District Of Columbia Inventory Of Historic Sites 2002 - H-Net
District Of Columbia Inventory Of Historic Sites 2002 - H-Net
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Holt House (Administration Building, National Zoological Park; Jackson Hill)<br />
Adams Mill Road, NW, on Zoo grounds<br />
Built prior to 1827; alterations by Glenn Brown, W.R. Emerson, and Hornblower and Marshall (1890-1901);<br />
DC listing 11/8/64, NR listing 4/24/73; National Zoological Park HD; US ownership<br />
Holy Trinity Church: see Old Holy Trinity Church<br />
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation: see Properties Determined Eligible for the National Register<br />
Homer Building<br />
601 13th Street, NW<br />
Built 1913-14 (Appleton P. Clark, Jr., architect); facade incorporated in new building 1988-89; DC<br />
designation 6/8/83<br />
King Hooper House: see The Lindens<br />
Hospital for Sick Children<br />
1731 Bunker Hill Road, NE<br />
Founded in 1883 as the Children's Country Home, a charitable convalescent care institution; picturesque<br />
cottage-style complex based on French and English vernacular traditions; notable adaption of 20th century<br />
revivalism to create a setting suitable for children; work of Washington architects noted for large residential<br />
and municipal commissions; built 1929, Wyeth & Sullivan, architects; alterations, 1953, addition, 1967; DC<br />
designation 1/17/90<br />
Hotel Washington<br />
15th Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW<br />
Built 1917 (Carrere & Hastings, architect); facade painting restored 1985; DC designation 8/28/73, NR listing<br />
3/30/95; within Fifteenth Street HD and Pennsylvania Avenue NHS<br />
House <strong>Of</strong>fice Building (Cannon House <strong>Of</strong>fice Building)<br />
New Jersey and Independence Avenues, SE<br />
Built 1906-08 (Carrere & Hastings, architects); DC listing 11/8/64, exempt from NR listing; US ownership<br />
Howard Hall, Howard University (Gen. Oliver Otis Howard House)<br />
607 Howard Place, NW<br />
Sole survivor of four original campus buildings at Howard University, founded in 1866 to admit students<br />
without regard to sex or color, but with a special commitment to the education of African-Americans;<br />
residence of General Howard, Commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau, member of the First Congregational<br />
Church of Washington (where establishment of the school was first proposed), and third university president<br />
(1869-74); symbolizes dedication to making the advantages of higher education available to all; representative<br />
of Howard's history as a center of higher education and its exceptional role in preparing African-American<br />
professionals in law, medicine, engineering, teaching, and the ministry, and other fields; built 1867; 3 stories,<br />
Second Empire style of painted white brick on granite foundations, with corner tower; DC designation<br />
7/24/73, NR listing 2/12/74, NHL designation 5/30/74<br />
Howard Theatre<br />
620 T Street, NW<br />
City's first legitimate theater for African-American audiences and entertainers, and oldest in theater circuit<br />
including Harlem's Apollo; showcase for African-American musical, theatrical, and comedy talent, including<br />
Washington natives Duke Ellington and Pearl Bailey; built 1910, J. Edward Storck, architect; closed after<br />
1929 crash, reopened 1931, closed 1970; DC designation 8/28/73, NR listing 2/15/74; DC ownership; within<br />
Greater U Street HD<br />
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