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Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site

About Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site

The Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site preserves the house of Mary McLeod Bethune, located in Northwest Washington, D.C., at 1318 Vermont Avenue NW. National Park Service rangers offer tours of the home, and a video about Bethune's life is shown. It is part of the Logan Circle Historic District.

The house is about five blocks north-northeast of the McPherson Square Washington Metro on the Blue and Orange Lines, and about five blocks south of the U Street Metro station on the Green Line. It is a half block southwest of Logan Circle.

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Historic house museumAfrican-American museum
Founded
1875
Annual visitors
578
in 2020

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  1. Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site, Washington, D.C.01Washington, D.C.McGhiever · CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. Inside Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site02Inside Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic SiteVictoria Stauffenberg · Public domain
  3. 1318 Vermont Avenue – Mary McLeod Bethume National Historic Site03Vermont Avenue – Mary McLeod Bethume National Historic SiteGeraldshields11 · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Nearby museums

Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within a mile of Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site; the closest, Bethune Memorial Museum, is practically next door.