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Logan Circle is a historic
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park and
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of Washington, D.C., located in
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. The majority of Logan Circle is primarily residential, except for the highly-commercialized 14th Street corridor that passes through the western part of the neighborhood. In the 21st century, Logan Circle has been the focus of urban redevelopment and become one of Washington's most expensive neighborhoods. Today, Logan Circle is home to one of the D.C.'s most prominent gay neighborhoods. Logan Circle includes two historic districts, as well as numerous sites listed on the
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or as D.C. Historic Landmarks. Logan Circle's origins date to the 1870's, when the area was developed as a residential neighborhood to serve Washington's growing
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. In 1901, President
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inaugurated the General Logan equestrian statue at the center of the circle's park. In 1930, the U.S. Congress officially named the circle in honor of Union General John A. Logan.


History


19th century

During the
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, present-day Logan Circle was home to Camp Barker, former
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converted into a
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for newly freed
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from nearby
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and
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. In the 1870s, streets, elm trees, and other amenities were installed by Washington Mayor
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, who encouraged the development of the area.
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tracks were laid into what was then a very swampy area north of
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Washington, to encourage development of the original Washington City Plan. As a result, the area saw development of successive blocks of Victorian row houses marketed to the upper middle class, which sought to give Washington the reputation, modeled after
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an capitals, of a city of broad
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s and well-manicured parks. Many of the larger and more ornate homes came with
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s and attached servant's quarters, which were later converted to apartments and rooming houses as the upper middle class moved elsewhere.


20th century

Originally known as Iowa Circle, the park was renamed by Congress in 1930 in honor of John A. Logan, Commander of the
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during the Civil War, Commander of the
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, and U.S. representative and senator for the state of
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, who lived at 4 Logan Circle. At the center of the circle stands '' Major General John A. Logan'', an equestrian statue of Logan sculpted by
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and a bronze statue base designed by architect
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. On April 9, 1901, the monument was dedicated by President
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, Senator
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, and General
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. In the early 20th century, 14th Street NW rose to prominence as a main shopping district for both black and white Washingtonians on the edge of downtown Washington D.C., and became known as an area for auto showrooms. Further north, "14th and U" became synonymous with a large African-American community, later known as
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, which encompassed parts of Logan Circle and U Street to the north. Segregation marked the emergence of this large area of well-preserved Victorian row houses as a predominately African-American community; the unofficial dividing line was 16th Street NW, several blocks to the west, with Logan Circle and its older homes sandwiched in between. During this period, the original Victorian homes in the area were subdivided into apartments, hostels, and rooming houses. with the end of legal segregation, middle-class residents of both races left the area. Many left after the destructive
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following the assassination of
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These devastated the 14th and U streets commercial corridors. In 1956, the three inner lanes of 13th Street were paved across Logan Circle to speed the influx of suburban workers into DC. In 1980, to encourage more people to use Metro, the inner lanes across Logan Circle were closed. Later they were removed and the park restored. During the 1980s and 1990s, Logan Circle, although dominated by Victorian homes that had survived mostly untouched by redevelopment or riots, was considered an unsafe neighborhood by many due to overt drug use and
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that existed in the neighborhood. During this period, property values in the area began to increase, but issues of homelessness in the area came to the forefront. 14th Street, NW became widely viewed as Washington's
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. It also became an area for small, independent theater companies, that acquired relatively acheap space north of the circle.


21st century

During the 2000s, the area gentrified and housing costs sharply increased after derelict buildings were torn down or remodeled. The commercial corridors along 14th and P streets attracted significant revitalization. They now feature a variety of retailers, restaurants,
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, live
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, and
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venues such as Number Nine and Trade,
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catering to the neighborhood's booming
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population. A watershed event in the development of the neighborhood was the opening of a
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two blocks from Logan Circle in December 2000. No full grocery store was in the area. It was developed on a site previously occupied by an abandoned service garage; it is now one of the chain's highest-grossing markets. Gentrification in Logan Circle has resulted in a dramatic change of neighborhood
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; since the 1990s, thousands of
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young
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and hipster adults have moved into the neighborhood, while thousands of
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families have moved out because of rising prices.


Landmarks


Logan Circle Historic District

The Logan Circle Historic District is an eight-block area surrounding the circle, containing 135 late-19th-century residences designed predominantly in the Late Victorian and
Richardsonian Romanesque Richardsonian Romanesque is a style of Romanesque Revival architecture named after the American architect Henry Hobson Richardson (1838–1886). The revival style incorporates 11th and 12th century southern French, Spanish, and Italian Romanes ...
styles of architecture. The district was added to the
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on June 30, 1972. The former home of
Mary McLeod Bethune Mary Jane McLeod Bethune ( McLeod; July 10, 1875 – May 18, 1955) was an American educator, philanthropist, humanitarian, womanist, and civil rights activist. Bethune founded the National Council of Negro Women in 1935, established the organi ...
, an
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educator, author, and
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leader who founded the
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, is located at 1318 Vermont Avenue NW, one block south of the circle. The Second Empire-style building is a designated National Historic Site and houses the Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial Museum and the National Archives for Black Women's History.


Fourteenth Street Historic District

In addition to the Logan Circle Historic District, the neighborhood includes the much larger
Fourteenth Street Historic District The Fourteenth Street Historic District is located in the Logan Circle and U Street Corridor (a.k.a. Cardozo/Shaw) neighborhoods of Washington, D.C. It was listed on both the District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites and the National Reg ...
, added to the
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in 1994. The district's approximately 765
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are considered historically significant because they represent residential and commercial development resulting from one of the earliest streetcar lines in Washington, D.C., the
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's 14th Street line, built in the 1880s. The oldest
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in the Fourteenth Street Historic District is
Luther Place Memorial Church Luther Place Memorial Church is a congregation belonging to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The neo-Gothic church building in Thomas Circle in Washington, D.C., was designed by architects Judson York, J. C. Harkness, and Henry Davis ...
, built 1870–1873, an ELCA Lutheran church situated on the north side of Thomas Circle. Originally known as Memorial Evangelical Lutheran Church of Washington, D.C., the building was renamed in 1884 after a bronze statue of
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was installed on the church's property. Luther Place Memorial Church was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 16, 1973. The Gladstone and Hawarden, designed by architect
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in 1900, are early examples of Washington's
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apartment houses. Named for
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and his estate Hawarden Castle, they are the first documented twin
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s in Washington, D.C. The Gladstone and Hawarden were added to the
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on September 7, 1994.


Local landmarks

The District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites includes several properties in Logan Circle which are not listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Among them are the former residences of: Charles Manuel "Sweet Daddy" Grace, flamboyant founder of the United House of Prayer For All People; John A. Lankford, the first African American architect in Washington, D.C.; Belford Lawson Jr., lead attorney in the
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case '' New Negro Alliance v. Sanitary Grocery Co.'';
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, the first African American
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and central figure in the
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; Mary Jane Patterson, the first African American woman to earn a
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; Ella Watson, subject of
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's famous photograph ''American Gothic, Washington, D.C.''; and James Lesesne Wells, noted
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and longtime art instructor at
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. The Victorian building on the north side of the park, 15 Logan Circle, was built for military officer and diplomat
Seth Ledyard Phelps Seth Ledyard Phelps (January 13, 1824 – June 24, 1885) was an American naval officer, and in later life, a politician and diplomat. Phelps received his first commission in United States Navy as a midshipman aboard the famous USS ''Independenc ...
and served as the
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from 1889 to 1905. Following an extensive restoration project, the building now serves as the
Old Korean Legation Museum The Old Korean Legation Museum is a historic house museum located at 15 Logan Circle NW (also listed as 1500 13th Street NW) in the Logan Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Built in 1877 as a residence for military officer and politic ...
. The Iowa, designed by
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in 1901, was the birthplace of
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Old Korean Legation Museum The Old Korean Legation Museum is a historic house museum located at 15 Logan Circle NW (also listed as 1500 13th Street NW) in the Logan Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Built in 1877 as a residence for military officer and politic ...
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Geography

The Logan Circle neighborhood is bordered: * on the north by T Street NW and the U Street Corridor (a.k.a. Cardozo/Shaw); * on the east by 11th Street NW and the
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neighborhood: * on the south by Massachusetts Avenue and the
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area * on the west by 16th Street NW and the
Dupont Circle Dupont Circle (or DuPont Circle) is a traffic circle, park, neighborhood and historic district in Northwest Washington, D.C. The Dupont Circle neighborhood is bounded approximately by 16th Street NW to the east, 22nd Street NW t ...
neighborhood The traffic circle is the intersection of 13th Street, P Street,
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, and Vermont Avenue. The
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maintains the land located within the traffic circle, a park measuring in diameter, furnished with wooden benches, decorative lampposts, an iron fence, and concrete sidewalks.


Education

Residents are served by the
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(DCPS). Garrison Elementary School in Logan Circle has a capacity of over 350 students. the school had 228 students. Residents are zoned to Garrison, and
Cardozo Education Campus Cardozo Education Campus, formerly Cardozo Senior High School and Central High School, is a combined middle and high school at 13th and Clifton Street in northwest Washington, D.C., United States, in the Columbia Heights neighborhood. Cardozo i ...
.


In popular culture

Logan Circle is the setting for
Dinaw Mengestu Dinaw Mengestu (ዲናው መንግስቱ) (born 30 June 1978) is an Ethiopian-American novelist and writer. In addition to three novels, he has written for ''Rolling Stone'' on the war in Darfur, and for '' Jane Magazine'' on the conflict in nor ...
's ''The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears'', a
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about an
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struggling to start a new life in Washington, D.C. Gil Scott Heron's 1974 song "The Bottle" describes the lives of the alcoholics living in the area.


See also

* Equestrian Monument of General John A. Logan


References


External links


Logan Circle Community Association

Logan Circle Main Street

ANC2F
- Logan Circle's
Advisory Neighborhood Commission Advisory Neighborhood Commissions are bodies of local government in District of Columbia, in the United States. The ANC system was created in 1974 through a District referendum (73 percent voted "yes") in the District of Columbia Home Rule Act. ...
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