Mary Church Terrell House (Washington, D.C.)

USA / District of Columbia / Washington / Washington, D.C. / T Street Northwest, 326
 house, African American Civil Rights Movement, Victorian (architecture), NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, interesting place, U.S. National Historic Landmark
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Historic Victorian house built in 1899. It is notable as being the residence of Civil Rights leader Mary Church Terrell. In 2008, a restoration was begun on the house, but has since appeared to have stalled.

The brick house looks unusual from the street. To passers-by on the street It appears as though it once made up one half of an attached duplex, as the side-gable roof rises from one end to an angled peak at the other before dropping straight down instead of forming the opposite peak. The house was built this way so that another half could be added at a later date. The catch is that the other half was never added, resulting in a very abrupt west end of the home.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Church_Terrell_House
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Coordinates:   38°54'56"N   77°1'0"W
This article was last modified 8 years ago