerhouse
Constructed in 1879-1880 , the Summerhouse offers visitors a shaded place to rest, admire views of the Capitol, and have a drink of water. Olmstead's principal architectural assistant Thomas Wisedell, was the designer. The S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23SN_robert-a-taft_Washington-DC.html
West side of marker
This memorial to
Robert A Taft
presented by the
people to the Congress
of the United States
stands as a tribute,
to the honesty
indomitable courage
and high principles of
free government
symbolized by his life
Nor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23PB_when-gordon-met-ella_Washington-DC.html
Front:
Ella Watson, the subject of photographer Gordon Parks's famous and pointed portrait "American Gothic, Washington, D.C.," rented rooms on this block at 1433 11th Street. Watson worked as a cleaning woman in the headquarters of the Farm Secu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM238Z_the-prettiest-place_Washington-DC.html
Front:
Before there was a LeDroit Park, map engraver David McClelland owned a mansion on the property across Rhode Island Avenue. When the Civil War broke out in April 1861, McClelland possessed a detailed map of Washington that suddenly had grea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM238F_robert-and-mary-church-terrell-house_Washington-DC.html
Save America's Treasures
This home was the residence of Mary Church Terrell, the first African American school board member in the United States, and Robert H. Terrell, the first African American municipal judge in the District of Columbia.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM238E_government-girls_Washington-DC.html
Front:
To your right is Lucy Diggs Slowe Hall, a Howard University dormitory. It opened in 1942 as U.S. government housing for African American women who came to DC to take new war-related jobs or fill in for men who left to join the military dur…