Langston Golf Course
Golf course in Washington, D.C., United States
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Langston Golf Course is an 18-hole golf course in Washington, D.C., established in 1939. It was named for John Mercer Langston, an African American who was the first dean of the Howard University School of Law, the first president of Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute (now Virginia State University), and the first African American elected to the United States Congress from Virginia. It was the second racially desegregated golf course in the District of Columbia, and in 1991 its first nine holes were added to the National Register of Historic Places.
The course's official address is 2600 Benning Road NE. The course's front nine are located just south of the National Arboretum. Part of the course's back nine holes are located on Kingman Island, which is bordered by the Anacostia River in the east and Kingman Lake in the west.
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Gallaudet University
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Kingman and Heritage Islands
Islands in the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C.
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Whitney Young Memorial Bridge
Bridge crossing the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C.
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Kingman Lake
Artificial lake in Washington, D.C.
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United States National Arboretum
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