Twelfth Street YMCA Building
Twelfth Street YMCA Building, also known as Anthony Bowen YMCA, was home to the first African American chapter of YMCA, founded in 1853 by Anthony Bowen.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lincoln Theatre and Ben’s Chili Bowl.
Lincoln Theatre
Theater building
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Lincoln Theatre is a historic theater in Washington, D.C., located at 1215 U Street, next to Ben's Chili Bowl. The theater, located on "Washington's Black Broadway", served the city's African American community when segregation kept them out of other venues. Lincoln Theatre is situated 880 feet north of Twelfth Street YMCA Building.
Ben’s Chili Bowl
Fast food restaurant
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Ben's Chili Bowl is a restaurant in Washington, D.C., United States, located at 1213 U Street, next to Lincoln Theatre, in the U Street Corridor, also known as the Cardozo/Shaw neighborhood in Northwest D.C. Ben’s Chili Bowl is situated 790 feet north of Twelfth Street YMCA Building.
Whitelaw Hotel
Building
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The Whitelaw Hotel is a historic structure located in the U Street Corridor in Northwest Washington, D.C. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Logan Circle and Shaw.
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.
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.
Columbia Heights
Suburb
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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.
Twelfth Street YMCA Building
- Type: Building
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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