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Logan Circle

Logan Circle is one of DC’s grandest Victorian traffic circles, surrounded by some of the finest late 19th-century rowhouses in the city. The neighborhood has reinvented itself more than once across its 150-year history.

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Ella Watson stands before an American flag holding a broom and mop, Gordon Parks, 1942Ella Watson’s Home: The House Behind American GothicOct 19The General Scott apartment building at 1 Scott Circle NW, Washington DCThe General Scott Apartments: A 1940 Deco Landmark on Scott CircleAug 21May 8, 1889 photograph of the Korean Legation at 1500 13th Street with staff in gat and the taegeukgi flag flyingKorea’s Logan Circle Legation: Sold for $5, Bought BackMay 18

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President Calvin Coolidge stands at a platform addressing a crowd at the 1925 cornerstone ceremony, with a band in the foregroundDC JCC at 16th and Q: From Coolidge’s 1925 Cornerstone to TodayAug 29, 2019Washington, D.C. Automobile store on 14th Street which has stock of frozen carsThe Mysterious Old Building on 14th St. in Logan Circle: A 1942 Photo and TodayJan 4, 20181610 14th St. NWExploring the Streets of DC in 1920: 1610 14th St. NWOct 13, 20151892 map of Logan CircleLogan Circle in 1892, When It Was Still Called Iowa CircleOct 8, 2014Home RuleThe Unexpected History of Home Rule at 1807 14th St. NWFeb 24, 2014Nubby Nuckols (1938)Nubby Nuckols: The DC Bookmaker Who Shot Himself in 1938Feb 11, 2014
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