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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM162U_old-stone-house_Washington-DC.html
The Old Stone House, part of the Landmark District of Georgetown, is the only surviving pre-Revolutionary building in the capital. The house stands on its original site, lot #3, one of eighty lots surveyed in the port of Georgetown in 1751. Christ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMK9_dumbarton-house_Washington-DC.html
The site was part of a tract called "The Rock of Dumbarton" patented 1703 by Nintan Beall.The house was probably started 1799 by Samuel Jackson. It was completed 1805 by Joseph Nourse, first Registrar of the Treasury. He sold the property 1813 to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMK8_evermay_Washington-DC.html
Samuel Davidson, a Scot of original character, purchased the site and built Evermay, 1792-1794, with proceeds of the sale of lands he owned which include part of the present site of the White House and Lafayette Square. Davidson was buried in a co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMJT_first-baptist-church-georgetown_Washington-DC.html
The first Baptist church established in Georgetown was funded in 1862 by the Reverend Sandy Alexander (1818-1902), a former slave who led the church until 1889. Among the founding members was Collins Williams, a preacher from Fredericksburg, Virgi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM0G_general-comte-jean-de-rochambeau-memorial_Washington-DC.html
[front, south face:]Rochambeau[back, north face:]"We have been contemporaries and fellow labourers in the cause of liberty, and we have lived together as brothers should do, in harmonious friendship,"
Washington to RochambeauFebruary 1, 1784
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLZG_mount-zion-united-methodist-church-and-heritage-center-and-the-female-union-band-cemetery_Washington-DC.html
Mount Zion United Methodist Church is Washington's oldest Black congregation. It was established in 1816 by Shadrack Nugent and 125 other congregants who split from nearby Montgomery Street Methodist Church (now Dumbarton United Methodist) over it…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKXF_st-vladimir-millennial-bell-tower_Washington-DC.html
[Marker Plaque 1:]"988 - 1988"The year 1988 marks the 1000th anniversary of the baptism of Rus' in the year 988 by decision of the Prince of Kiev, St. Vladimir the Great. This monument was erected by the American Spiritual Children of the Russian …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKXA_the-national-war-memorial-shrine-of-the-russian-orthodox-church-of-america_Washington-DC.html
Russian Orthodox Church ofSt. Nicholas***The National War Memorial Shrineof the Russian Orthodox Church of America***This church has been built to serve as a house of worship to the glory of God and as a memorial to honor those Orthodox Christians…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKX9_russian-orthodox-church-of-st-nicholas_Washington-DC.html
Russian Orthodox ChurchofSt. NicholasWashington, D.C.***This parish was founded in 1930 for the purpose of religious worship, and to perpetuate the memory of all Russians who gave their lives for their country and their faith during the tragic yea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKX6_saint-sophia-greek-orthodox-cathedral-cornerstone_Washington-DC.html
The cornerstone of the cathedral was laid byDwight D. EisenhowerPresident of the United StateswithHis Eminence MichaelArchbishop of North and South Americaofficiatingon the thirtieth day of September in the year of our beloved Lordthe nineteen hun…