Woodson, Carter G., House
National Historic Site of the United States in Washington, District of Columbia. Built 1890. Added to the National Register in 1976, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site at 1538 9th Street NW, in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, D.C., preserves the home of Carter G. Woodson (1875–1950). Woodson, the founder of Black History Month, was an African-American historian, author, and journalist. The house was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976 but became vacant in the 1990s.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 1538 9th St., NW, Washington, DC |
| County | District of Columbia County |
| Listed | May 11, 1976 |
| Reference number | 76002135 |
| Built | 1890 |
| Type of place | townhouse, National Historic Site |
| Visitors per year | 548 |
| Style | Victorian architecture |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark, District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites |
| Contributing resources | 1 buildings |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 1538 9th St., NW, Washington, DC |
| Website | nps.gov/cawo/index.htm ↗ |
| Coordinates | 38.91012, -77.02398 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site · 0 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Rock Creek Park Group Picnic Areas (Dc) 4 mi · Fort Dupont Park Picnic Areas 4 mi · Greenbelt Park Ranger Station 8 mi |
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Sources
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 76002135. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.