Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
- Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
Infobox_protected_area | name = Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
iucn_category =
caption =
locator_x = 240
locator_y = 80
location = Washington, D.C., USA
nearest_city = Washington, D.C.
lat_degrees = 38
lat_minutes = 51
lat_seconds = 48
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 76
long_minutes = 59
long_seconds = 07
long_direction = W
area = 9 acres (0.04 km²)
established = February 12, 1988
visitation_num = 23,226
visitation_year = 2005
governing_body = National Park Service
The Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, administered by the National Park Service, is located at 1411 W St., SE in Anacostia, a neighborhood east of the Anacostia River in Southeast Washington, D.C.. Established in 1988 as a National Historic Site, the site preserves the home and estate of Frederick Douglass, one of the most prominent African Americans of the nineteenth century. Douglass lived in this house, which he named Cedar Hill, from 1877 until his death in 1895. Perched high on a hilltop, the site also offers a sweeping view of the U.S. Capitol and the Washington D.C. skyline.
The Frederick Douglass National Historic Site is located about a ten minute walk from the Anacostia Metro station.
History
The site of the Frederick Douglass home was originally purchased by John Van Hook circa 1855. He built the main portion of the present house soon after that. For a portion of 1877 the house was owned by the Freedom Savings and Trust Company and later that year purchased by Frederick Douglass.
After Douglass' death, his widow (in 1900) founded the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association. In 1916, the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs joined with the association. These groups owned the house until 1962, when the federal government took the deed to the house through the National Park Service, with the intent of restoring and preserving it. [cite web | url=http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.dc0092 | title=Frederick Douglass House | work=Historic American Buildings Survey | publisher=Library of Congress | format=data pages | accessdate=2006-10-13]
ee also
*List of museums focused on African Americans
External links
* [http://www.nps.gov/frdo/ Frederick Douglass National Historic Site]
References
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