Spacious Room in Row House in Hip and Historic Location

Shaw is a central neighborhood in DC and has historically been the city's black social, cultural, and economic hub. The neighborhood thrived in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as the pre-Harlem, national center of U.S. black intellectual and cultural life with such notable personalities as Duke Ellington, Langston Hughes and other calling it home. It was later witness to Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and numerous uprisings, marches, and protests that fought for racial equality. DC has designated much of Shaw as the Shaw Historic District.

It’s close to gay bars, hip bars, rooftops, and a wide variety of great restaurants.

The area is quite lively on weekends but rather quiet inside the home.

Parking can be difficult to find on weekends.