James C. Dent House

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James C. Dent House
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North side of James C. Dent House as of 2011.
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Location156 Q Street, SW.
Washington, D.C.
Coordinates 38°52′14″N77°0′48″W / 38.87056°N 77.01333°W / 38.87056; -77.01333
Built1906
Architect William James Palmer
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No. 10000880 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 2, 2010 [1]

James C. Dent House is a historic home at 156 Q Street, Southwest, Washington, D.C., in the Buzzard Point neighborhood.

James C. Dent was born enslaved in 1855 in southern Maryland. He was a laborer, and he married Mary, a seamstress. In 1885, they helped found the Mount Moriah Baptist Church. It served as a Community Assistance Center.

Currently, Pepco owns the property. [2] Living Classrooms Foundation began operating the facility in 2019 as a community center to deliver hands-on education and workforce development programming serving residents of all ages living in the surrounding public housing communities of DC's Ward 6. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Listings" (PDF). nps.gov. Retrieved May 28, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Community Planning Assistance Team: Buzzard Point, Washington, D.C." Archived from the original on March 20, 2012. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
  3. ↑ "The Dent House". Archived from the original on December 30, 2019. Retrieved January 10, 2019.


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