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Taras Shevchenko Memorial

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Taras Shevchenko Memorial in Dupont Circle
Taras Shevchenko Memorial in Dupont Circle

The Taras Shevchenko Memorial is a bronze statue and stone relief-adorned wall located on the 2200 block of P Street NW in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States. It is one of many monuments in Washington, D.C. that honor foreign heroes who symbolize freedom in their native countries. Sculpted by Leo Mol, the memorial honors Taras Shevchenko (1814–1861), a Ukrainian poet and artist who influenced the development of modern Ukrainian literature. The committee to build the memorial included former U.S. President Harry S. Truman as the honorary head. Opposition to the memorial's installation was led by The Washington Post. It was dedicated in 1964, the 150th anniversary of Shevchenko's birth. Dignitaries at the dedication ceremony included prominent Ukrainian Americans, former U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, members of the U.S. Congress, and Hollywood actors. The Taras Shevchenko Memorial and surrounding park are maintained by the National Park Service. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, renamed the surrounding park as Ukrainian Independence Park. The statue is one of two Ukrainian monuments in the nation's capital. The second, a memorial to the Ukrainian victims of the 1932–1933 famine, was completed in 2015.

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Taras Shevchenko Memorial
22nd Street Northwest, Washington Dupont Circle

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22nd Street Northwest
20526 Washington, Dupont Circle
District of Columbia, United States
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Codman Carriage House and Stable
Codman Carriage House and Stable

The Codman Carriage House and Stable is a historic building located at 1415 22nd Street NW (also listed as 1413-1415 22nd Street NW) in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The industrial building was constructed in 1907 as a carriage house and stable for socialite and art collector Martha Catherine Codman, who lived a few blocks north in her home, later known as the Codman–Davis House. She commissioned her cousin, Ogden Codman Jr., an architect and prominent interior decorator who also designed her home. He designed it in a Second Empire style. This building served as a carriage house and stable for ten years before it was converted into a garage. In addition to housing horses and later cars, the building contained living quarters for two of Codman's employees and their families. Codman later married and sold the building in 1940. It was expanded and remodeled as office space. For more than 25 years, the building housed a Goodyear store before the space was converted into a bar and restaurant. The building was nearly demolished in the early 1980s, but the plan was canceled. A gay bar, Badlands, opened in 1983 and was later renamed Apex. After Apex closed in 2011, the longtime Capitol Hill lesbian bar Phase 1 opened a second location in this building. The bar closed in 2013. The building was renovated and restored a few years later, and it now serves again as office space. The Codman Carriage House and Stable was added to the District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites in 1995. It was designated as a contributing property to the Dupont Circle Historic District when the district's boundary was expanded in 2005. It is one of three former stables in the immediate area that are designated historic landmarks.