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Frelinghuysen University

1906 establishments in Washington, D.C.1917 establishments in Washington, D.C.1950s disestablishments in Washington, D.C.AC with 0 elementsAdult education in the United States
African-American history of Washington, D.C.Defunct high schools in the United StatesDefunct private universities and colleges in Washington, D.C.Historically black universities and colleges in the United StatesHistorically segregated African-American schools in Washington, D.C.Houses completed in 1879Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C.Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Washington, D.C.NRHP infobox with nocatQueen Anne architecture in Washington, D.C.
Edwin P. Goodwin House, Frelinghuysen University
Edwin P. Goodwin House, Frelinghuysen University

Frelinghuysen University was a university in Washington, D.C., "devoted in perpetuo to Education of Colored Adults".: 20  It "aim[ed] to meet some of the educational needs and demands of colored working folk who are past the age of public school advantages and unable for obvious reasons to meet the requirements of a full day-time college or university.": 67  Its classes met outside of business hours; it offered "part-time adult schooling".: 67 

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Frelinghuysen University
Vermont Avenue Northwest, Washington

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Greater U Street Historic District

Vermont Avenue Northwest
20060 Washington
District of Columbia, United States
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Bohemian Caverns
Bohemian Caverns

The Bohemian Caverns, founded in 1926, was a restaurant and jazz nightclub located on the NE Corner of the intersection of 11th Street and U Street NW in Washington, D.C. The club started out as Club Caverns - a small establishment in the basement of a drugstore - famous for its floor and variety shows. The club was frequented by many of Washington's elite at the time who would come to see such musical artists as Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway. In the 1950s, the club's name was changed to Crystal Caverns and then to Bohemian Caverns. In 1959, promoter Tony Taylor and Angelo Alvino bought the club and transformed it into the premier jazz venue in Washington, D.C. Taylor booked many of the leading jazz musicians of the 1960s including Bill Evans, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Shirley Horn, John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy, Bobby Timmons, Nina Simone, and Charles Mingus. In 1964, Ramsey Lewis recorded the critically and commercially successful album, The Ramsey Lewis Trio at the Bohemian Caverns. By 1968, the club began to lose business. The financial strains and the civil disturbances following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led Taylor and Alvino to close the club in September 1968. Thirty years later, as a re-development of the U Street area was underway, the club was purchased by Amir Afshar and re-opened.Beginning in 2006, Bohemian Caverns was under the direction of club manager Omrao Brown.After a vehicle-into-building crash forced the operators to halt operations for six weeks, Bohemian Caverns went out of business and vacated the building at the end of March 2016.