- Samuel Gompers House
Infobox_nrhp | name =Samuel Gompers House
nrhp_type = nhl
caption =
location= 2122 1st St., NW,Washington, D.C.
lat_degrees = 38
lat_minutes = 55
lat_seconds = 2
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 77
long_minutes = 0
long_seconds = 46
long_direction = W
locmapin = District of Columbia
area =
built =1902
architect= Unknown
architecture= No Style Listed
designated=May 30 ,1974 cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1504&ResourceType=Building
title=Samuel Gompers House |accessdate=2008-05-09|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added =September 23 ,1974 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=74002161Samuel Gompers House is a house in
Washington, D.C. .Samuel Gompers was president of the
American Federation of Labor from 1886 until his death in 1924. Gompers helped found the AFL, and vigorously pursued its three goals of higher wages, shorter hours, and better working conditions for American workers. He lived in this three-story brick rowhouse from 1902 to 1917.It was declared a
National Historic Landmark in 1974.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/74002161.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Samuel Gompers House] |32 KB|date=, 19 |author= |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/74002161.pdf "Accompanying photos, exterior and interior, from 19"] |32 KB]cite web|url=
title= |accessdate=2008-05-09|work=Washington D.C. National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary listing |publisher=National Park Service]Note: A National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination document should be available upon request from the National Park Service for this site, but it appears not to be available on-line from the [http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreghome.do?searchtype=natreghome NPS Focus search site] .]
It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 19.References
External links
* [ ] , NRHP 'travel itinerary' listing at the
National Park Service
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.dc0 __: __ photos, __drawings, __data pages and supplemental material] , atHistoric American Building Survey
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