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John Wesley Cromwell Residence on 1400 block of Swann St, NW

By Prince Of Petworth
Published December 14, 2009 at 4:00PM | Updated December 10, 2025 at 2:59PM

It’s been a while since I’ve seen one of these signs from the African American Heritage Trail. I love imagining what these homes/neighborhoods were like 100 years ago.

I’d never heard of Mr. Cromwell and found the info particularly interesting:


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