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Washington, D.C., United States

Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site

Washington, D.C., United States

Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
Photo: Ted Eytan · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

The Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site at 1538 9th Street NW in Washington, D.C.'s Shaw neighborhood preserves the home of historian, author, and journalist Carter G. Woodson (1875–1950), founder of Black History Month. The Victorian-style townhouse was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976 and stood vacant during the 1990s.

Movement

Built
Type
townhouse, National Historic Site
Heritage
District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites, National Register of Historic Places listed place
Place
Washington, D.C., United States

This building on


Location

38.91083, -77.02444