National Register of Historic Places

Langston Golf Course Historic District

Washington, District of Columbia County, District of Columbia
Listed
October 14, 1991
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
91001525

About this property

Langston Golf Course is an 18-hole golf course in Washington, D.C., established in 1939. It was named for John Mercer Langston, an African American who was the first dean of the Howard University School of Law, the first president of Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute (now Virginia State University), and the first African American elected to the United States Congress from Virginia. It was the second racially desegregated golf course in the District of Columbia, and in 1991 its first nine holes were added to the National Register of Historic Places. The course's official address is 2600 Benning Road NE. The course's front nine are located just south of the National Arboretum. Part of the course's back nine holes are located on Kingman Island, which is bordered by the Anacostia River in the east and Kingman Lake in the west. Langston Golf Course should not be confused with the Anacostia Golf Course, an 18-hole golf course also located in Anacostia Park. Anacostia Golf Course was on the eastern shore of the Anacostia River. It opened in May 1933 and closed in June 1958.

Location

Washington, District of Columbia County, District of Columbia
38.90335, -76.96653

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Sources

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Nearby Historic Sites

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0.5 mi
U.S. National Arboretum
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0.7 mi
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0.8 mi
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0.9 mi

Nearby Battles

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Langston Golf Course Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 14, 1991.

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Langston Golf Course Historic District is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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