Interactive Map of Historic Properties in Central Shaw

The Shaw neighborhood is home to a number of historic properties — the central portion of Shaw alone has over 20.  To provide more information on them, I put together a map of those properties in central Shaw that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

For each historic property, the following information is provided:

1. The property name
2. The property address
3. A short description of the property's historic significance
4. The date the property was listed on the National Register
5. A link to the National Register application for the property, which describes in detail the history and significance of the property
6. Photographs of the property (generally one recent photograph and one photograph from around the time of the property's historic designation).

A chart listing each of the properties is also provided, after the map.

Three of the properties — the American Federation of Labor Building, the Blanche K. Bruce House, and the Carter G. Woodson House — are also designated as National Historic Landmarks. In addition, the Carter G. Woodson House is also designated by federal law as a National Historic Site.

Map of Historic Properties in Central Shaw
Click on a map marker to learn more about the property.

Property on National Register	National Historic Site
National Historic Landmark	Boundary of area covered

What is a National Register Property?
The National Park Service describes the National Register as the official federal list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects significant in American history, architecture, archeology, engineering, and culture. National Register properties have significance to the history of their community state or the nation. According to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, there are over 86,000 listings in the National Register.

What is a National Historic Landmark?
National Historic Landmarks are described by the National Park Service as nationally significant historic places designated by the Secretary of the Interior because they possess exceptional value or quality in illustrating or interpreting the heritage of the United States. Fewer than 2,500 historic places have been designated as National Historic Landmarks..

HISTORIC PROPERTIES IN CENTRAL SHAW
Name	Address	Date Added to National Register
1000 Block of 7th Street, NW (east side)	1005-1035 7th Street, NW; 649 and 651 New York Avenue, NW	February 2, 1984
American Federation of Labor Building*	901 Massachusetts Avenue, NW	September 13, 1974
George M. Barker Company Warehouse	1525 7th Street, NW	August 26, 2008
Blanche K. Bruce House*	909 M Street, NW	May 15, 1975
Dorsch's White Cross Bakery	641 S Street, NW	February 3, 2012
Evans-Tibbs House	1910 Vermont Avenue, NW	September 8, 1987
Fletcher Chapel	401 New York Avenue, NW	August 14, 1997
Frelinghuysen University	1800 Vermont Avenue, NW	November 6, 1995
Samuel Gompers Memorial	10th Street and Massachusetts Avenue, NW	October 11, 2007
Howard Theatre	620 T Street, NW	February 15, 1974
Immaculate Conception Church, School, Rectory, and Residence	1315 8th Street, NW; 707 N Street, NW; 711 N Street, NW; 1317 8th Street, NW	September 17, 2003
Lafayette Apartment Building	1605-1607 7th Street, NW	July 7, 1994
Lincoln Industrial Mission/ Lincoln Memorial Congregational Church	1701 11th Street, NW	February 25, 1995
Morrison and Clark Houses	1013-1015 L Street, NW	March 19, 1991
O Street Market	1400 7th Street, NW	April 28, 1995
The Plymouth	1236 11th Street, NW	June 2, 1986
Prince Hall Masonic Temple	1000 U Street, NW	September 15, 1983
Seventh Street Savings Bank	1300 7th Street, NW	September 17, 2003
Shaw Junior High School	650 Rhode Island Avenue, NW	December 22, 2008
Southern Aid Society Building-Dunbar Theater	1901-1903 7th Street, NW	November 6, 1986
Third Baptist Church	1546 5th Street, NW	November 26, 2008
Phyllis Wheatley YWCA	901 Rhode Island Avenue, NW	October 6, 1983
Carter G. Woodson House**	1538 9th Street, NW	May 11, 1976
Yale Steam Laundry	437-443 New York Avenue, NW	March 18, 1999

* Also a National Historic Landmark
** Also a National Historic Landmark and National Historic Site