Blanche K Bruce House
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: House
- Description: National Historic Landmark house in Washington, D.C., United States
- Also known as: “Blanche Bruce House”, “Blanche K. Bruce House”, and “Blanche Kelso Bruce House”
- Address: 909 M Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20001
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Mall and The White House.
National Mall
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The National Mall, a national park, is a famous 2-mile-long tree-lined, pedestrian-friendly boulevard in Washington, D.C. stretching from the Capitol Building in the east to the Lincoln Memorial and Potomac River on the west.
The White House
Government building
Photo: MattWade, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., it has served as the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800 when the national capital was moved from Philadelphia. The White House is situated 1 mile southwest of Blanche K Bruce House.
Walter E. Washington Convention Center
Convention center
The Walter E. Washington Convention Center is a 2.3-million-square-foot convention center located in Washington, D.C., owned and operated by the city's convention arm, Events DC. Walter E. Washington Convention Center is situated 510 feet southeast of Blanche K Bruce House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Logan Circle and East End.
Logan Circle
Neighborhood
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
Logan Circle is a historic roundabout park and neighborhood of Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. The majority of Logan Circle is primarily residential, except for the highly-commercialized 14th Street corridor that passes through the western part of the neighborhood.
East End
Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
East End is D.C.'s old downtown quarter, east of 15th St, and includes the neighborhoods of Chinatown, Penn Quarter, Judiciary Square, and Mount Vernon Square. Most D.C. natives simply call this area Downtown.
Shaw
Photo: Ron Cogswell, CC BY 2.0.
Shaw is a neighborhood in north-central Washington D.C. just east of Dupont Circle and south of Adams Morgan and Columbia Heights. Although it has a diverse population, Shaw is distinctive from the adjacent areas due to its African-American heritage.
Blanche K Bruce House
- Categories: building and residential building
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.90588° or 38° 54′ 21″ northLongitude
-77.02447° or 77° 1′ 28″ westElevation
85 feet (26 metres)Open location code
87C4WX4G+96OpenStreetMap ID
way 55316579OpenStreetMap feature
building=house
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Blanche K Bruce House” goes by many names.
- French: “Blanche K. Bruce House”
- French: “maison Blanche K. Bruce”
- German: “Blanche K. Bruce House”
- Spanish: “Blanche K. Bruce House”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Blagden Alley-Naylor Court Historic District and Logan Circle.
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