Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site - Plan Your Visit

We are closed on Sundays.

Local Partners & Information Resources

DC Heritage Tourism Coalition

Getting There

Car
FROM BALTIMORE AND POINTS NORTH: Take the Baltimore-Washington Parkway south to New York Avenue. Take New York Avenue to Massachusetts Avenue. Turn right onto 13th Street. Go one block and turn left onto N Street. Go another block and turn right onto Vermont Avenue. 1318 is an half block up the street on the left.

FROM VIRGINIA AND POINTS SOUTH: Take 14th Street to Thomas Circle. Make a right off the Circle onto Vermont Avenue. 1318 is one and an half blocks past the circle on the left.

Street parking is limited to two hours on Vermont Avenue. There are several pay parking lots within one or two blocks of Thomas Circle.

Public Transportation
Metrobus and Metrorail - (McPherson Square - Orange/Blue Lines)