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Mary Ann Shadd Cary House

The Mary Ann Shadd Cary House is a historic residence located at 1421 W Street, Northwest in From 1881 to 1885, it was the home of Mary Ann Shadd Cary, a writer and abolitionist who was one of the first African American female journalists in , and who became one of the first black female lawyers after the American Civil War.
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  • Type: House
  • Description: Washington, D.C., a National Historic Landmark and listed on the NRHP
  • Address: 1421 W Street Northwest, Washington, DC

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Embassy of Angola and St. Augustine Catholic Church.

Government office
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and the have maintained cordial diplomatic relations since 1993. Before then, antagonism between the countries hinged on Cold War geopolitics, which led the U.S. to support anti-government rebels during the protracted Angolan Civil War. is situated 1,100 feet west of Mary Ann Shadd Cary House.

Church
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is a Catholic parish in It is considered by many to be the "Mother Church of Black Catholics", as the first Black parish in the district and the administrator of D.C.'s oldest surviving Black school. is situated 490 feet southwest of Mary Ann Shadd Cary House.

Government office
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The in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of the to the . It is located at 2020 16th Street Northwest, Washington, D.C. in the U Street Corridor neighborhood. is situated 1,300 feet southwest of Mary Ann Shadd Cary House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Adams Morgan-Columbia Heights and Columbia Heights.

Adams Morgan, Mount Pleasant, and Columbia Heights are three bordering neighborhoods in Washington DC, each with a different character, but united in an unmistakable sense of dynamism, diversity, youth, and nightlife.

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Adams Morgan, Mount Pleasant, and are three bordering neighborhoods in Washington DC, each with a different character, but united in an unmistakable sense of dynamism, diversity, youth, and nightlife.

Neighborhood
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, Mount Pleasant, and Columbia Heights are three bordering neighborhoods in Washington DC, each with a different character, but united in an unmistakable sense of dynamism, diversity, youth, and nightlife.

Mary Ann Shadd Cary House

Latitude
38.91936° or 38° 55′ 10″ north
Longitude
-77.03292° or 77° 1′ 59″ west
Elevation
121 feet (37 metres)
Named after
Mary Ann Shadd
Open location code
87C4WX98+PR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 67128102
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­house
Geo­Names ID
7196844
Wiki­data ID
Q6778912
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