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Evans-Tibbs House
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National Register of Historic Places

Evans-Tibbs House

On the National Register since 198739 years
Late Victorian: Queen AnneListed 1987Washington
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About Evans-Tibbs House

Evans-Tibbs House, at 1910 Vermont Ave. NW, was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Sep 8, 1987. The Register lists it for its black history, social history and performing arts, at the state level. It describes its style as Late Victorian: Queen Anne, as it does for 1 other District of Columbia listings. Nine more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isArt gallery and residence of Evans-Tibbs family. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

PDFRead the original nominationThe form that put it on the Register, with its history, photos and a map · 46 MB · National Archives↗
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Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 10 minutes

1910 Vermont Ave. NW, Washington · about 0.3 miles on foot, as the crow flies

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  1. 1Evans-Tibbs HouseStart here
  2. 2Frelinghuysen University, Former Classroom BuildingQueen Anne · Built 1906 · next door
  3. 3Bowen, Anthony, YMCALate Victorian · 0.1 mi on
  4. 4Whitelaw HotelItalian Renaissance Revival · next door
  5. 5Greater U Street Historic DistrictItalianate · next door
Around it

36 more Register listings within half a mile

★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.

BTrue Reformer BuildingLate 19th and 20th Century American Movements0.1 miBPrince Hall Masonic TempleClassical0.1 miBLincoln Industrial Mission-Lincoln Memorial Congregational ChurchMediterranean Revival0.2 miBSouthern Aid Society-Dunbar Theater BuildingItalian Renaissance0.2 miBLincoln TheatreClassical Revival · Built 19220.2 mi★Zalmon Richards HouseVictorian0.3 miDBlagden Alley-Naylor Court Historic DistrictMid-19th Century0.3 miBShaw Junior High SchoolLate Victorian0.3 miBHolzbeierlein BakeryBuilding0.3 miBHoward TheatreBuilding0.3 miBDorsch's White Cross BakeryIndustrial Craftsman0.3 miBGeneral Baking Company BakeryBuilding0.3 miBFirst African New ChurchGothic Revival0.3 miDFourteenth Street Historic DistrictLate Victorian0.4 mi★Carter G. Woodson HouseVictorian · Built 18900.4 miBOld Korean LegationBuilding0.4 miBLafayette Apartment BuildingLate Victorian0.4 miBGladstone and Hawarden Apartment BuildingsLate Victorian · Built 19000.4 mi
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DLeDroit Park Historic DistrictGothic0.4 mi★Mary Ann Shadd Cary HouseItalian Villa0.4 miBManhattan LaundryIndustrial Vernacular0.4 miBWashington Railway and Electric Company GarageBuilding0.4 miBCardozo, Francis L., Senior High SchoolLate Gothic Revival · Built 19280.4 miDMount Vernon West Historic DistrictItalianate0.5 miDLogan Circle Historic DistrictHigh Victorian0.5 miBBarker, George M., Company WarehouseBuilding0.5 miBThird Baptist ChurchLate Gothic Revival · Built 18930.5 miBWardman RowNeo Classical Revival0.5 mi★Mary Church Terrell HouseVictorian0.5 miBYouth Pride, Inc. (aka Pride, Inc.)Building0.5 miBNorthumberland ApartmentsEclectic Classicism0.5 miBMeridian ManorColonial Revival0.5 miBClifton TerraceColonial Revival · Built 19150.5 miBBanneker Recreation CenterBuilt 19340.5 mi★Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel, Frederick Douglass Memorial Hall, Founders LibraryEnglish Gothic Revival0.5 mi★Gen. Oliver Otis Howard HouseSecond Empire0.5 mi

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Questions about Evans-Tibbs House

Is Evans-Tibbs House on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Sep 8, 1987 (Register number 86003025).

Is Evans-Tibbs House a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; District of Columbia has 75 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is Bowen, Anthony, YMCA, 0.2 miles away.

Can you visit Evans-Tibbs House?

Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.

Where can I read the history of Evans-Tibbs House?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 46 MB PDF at the National Archives, linked on this page.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 117692122 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.