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Calvin Brent

He gained commissions to build speculative housing from prosperous clients such as the Wormley family, Dr. John Francis and Douglass Syphax, but was not asked to build homes or churches for the black elite of the city.

Columbian Harmony Cemetery

James Wormley (1819-1884), owner of the Wormley Hotel, and only African-American present when Abraham Lincoln died.

Wormley's Hotel

Wormley's Hotel was a five-story hotel at 1500 H Street, NW, Washington D.C. The hotel was owned by James Wormley, a free-born black man who had spent time in Europe learning fine culinary skills.

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