Frederick Douglass House, 1411 W Street, Southeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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8 drawings
12 b&w photos
7 data pages
3 photo caption pages
1 color transparencies

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TITLE:
Frederick Douglass House, 1411 W Street, Southeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

CALL NUMBER:
HABS DC,WASH,166-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Measured Drawing(s): 8 (18 x 24 in.)
Photo(s): 12 (4 x 5 in. and 5 x 7 in.)
Data Page(s): 6 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 3
Color Transparencies: 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1933.

CREATOR:
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HABS DC-97

Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-22).

Building/structure dates: 1855 initial construction

Building/structure dates: 1889 subsequent work

Building/structure dates: 1917 subsequent work

See also HALS DC-2 and HALS DC-3 for related documentation.

Significance: The house was the residence of the Marshal and Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia, Minister to Haiti and runaway slave, Fredrick Douglass. The structure is an example of a mid-19th Century farm residence.

SUBJECTS:
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA--District of Columbia--Washington
African Americans
brick buildings
houses

OTHER TITLE:
Cedar Hill
John Van Hook House
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site

COLLECTION:
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.dc0092

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. Historic American Buildings Survey Russell Jones, Photographer June 1963 EAST VIEW ca. 1894- 1900
2. Historic American Buildings Survey Russell Jones, Photographer June 1963 FRONT ELEVATION Northeast
3. Historic American Buildings Survey Russell Jones, Photographer June 1963 REAR WING Southeast
4. Historic American Buildings Survey Russell Jones, Photographer June 1963 DETAIL OF THE BAYS East Side
5. Historic American Buildings Survey Russell Jones, Photographer June 1963 NORTH VIEW ca. 1887
6. Historic American Buildings Survey Russell Jones, Photographer June 1963 FRONT DOOR DETAIL
7. Historic American Buildings Survey Russell Jones, Photographer June 1963 WINDOW DETAIL
8. Historic American Buildings Survey Russell Jones, Photographer June 1963 PORCH DETAIL
9. Historic American Buildings Survey Russell Jones, Photographer June 1963 2nd FLOOR BAY DETAIL South
10. INTERIOR, DURING RESTORATION
11. INTERIOR, STAIRWAY, FIRST FLOOR, DURING RESTORATION
12. NORTH ELEVATION LOOKING SOUTHWEST

CONTROL #:
DC0092

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