1538 9th St., NW, Washington, District Of Columbia. County/parish: District of Columbia.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 11, 1976. NRIS 76002135.
1 contributing building.
Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site at 1538 9th Street NW, in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, D.C., preserves the home of Carter G. Woodson (1875–1950). Woodson, the founder of Black History Month, was an African-American historian, author, and journalist. The house was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976 but became vacant in the 1990s.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/117691915