A 6,200-square-foot home two blocks from the U.S. Supreme Court has sold for $4.995 million, the highest sales price for a home in the Capitol Hill neighborhood on record. The previous Capitol Hill ...

An Empire-style townhome, two blocks from the U.S. Supreme Court, occupied by abolitionist Frederick Douglass in the 1870s, is on the market for $4.9 million after a top-to-bottom renovation. The four ...

316 A St. NE has sold for $4.99 million after hitting the market in October 2020. Frederick Douglass lived in the home in the 1870s. Washington Fine Properties To ...

Frederick Douglass' historic home in Anacostia is again welcoming visitors for guided tours after shutting its doors for three years during the pandemic and renovations. Available on Tuesdays, ...

WASHINGTON — The grand bicentennial kickoff on Saturday at the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site in historic Anacostia in Washington, D.C., drew more than 300 guests to the formal ceremony, ...

For two years in a row, during the month of February, I’ve had dreams about Frederick Douglass. Last year, the reason was clear. My family knows I love ― like, really love ― February, because it is ...

Frederick Douglass Memorial Home was built between 1855 and 1859 for John Welsh Van Hook, an architect from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Uniontown (also known as Anacostia). In 1877, Frederick ...

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The appearance of Frederick Douglass onstage to remind us of the intent of all those fine words in the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th ...

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