page_title: List of African-American historic places in the District of Columbia
section_title: Northwest
hierarchical_section_title: List of African-American historic places in the District of Columbia / Northwest
caption_attribution_description: English: The Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C.
context_page_description: This list of African American Historic Places in Washington, D.C. is based on a book by the National Park Service, The Preservation Press, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers.
  Some of these sites are on the National Register of Historic Places as independent sites or as part of larger historic district. Several of the sites are National Historic Landmarks. Others have Washington, D.C. historical markers. The citation on historical markers is given in the reference. The location listed is the nearest community to the site. More precise locations are given in the reference.
context_section_description: Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel, Frederick Douglass Memorial Hall, Founders Library
  Asbury United Methodist Church
  Banneker Recreation Center
  Brightwood
  Military Road School
  Carter G. Woodson House
  Charles Sumner School
  Charlotte Forten Grimké House
  Columbia Heights
  Francis L. Cardozo Senior High School
  Downtown
  Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church
  Dupont Circle
  Anthony Bowen YMCA
  Strivers' Section Historic District
  Foggy Bottom
  St. Mary's Episcopal Church
  Freedman's Hospital
  Georgetown
  Mount Zion Cemetery
  Mount Zion United Methodist Church
  Howard Theatre
  Howard University
  Howard University Hospital
  LeDroit Park
  LeDroit Park Historic District
  Mary Church Terrell House
  Lincoln Theatre
  Margaret Murray Washington School
  Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
  Miner Normal School
  Mount Vernon Square/Convention Center
  Blanche K. Bruce House
  Shaw
  Blagden Alley-Naylor Court Historic District
  Frelinghuysen University, Former Classroom Building
  Lincoln Temple United Church of Christ
  Mary Ann Shadd Cary House
  Prince Hall Masonic Temple
  St. Luke's Episcopal Church
  Shaw Junior High School
  Southern Aid Society-Dunbar Theater Building
  True Reformer Building
  Truxton Circle
  John Fox Slater Elementary School
  John Mercer Langston School
  Margaret Murray Washington School
  U Street Corridor
  Whitelaw Hotel
caption: The Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church (founded in 1838; known as "the National Cathedral of African Methodism") located at 1518 M Street, NW in Downtown Washington, D.C.
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