Getting There:

Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
1411 W Street, SE
Washington DC 20020

From the Mall Area in downtown Washington, DC: Travel South on 9th Street NW to I-395 North. Follow Exit for I-295 to Exit for Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE. Follow Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE. Contineu on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue for a few blocks and turn left onto W Street SE. Proceed three blocks to the Visitor Center parking lot on the right. From I-495/95 Washington Beltway: Take Exit 3 North onto Indian Head Highway (MD-210), which becomes South Capitol Street. Bear right onto Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue. Turn right on W Street SE and proceed three blocks to the Visitor Center parking lot on the right. Metro (Public Transportation System): From the Anacostia Metro Subway / Elevated Train Station (Green Line) take the Mount Rainier B-2 Bus to the Douglass Home.

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Phone Park for More Information:

Information: (202)426-5961
Project Office: (202)426-5961