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Most Endangered Places for 2000

Mary Church Terrell House
326 T Street, NW

Mary Terrell was a distinguished educator as well as suffrage and civil rights activist. She was the first African American woman to be appointed to the District of Columbia Board of Education (1895), and she served as president of the National Association of Colored Women (1897) and as a founding member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (1909). In 1953, at age ninety, she led a successful drive to end segregation of public facilities in Washington, DC.Her husband, Robert Terrell, was principal of the M Street High School and the first African American judge on the DC Municipal Court. The Terrells' purchase of this ca. 1900 house spurred racial integration of LeDroit Park. Owned by Howard University, this National Historic Landmark, listed as well on the DC Inventory and National Register, has been long vacant and is severely deteriorated structure. Under the aegis of the Howard University Community Association, architectural studies have been undertaken to restore the building for use as a museum. No further architectural work has been commissioned within the last year. DCPL is actively encouraging Howard University to restore this property.

Co-chairs: E. Renée Ingram and Tip Kendrick

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