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The Washington Navy Yard is the former shipyard and ordnance plant of the United States Navy in Southeast Washington, D.C. It is the oldest shore establishment of the U.S. Navy.
The Yard currently serves as a ceremonial and administrative center for…

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Fuller's Barber Shop owned and operated by Luther Fuller. Fuller's shop has been serving the Arthur Cappers neighborhood for over 45 years and still remains open as of today at 1100 L St S.E.

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The Eastern Market is a public market in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C., housed in a 19th century brick building. It is located on 7th Street SE, a few blocks east of the U.S. Capitol between North Carolina Avenue SE and C Street…

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Southeast Neighborhood Library, one of three Carnegie-funded libraries in D.C. and the second neighborhood library built, proved to be one of the library system's busiest from its opening on Dec. 8, 1922. The one-story brick building, designed by…

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Part of Arthur Capper's History the Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C. is located at the corner 8th and I Streets, Southeast in Washington, D.C. Established in 1801, it is a National Historic Landmark, the oldest post in the United States Marine…

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Celebrating 104 years!

In the latter part of 1902, the late Rev. Isaac Wright was inspired by God to organize a Sunday School Mission in Southeast, Washington, DC. In 1903, a site was chosen at 1263 First Street, SE, where the Sunday School…

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Located in the Southeast quadrant of Washington, D.C., Folger Park is one of the largest parks in the Capitol Hill area. In 1885, the park was memorialized and named after Charles J. Folger, Secretary of the Treasury in the administration of Chester…

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DPW/Trash Transfer Station, 880 New Jersey Ave.was used in the 1900s as a trash transfer station, before the DC Department of Public Works turned it into an operations area for heavy trucks and plows. Now it's going to be an apartment…

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7th and L Market

7th & L St SE
Washington, DC 20003


The corner market at 7th and L Streets, SE was owned and operated by several proprietors. Like many other neighborhood stores it served general convenience items.

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Marshall Hall was an amusement park at Marshall Hall, Maryland, next to the Potomac River, more or less across from Mount Vernon, Virginia, the home of George Washington. The site of a small amusement park dating from the 1890s, a modern amusement…
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