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Banneker Recreation Center

Banneker Recreation Center is an historic structure located in the neighborhood of The building was built in 1934 and was named for Benjamin Banneker, a free African American who assisted in the survey of boundaries of the original District of Columba in 1791.
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  • Type: Sports venue
  • Description: historic recreation center in Washington, D.C., United States
  • Also known as: “Banneker Community Center”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Founders Library and Moorland–Spingarn Research Center.

Library
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The is an academic library at in The building, named The in honor of the 17 men who founded Howard University, serves as a symbol of the university. is situated 840 feet east of Banneker Recreation Center.

Library
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The in , is located on the campus of on the first and ground floors of Founders Library. is situated 880 feet east of Banneker Recreation Center.

Work of art
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, is a public artwork by artist Richard Hunt, located at the Carnegie Hall on the campus in , . is situated 590 feet east of Banneker Recreation Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Columbia Heights and Bloomingdale.

Suburb
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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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is a neighborhood in the Northwest quadrant of , less than two miles north of the building. It is a primarily residential neighborhood, with a small commercial center near the intersection of Rhode Island Avenue and First Street NW featuring bars, restaurants, and food markets.

Photo: Ron Cogswell, CC BY 2.0.
is a neighborhood in north-central Washington D.C. just east of and south of and . Although it has a diverse population, is distinctive from the adjacent areas due to its African-American heritage.

Banneker Recreation Center

Latitude
38.92271° or 38° 55′ 22″ north
Longitude
-77.02258° or 77° 1′ 21″ west
Open location code
87C4WXFG+3X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 658571789
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­sports_centre
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­building
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­sports_centre
Wiki­data ID
Q4856895
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In Other Languages

“Banneker Recreation Center” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Banneker Recreation Center”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Banneker Pool and Banneker Recreation Center.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Banneker Recreation Center”. Photo: Smallbones, CC0.