Explore Anacostia
Historic sites and notable places — click a marker or a card to find it on the map.
Notable places
Cedar Hill — Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
The home Frederick Douglass bought in 1877 and lived in until his death in 1895, now preserved by the National Park Service.
1411 W St SEAnacostia Community Museum
Opened in 1967 as the Smithsonian's Anacostia Neighborhood Museum — widely regarded as the first federally funded community museum.
1901 Fort Place SEThe Big Chair
Anacostia's iconic 19.5-foot Duncan Phyfe chair, a neighborhood symbol on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue since 1959.
2101 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SEAnacostia Historic District
Roughly 550 buildings from 1854–1930, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 — the heart of old Uniontown.
Martin Luther King Jr. Ave & Good Hope Rd SESt. Elizabeths Hospital
Opened in 1855 as the first federally operated psychiatric hospital in the United States; a National Historic Landmark.
1100 Alabama Ave SEBarry Farm
Land the Freedmen's Bureau bought in 1867 and sold in one-acre plots to African Americans, founding a landmark Black community.
Sumner Rd & Firth Sterling Ave SEAnacostia Park
The National Park Service riverfront park along the Anacostia River, with the historic 1930s Anacostia Pool and recreation pavilion.
1900 Anacostia Dr SE