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Henry Bazemore collection of Frederick Douglass Dwellings photographs

Object Details

Biographical/Historical note
Built as temporary housing for World War II workers, the Frederick Douglass Dwellings were located on land previously owned by Tobias Henson, a former slave, who, after purchasing his freedom and that of his family, purchased and developed a 24-acre tract called The Ridge. Henson added to his landholdings and by the 1870s his family was the principal landholder in the black community of Stantontown; they remained on the land until the 1940s, when the federal government condemned the community to build the Frederick Douglass Dwellings. Deemed uninhabitable in 1998 and left vacant, the Frederick Douglass Dwellings were demolished in 2000 to make way for a new mixed-income community.
Date
circa 1940s
Extent
0.42 Linear feet ((1 box))
Citation
Henry Bazemore collection of Frederick Douglass Dwellings photographs, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Henry Bazemore.
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Topic
Public housing
African American neighborhoods
African Americans -- Social life and customs
African Americans
Place
Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
Identifier
ACMA.06-067
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Finding aid
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