National Register of Historic Places

Mayfair Mansions Apartments

Washington, District of Columbia County, District of Columbia
Listed
November 1, 1989
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
89001735

About this property

Mayfair Mansions Apartments are historic structures in the Mayfair neighborhood of the Northeast quadrant of Washington, D.C. The garden apartments were built between 1942 and 1946 and were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. Mayfair Mansions were the project of radio evangelist Lightfoot Solomon Michaux. Albert I. Cassell, one of Washington's first professionally trained African American architects, designed the three-story buildings in the Colonial Revival style. They are among the first federally subsidized housing projects for African Americans in the United States. The complex was built on the former location of the Benning Race Track. The initial 571 units are now divided into two separate properties: Mayfair Mansions III composed of 160 units and another composed of the remaining 411 units. Mayfair Mansions III underwent a major renovation in 2011 and the other property was rehabilitated for $48 million in 2009.

Location

3819 Jay St., NE.
Washington, District of Columbia County, District of Columbia
38.90366, -76.94826

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When was Mayfair Mansions Apartments listed on the National Register?

Mayfair Mansions Apartments was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 1, 1989.

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Mayfair Mansions Apartments is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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