Lincoln Theatre

Lincoln Theatre is a historic theater in , located at 1215 U Street, next to . The theater, located on "Washington's Black Broadway", served the city's African American community when segregation kept them out of other venues.
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  • Type: Theater building
  • Description: historic theater and movie theater in Washington, D.C.
  • Address: 1215 U Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20009

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Ben’s Chili Bowl and Harrison Recreation Center.

Fast food restaurant
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Ben's Chili Bowl is a restaurant in , 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.

Park
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is a park.

Metro station
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U Street station is a rapid transit station on the Green Line and Yellow Line of the Washington Metro in the U Street neighborhood of U Street station is located in northwest Washington and serves the U Street neighborhood. is situated 480 feet east of Lincoln Theatre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Logan Circle and Shaw.

Neighborhood
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
is a historic roundabout park and neighborhood of , located in Northwest D.C. The majority of is primarily residential, except for the highly-commercialized 14th Street corridor that passes through the western part of the neighborhood.

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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.

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.

Lincoln Theatre

Latitude
38.9174° or 38° 55′ 3″ north
Longitude
-77.02899° or 77° 1′ 44″ west
Open location code
87C4WX8C+XC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 67133481
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­theatre
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q6551052
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In Other Languages

From Japanese to Urdu—“Lincoln Theatre” goes by many names.
  • Japanese: “リンカーンシアター”
  • Serbian: “Позориште Линколн”
  • Spanish: “Lincoln Theatre”
  • Urdu: “لنکن تھیٹر (واشنگٹن، ڈی سی)”
  • Urdu: “لنکن تھیٹر”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: DC Department of Parks and Recreation and DC Department of General Service and Walker Memorial Baptist Church.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Ben’s Next Door and TechChange.

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Worth a closer look: West End and East End.

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