Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site at 1538 9th Street NW, in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, D.C., preserves the home of Carter G. Woodson.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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- Type: House
- Description: National Historic Site of the United States
- Also known as: “Carter G. Woodson House”, “Carter G. Woodson National Historic Site”, and “CAWO”
- Address: 1538 9th Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20001
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Shiloh Baptist Church and National Museum of Women in the Arts.
Shiloh Baptist Church
Church
Photo: Seaton ES, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shiloh Baptist Church is a Baptist church located in Washington, D.C. 20001 in the historic Shaw District. It is affiliated with the Lott Carey Foreign Mission Convention. Shiloh Baptist Church is situated 330 feet south of Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site.
National Museum of Women in the Arts
Museum
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The National Museum of Women in the Arts, located in Washington, D.C., is "the first museum in the world solely dedicated" to championing women through the arts. National Museum of Women in the Arts is situated 4,200 feet south of Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site.
Capital One Arena
Stadium
Capital One Arena is an indoor arena in Washington, D.C. Located in the Chinatown section of the larger Penn Quarter neighborhood, the arena sits atop the Gallery Place rapid transit station of the Washington Metro. Capital One Arena is situated 1 mile south of Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shaw and Logan Circle.
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.
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.
Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
- Categories: townhouse, National Historic Site, building, historic site, historic building, and residential building
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.91081° or 38° 54′ 39″ northLongitude
-77.02424° or 77° 1′ 27″ westElevation
85 feet (26 metres)Open location code
87C4WX6G+88OpenStreetMap ID
way 365677582OpenStreetMap feature
building=houseOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingWikidata ID
Q5047156
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- French: “Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site”
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Highlights include Carter Godwin Woodson Memorial Park and Up Dog Yoga Community.
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