Greater U Street Historic District

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Greater_U_Street_Historic_District
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historic_district
gptkbp:adjacentTo gptkb:Columbia_Heights
gptkb:Logan_Circle
gptkb:Cardozo_neighborhood
gptkbp:architecturalStyle gptkb:Queen_Anne
Italianate
Victorian
gptkbp:area over 50 city blocks
gptkbp:contains gptkb:U_Street_Corridor
gptkb:True_Reformer_Building
gptkb:Lincoln_Theatre
gptkb:Howard_Theatre
gptkbp:governingBody gptkb:District_of_Columbia_Historic_Preservation_Office
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Greater U Street Historic District
gptkbp:listedOn gptkb:National_Register_of_Historic_Places
gptkbp:listedSince 1998
gptkbp:location gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:1968_riots
1920s jazz era
gptkbp:notableFor African American history
jazz music
gptkbp:notableResident gptkb:Duke_Ellington
gptkb:Langston_Hughes
gptkb:Mary_McLeod_Bethune
gptkbp:NRHPReferenceNumber 98001557
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Shaw_neighborhood
gptkbp:periodOfSignificance 1862-1948
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:U_Street_Corridor
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5