Washington, DC Walking Map
A tour of where Washington Conservatory of Music graduates lived, learned, and worked.
Washington, DC Walking Map Optimal Route from Cardozo Metro Station
True Reformers Hall
The original location of the Washington Conservatory from 1903-1904.
Florine M. Camper Home 1910
Florine M. Camper, later Florine M. Lawson, lived here while working as a teacher.
Minnie G. Young Home 1933
Minnie G. Young lived here, likely while working as a teacher.
Desiree Catlett Home 1920-40
Desiree C. Catlett lived here while working as a printer's assistant in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
Lincoln Congregational Church
Henry L. Grant directed the Lincoln Congregational Church choir in the 1930s.
Shiloh Baptist Church
Wilhelmina B. Patterson directed the choir at Shiloh Baptist Church from 1934 until her death in 1962.
Cleveland Elementary School
Elsie A. Browne, later Elsie. A Wiggins, taught fifth grade here starting in 1928.
Emma L. Williams Home 1933
Williams' widower lived here in 1940 and Emma L. Williams herself likely passed away in this home in 1933.
Washington Conservatory of Music
The Washington Conservatory building from 1904 until its closure in 1960.
Jane Elsie Ryder Home 1915
Jane E. Ryder, later Jane R. Fisher, lived here in 1915, while she was a teacher at Garfield Elementary School.
Benjamin Banneker Academic High School
Jewel Jennifer, later Jewel J. Phillips, taught at Banneker High School starting in 1917.
Miner Normal School
Elsie A. Brown, later Elsie A. Wiggins, graduated from Miner Normal School in 1917