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Frederick Douglass House, 1411 W Street, Southeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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Frederick Douglass House, 1411 W Street, Southeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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Summary

See also HALS DC-2 and HALS DC-3 for related documentation.
Significance: The house was the residence of the Marshal and Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia, Minister to Haiti and runaway slave, Fredrick Douglass. The structure is an example of a mid-nineteenth-century farm residence.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-22
Survey number: HABS DC-97
Building/structure dates: ca. 1855 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: ca. 1889- ca. 1895 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1917-1920 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000033

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Date

1933 - 1970
person

Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Douglass, Frederick
Van Hook, John
National Association of Colored Women's Clubs
Frederick Douglass Memorial & Historical Association
Price, Virginia B, transmitter
Jandoli, Liz, transmitter
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Location

Washington, District of Columbia, United States38.86330, -76.98521
Google Map of 38.8632957, -76.98521079999999
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