List of things named after Frederick Douglass
The following is a list of places and locations named after American activist and writer Frederick Douglass.
Places
Neighborhoods
- Douglass, Memphis, Tennessee
- Douglass Place, Baltimore
Parks and sites
- Frederick Douglass National Historic Site – Anacostia, Washington, D.C.
- Frederick Douglass Square Historic District, Boston
- Douglass Park, Columbia, Missouri
- Frederick Douglass Bandstand at Lynn Commons, Lynn, Massachusetts[1][2]
Streets and bridges
- Frederick Douglass Circle – located at the Northwest corner of Central Park at the foot of Frederick Douglass Boulevard and of Cathedral Parkway in the New York City borough of Manhattan
- Frederick Douglass Boulevard – a continuation of Eighth Avenue north of Frederick Douglass Circle, starting at 110th Street
- Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge, Anacostia
- Frederick Douglass–Susan B. Anthony Memorial Bridge, Rochester, New York
- Fredrick Douglass Avenue-Runs from Main St to Warren Ave in Brockton, Massachusetts.
Schools
Maryland
Missouri
- Frederick Douglass High School (Columbia, Missouri)
- Douglass High School (Webster Groves, Missouri), segregated school that operated from 1926–1956
Oklahoma
- Frederick A. Douglass High School (Oklahoma), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Douglass School (Lawton, Oklahoma), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Comanche County, Oklahoma
Tennessee
- Douglass High School (Memphis, Tennessee)
- Douglass High School (Kingsport, Tennessee), African-American high school closed in 1966
Virginia
Other states
- Douglass High School (Atlanta)
- Frederick Douglass Academy, West Harlem, New York City
- Douglass Academy for Young Men, Detroit
- Douglass High School (Texas), Douglass, Texas
- Douglass School (Lexington, Kentucky), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Fayette County, Kentucky
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References
- "Frederick Douglass Bandstand at Lynn Commons". Retrieved 2018-06-20.
- "Frederick Douglass Bandstand Lynn Common". Retrieved 2018-06-20.
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