District Of Columbia Inventory Of Historic Sites 2002 - H-Net

Gompers apprenticed in his father's cigarmaking trade, emigrated to America in 1863, and at age 14, while
working in New York's East Side, joined the Cigarmakers' Union; as a union organizer, he was instrumental in
making the Cigarmakers a national labor model, with a hierarchical leadership exercising centralized control of
benefit funds drawn from increased membership dues; in 1877, Gompers was a founder of the union federation
which became the AFL in 1886; as its president until 1924, Gompers struggled for higher wages, shorter
hours, and better working conditions, and succeeded in making the AFL the strongest spokesman for
organized labor in America; his residence, a modest 3-story bay-fronted brick rowhouse typical of the
Edwardian era, was also an informal meeting place for labor leaders; built c. 1900; NHL designation 5/30/74,
NR listing 9/23/74, DC listing 3/3/79
Gompers-Burke Park: see L’Enfant Plan
Goodwin House: see Frelinghuysen University
Government Printing Office
North Capitol Street between G and H Streets, NW
Massive headquarters of U.S. government printer, located on this site since its organization in 1861; imposing
composition of exceptional architectural strength on northern approach to U.S. Capitol; influential in
development of surrounding residential area; original building Italian Renaissance Revival style; red brick
with brownstone and ornamental terra cotta trim; repetitive, rhythmic arcaded facades; cast iron door &
window frames; built 1899-1904, James G. Hill, architect; extension and one-story garage/storage building
built c.1926, Louis A. Simon, architect; annex built 1938-40, Louis A. Simon; DC listing 11/8/64; US
ownership
Grace Protestant Episcopal Church
1041 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Small Gothic Revival church housing the parish established in 1855 as a missionary church for canal boatmen
and workers; purchase of site and construction funded by D.C. governor Henry Cooke; similar to Oak Hill
Chapel, constructed of Potomac blue gneiss with gable roof topped by bell-cotes; simple interior with exposed
truss ceiling, carved woodwork; built 1866-67; rectory built 1895, parish hall built 1898; DC listing 11/8/64,
NR listing 5/6/71; within Georgetown HD
Grace Reformed Church, Sunday School, and Parish House
1405 15th Street, NW
National memorial of the Reformed Church in the United States; Washington congregation established 1868,
located on this site since 1880; associated with Theodore Roosevelt, who laid cornerstone and attended
regularly during presidency; Gothic Revival church and Sunday School buildings in Cleveland greystone by
the architect of the Library of Congress; iconographic sculpture by James F. Earley; Parish House built 1892,
W.H.H. Knight, architect; Church built 1902-03, Paul J. Pelz and A.A. Ritcher, architects; Sunday School
(Akron style plan) built 1911-12, Paul J. Pelz, architect; DC designation 1/16/91, NR listing 4/18/91
Grand Army of the Republic Memorial: see Civil War Monuments
Grand Plaza: see Federal Triangle
Grant Road Historic District
Generally including Grant Road, NW, and adjacent properties from Wisconsin Avenue to Brandywine Street
(4426, 4430, 4434, 4537, 4543, 4547, 4555, 4561, and 4565 Grant Road; 3831 and 3837 Albemarle Street, 3812
Brandywine Street, and 4425 Wisconsin Avenue, NW)
DC designation February 28, 2002
Ulysses S. Grant Memorial: see Civil War Monuments
Great Circle: see Federal Triangle
Greater Fourteenth Street Historic District
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