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Thurgood Marshall Center for Service and Heritage
A Shaw landmark, built as the local YMCA in 1912, and designed by one of the nation's first black architects, W. Sidney Pittman. The name comes from the fact that Supreme Court Thurgood Marshall was a frequent visitor to the Y, and that he wrote portions of his opinion for the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education decision here. On the first floor, there is an exhibit portraying the living history of African Americans in Shaw.
- Address
- 1816 12th St NW
- Hours
- Mon-Fri 8:30AM-8PM, Sat 10AM-3PM
- Price
- Free
Listing from Wikivoyage: Washington, D.C./Shaw, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Updated 28 Sept 2026. Something wrong? Tell us.