This property was built in the late 1880s actually the first resident moved in in 1888 and the architect for this residence his name was Thomas Franklin Schneider and he was a prolific architect he created the cyos one of the very famous buildings near nearby um he
Had a hand in Eastern Market at some point he was called the prince of F Street in 1925 the muso lit Club took residence of 1327 Art Street muso lit stood for music social and literature and it was Elite black professional club uh had musicians artists poets black rights leaders this whole neighborhood
At that time in the 1920s had a lot of famous black artists Sports people politicians lawyers they were all here and in the 1960s 1961 the mus lit was this residence was sold to a fraternity from Howard University in 1961 and they became residents and what’s nice about having
The fraternity move in is they kept a lot of the Traditions that muso Lit had kind of started to become a neighborhood Society group local group for black students um they did all sorts of wonderful charity work and work abroad and extended their programs for blacks
In in this area in the city so it’s interesting that both organizations were pioneers and were the type of organizations that moved Black Culture forward so that’s why this history this home is so special it’s fair Logan and it’s very DC love It
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