Neighborhoods of Logan, Scott, and Thomas Circles by Paul K Williams

Neighborhoods of Logan, Scott, and Thomas Circles by Paul K Williams

From the farm and orchard lands of the mid-1880s to the Civil War encampments, from modest wood frame homes to vast residences of Victorian splendor, the area surrounding the closely located Logan, Scott, and Thomas Circles has for many years been at the center of a rich history. Comprising a diverse architectural and social heritage, these neighborhoods have played a part in the great story of the capital city and have been home to the workingman and woman, the wealthy, the middle class, and the politically powerful alike.

Following their use as the site of hangman's gallows for Civil War traitors, all three circles evolved into lush parks surrounded by the elegant, Victorian-era homes that housed nearly all of the nation's elite by the 1890s. Prior to the turn of the twentieth century, these neighborhoods were home to Washington's most influential citizens-pioneers and politicians, generals and industrialists-and, in the 1930s, to well-known leaders of the city's African-American community, such as Mary McLeod Bethune and Bishop Charles M. Sweet Daddy Grace. Logan Circle survives much as it was today, but many readers will not recognize the early homes, now long gone, that once surrounded Scott and Thomas Circles and have since been replaced by office buildings, hotels, and commercial establishments. Fortunately, a compelling visual record of the development of Logan, Scott, and Thomas Circles remains.

Paul K. Williams has an educational background in historic preservation and architecture from both Roger Williams and Cornell Universities. Since 1995, he has been the proprietor of Kelsey & Associates, The House History People, focusing on individual house and building research in Washington, DC and beyond. He is the author of 12 books on Washington, DC neighborhoods, institutions, and themes, the Charles Village neighborhood in Baltimore, and books on his childhood residences on Skaneateles and Owasco Lakes in upstate New York. In addition to Lost Washington, Williams maintains a daily blog on Washington, DC history at The House History Man, and is completing a book on how to research your own house history.

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ISBN 13	9781531609528
ISBN 10	153160952X
Title	Neighborhoods of Logan, Scott, and Thomas Circles
Author	Paul K Williams
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
Year published	2001-11-12
Number of pages	130
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