The Howard Theatre Walk of Fame celebrates the District of Columbia's rich musical history and is an homage to the iconic artists that played the legendary venue. (From The Historical Marker Database).The Walk of Fame features Cab Calloway, Mamie…

This sculpture is an embodiment of history, but with a contemporary twist. Encore is a 20 foot tall stainless steel sculpture of Duke Ellington sitting upon a three dimensional treble clef, and piano keys that shift in scale as they spiral upward…

Three stainless steel and aluminum high relief wall mounted sculptures of painter/educator Alma Thomas, composer/band leader Duke Ellington, and American Civil War Commander of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Robert Gould Shaw, with…

In 1993, artist Ed Hamilton was commissioned by the DC Commission for the Arts & Humanities to design a memorial for the African American Civil War Memorial. Previously, not one monument in the District honored the 178,000 Black soldiers who…

Crestwood—a residential neighborhood of single-family homes tucked between 16th Street NW on the east and Rock Creek Park on the west—was largely developed in the 1920s through the 1940s in a traditional suburban manner with detached dwellings…

This tour was curated by the 1882 Foundation in collaboration with the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage and the University of Maryland Historic Preservation Program.Access their websites here in addition to further resources on…

Union Market, previously Florida Market, has been supplying food products to DC residents since 1931. From the 1970s to the 1990s, a majority of the market was run by Asian immigrants who also started Asian food and import businesses, such as tofu…

The Chinese Lantern restaurant was opened near Union Station in 1928 by Sam J. Chan. Originally located at 7 F Street, the restaurant moved across F Street to 14 F Street NW around 1946. During the mid-1900s, the Chinese Lantern was often frequented…

Manila House was purchased by the Visayan Circle in 1937. It served as a boarding house and gathering place for cab drivers, students, writers, musicians, soldiers, and Philippine government workers until the early 1960s. American Book Award…

The American Fazl Mosque was established by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in 1950. A converted house, the building was selected and acquired through the assistance of Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan (1893-1985), a lawyer and diplomat, who was…