Barry Farm neighborhood

E230385
historic district neighborhood

Barry Farm neighborhood is a historic, predominantly African American residential community in Southeast Washington, D.C., known for its post–Civil War origins as one of the city’s first settlements for formerly enslaved people.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Barry Farm neighborhood canonical 2
Barry Farm 1
Barry Farm Dwellings 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic district ⓘ
neighborhood ⓘ
adjacentTo Poplar Point area ⓘ
St. Elizabeths Hospital campus ⓘ
surface form: St. Elizabeths East Campus
alsoKnownAs Barry Farm neighborhood ⓘ
surface form: Barry Farms
borderedBy Anacostia Freeway (I-295) ⓘ
Anacostia neighborhood ⓘ
St. Elizabeths Hospital campus ⓘ
Suitland Parkway ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
developedBy Freedmen’s Bureau ⓘ
ethnicComposition predominantly African American ⓘ
governedBy Government of the District of Columbia ⓘ
surface form: District of Columbia government
hasCharacteristic one of Washington, D.C.’s first settlements for formerly enslaved people ⓘ
post–Civil War origins ⓘ
residential community ⓘ
hasCommunityOrganization Barry Farm neighborhood self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Barry Farm Tenants and Allies Association
hasCulturalSignificance site of multigenerational African American families ⓘ
symbol of Black self-determination in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
hasDemographicTrend historically majority Black population ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance associated with civil rights and tenant organizing in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
important center of Black community life in Southeast Washington, D.C. ⓘ
site of early African American landownership in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
hasHistoricTheme Reconstruction-era African American community building ⓘ
post–Civil War urban settlement for freedpeople ⓘ
hasLandUse public housing ⓘ
rowhouses ⓘ
hasPublicHousingProject Barry Farm neighborhood self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Barry Farm Dwellings
hasRedevelopmentPlan Barry Farm neighborhood self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: New Communities Initiative redevelopment of Barry Farm Dwellings
hasSocioeconomicCharacteristic historically working-class community ⓘ
hasTypeOfHousing garden apartments ⓘ
single-family houses ⓘ
hasZIPCode 20020 ⓘ
inception 1867 ⓘ
locatedIn Southeast Washington, D.C. ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Ward 8 of Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form: Ward 8
locatedNear Anacostia River ⓘ
namedAfter James Barry ⓘ
originalName Barry Farm neighborhood self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Barry Farm
partOf Anacostia neighborhood ⓘ
surface form: Anacostia area

District of Columbia neighborhoods ⓘ
surface form: District of Columbia historic African American neighborhoods network
purposeOfOriginalDevelopment to provide land and housing for formerly enslaved African Americans ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
transportationAccess Anacostia Metrorail station nearby ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Southeast Washington, D.C. → contains → Barry Farm neighborhood ⓘ
Anacostia station → near → Barry Farm neighborhood ⓘ
Barry Farm neighborhood → originalName → Barry Farm neighborhood self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Barry Farm
Barry Farm neighborhood → alsoKnownAs → Barry Farm neighborhood ⓘ
this entity surface form: Barry Farms
Barry Farm neighborhood → hasPublicHousingProject → Barry Farm neighborhood self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Barry Farm Dwellings
Barry Farm neighborhood → hasRedevelopmentPlan → Barry Farm neighborhood self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Communities Initiative redevelopment of Barry Farm Dwellings
Barry Farm neighborhood → hasCommunityOrganization → Barry Farm neighborhood self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Barry Farm Tenants and Allies Association