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National Home for Destitute Colored Women and Children

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National Home for Destitute Colored Women and Children
National Home for Destitute Colored Women and Children

The National Home for Destitute Colored Women and Children, later known as the Merriweather Home for Children, was a relief association in the Pleasant Plains neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1863 to house and educate formerly enslaved women and children who fled to Washington during the American Civil War, the organization would go on to operate for more than a century, becoming the only orphanage for African American children in the city by the 1950s. In 2022, the National Home's former building at 733 Euclid Street N.W. was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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National Home for Destitute Colored Women and Children
Euclid Street Northwest, Washington Columbia Heights

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Euclid Street Northwest 733
20001 Washington, Columbia Heights
District of Columbia, United States
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