Slowe-Burrill House

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.

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Type: House
Description: historic house in Washington, D.C., United States
Address: 1256 Kearny 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 3,400 feet west of Slowe-Burrill 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 1,600 feet west of Slowe-Burrill House.

Brookland–CUA station

Metro station

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Brookland–CUA station is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C., on the Red Line. Service began on February 6, 1978. The station serves the Brookland neighborhood and the Catholic University of America. Brookland–CUA station is situated 1,800 feet northwest of Slowe-Burrill 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.

Edgewood

Neighborhood

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Edgewood is a neighborhood located in Ward 5 of Northeast Washington, D.C. Edgewood is bounded by Michigan Avenue NE to the north, Rhode Island Avenue NE to the south, North Capitol Street to the west, and the Washington Metro's Red Line to the east.

Slowe-Burrill House

Categories: building, historic site, historic building, and residential building
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.93091° or 38° 55′ 51″ north

Longitude

-76.98909° or 76° 59′ 21″ west

Levels

Open location code

87C5W2J6+99

OpenStreetMap ID

way 296252978

OpenStreetMap feature

building=detached

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=building

Wikidata ID

Q104878952

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