Bruce, Blanche K., House
Historic house in Washington, D.C., United States. Built 1865. Added to the National Register in 1975, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Blanche K. Bruce House is a historic house at 909 M Street NW in Washington, D.C. Built in 1865, it was a home of slave-born Blanche K. Bruce, who was the first African-American to serve a full term in the U.S. Senate, and his wife Josephine. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1975. It was successfully nominated to the National Register of Historic Places by the Afro-American Bicentennial Corporation on May 15, 1975.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 909 M St., NW, Washington, DC |
| County | District of Columbia County |
| Listed | May 15, 1975 |
| Reference number | 75002046 |
| Built | 1865 |
| Type of place | house |
| Style | Second Empire style |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark, District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites |
| Contributing resources | 1 buildings |
| Standing | Yes |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 909 M St., NW, Washington, DC |
| Coordinates | 38.90584, -77.02444 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site · 0 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Fort Dupont Park Picnic Areas 4 mi · Rock Creek Park Group Picnic Areas (Dc) 4 mi · Greenbelt Park Ranger Station 8 mi |
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 75002046. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.