1608 R St., NW., Washington, District Of Columbia. County/parish: District of Columbia.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 11, 1976. NRIS 76002129.
1 contributing building.
The Charlotte Forten Grimké House is a historic house at 1608 R Street NW in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Northwest Washington, D.C., United States. From 1881 to 1886, the house was home to Charlotte Forten Grimké (1837–1914), an African-American abolitionist and educator, one of the first Northerners to enter Union-controlled areas of the South during the American Civil War in order to teach freedmen and their children. The house was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/117691823