An 1861 Civil War image appears to depict Fort Slemmer and the grounds of Queen’s farm, which lay between Forts Slemmer and Bunker Hill, in what is now Brookland and Michigan Park.
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Most people know about the manhunt for John Wilkes Booth and David Herold after the assassination of President Lincoln. Far fewer know about Lewis Powell’s desperate run to our area as he tried to escape after his attack on Secretary of State William Seward.
The story of the Brookland Baptist Church and the people who created it, in the words of a well-known Brookland developer. Begun as the Queenstown Baptist Church in 1881, it changed as the neighborhood began to grow.
In 1835, Jehiel Brooks is appointed commissioner to treat with the Caddo Nation to purchase their lands in Louisiana, nearly a million acres. His daily journal offers insight into the negotiations and the final treaty, from which would flow long-lasting repercussions.
The 1881 murder of two children in Washington County set off a storm of newspaper coverage, centering on a poor, illiterate African American woman.
Brookland old-timers might remember Catholic University’s first sports stadium. Two photos taken of its construction contain some interesting views of old Brookland.
DC’s schools were strictly segregated until the Brown v. Board decision of 1954. Hugh Price was one of the first Black students to integrate Taft Junior High School that September. He went on to a remarkable career.
The intersection of 18th and Monroe Streets in 1928 was a bustling area with a major gas station and loads of food stores.
In 1967, the city began to demolish the Taylor Street Bridge to make way for the North Central Freeway. It was part of a Congressional plan for new highways through the city. Protests erupted and would challenge powerful forces for control of the city’s future.
A short, photo-rich history of the Brookland neighborhood in Washington DC.
Bygone Brookland 