Ralph Bunche House

Ralph Bunche House was the home Ralph Bunche commissioned from Hilyard Robinson in 1941. It is located at 1510 Jackson Street, Northeast, Washington, D.C., United States, in the Brookland neighborhood.

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Type: House
Description: historic house in Washington, D.C., United States
Also known as: “Ralphie Bunche House”
Address: 1510 Jackson Street Northeast, DC 20017

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and Dance Place.

Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

Church

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The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is a Catholic minor basilica and national shrine in Washington D.C. It is the largest Catholic church building in North America and the tallest habitable building in Washington, D.C. Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is situated 1 mile west of Ralph Bunche House.

Dance Place

Theater building

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Dance Place is an arts organization in the Edgewood neighborhood of Northeast Washington, D.C. The nearest metro station is Brookland/CUA on the Red Line. Dance Place is situated 3,100 feet west of Ralph Bunche House.

Slowe-Burrill House

House

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The Slowe-Burrill House is a Queen Anne-style house in the Brookland neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Built in 1890, the home was occupied from 1922 to 1937 by Lucy Slowe and Mary Burrill, notable African American educators who are thought by historians to have been a couple. Slowe-Burrill House is situated 1,600 feet west of Ralph Bunche House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brookland and Brentwood.

Brookland

Suburb

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Brookland, Petworth, and Takoma are three relatively quiet neighborhoods east of Rock Creek Park. Following the "White Flight" after desegregation and the 1968 riots, these neighborhoods were left underpopulated, overwhelmingly African-American, and much less wealthy than the Upper Northwest, just across Rock Creek Park.

Brentwood

Neighborhood

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Brentwood is a neighborhood in Northeast Washington, D.C., Bounded by Rhode Island Avenue NE, the train tracks of the Rhode Island Ave-Brentwood Metro station, Montana Avenue NE, and New York Avenue NE.

Langdon

Neighborhood

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Langdon is a neighborhood located in Ward 5 of Northeast Washington, D.C. Historical surveys of D.C. recognize Langdon as a neighborhood dating back to at least 1903.

Ralph Bunche House

Categories: single-family detached home, building, and residential building
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.93014° or 38° 55′ 49″ north

Longitude

-76.9837° or 76° 59′ 1″ west

Elevation

167 feet (51 metres)

Levels

Open location code

87C5W2J8+3G

OpenStreetMap ID

way 296236355

OpenStreetMap feature

building=detached

GeoNames ID

4140121

Wikidata ID

Q7287291

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In Other Languages

From French to Slovenian—“Ralph Bunche House” goes by many names.

French: “Ralph Bunche House”
Slovenian: “hiša Ralpha Buncheja”
Slovenian: “Ralph Bunche House”

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