Washington, D.C., United States
Strivers' Section Historic District
Washington, D.C., United States
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The Strivers' Section Historic District, located within the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C., is a historic enclave of upper-middle-class African Americans that developed from 1875 onward. Named for a turn-of-the-twentieth-century description of the area as a "community of Negro aristocracy," the district served as home to prominent Black leaders and professionals, including Frederick Douglass and his son Lewis Henry Douglass. Composed primarily of rowhouses and apartment buildings designed by architects and developers such as Harry Wardman, George S. Cooper, and Thomas Franklin Schneider, the district showcases a rich architectural vocabulary spanning Italianate, Queen Anne, Richardsonian Romanesque, Second Empire, and Beaux-Arts styles. The roughly 430 contributing properties within its boundaries—stretching from Swann Street to Florida Avenue—were recognized as a historic district by the District of Columbia in 1983 and added to the National Register of Historic Places two years later.
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- Built
- Type
- African-American neighborhood, neighborhood of Washington, D.C., historic district
- Heritage
- District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites, National Register of Historic Places listed place
- Place
- Washington, D.C., United States
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