English: The former home of Langston Hughes is located at 1749 S Street NW in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The house was built in 1872 for Dr. F. P. Ormes and is a contributing property to the Dupont Circle Historic District.
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|Description = The former residence of [[Langston Hughes]] located at 1749 S Street, [[Northwest, Washington, D.C.|NW]] in the [[Dupont Circle]] neighborhood of [[Washington, D.C.]] Built in 1890, the row house is a [[contributing proper
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1749 S Street, NW Dupont Circle Historic District Langston Hughes Residence Built in 1890 3 bedrooms/2.5 baths/2 fireplaces 2009 value is $1,001,930; sold for $955,000 in 2004 current owner is Eric Zelenko Hughes moved to D.C. in 1924 to be with his mother; he worked as an assistant for Carter G. Woodson in 1925 and later as a busboy at the Wardman Park Hotel; Hughes and his mother lived with relatives in LeDroit Park (1917 3rd Street, NW) until moving to a 2-bedroom unheated apartment on the 2nd floor of 1749 S Street in January 1925 (Hughes moved out later that year and lived at the 12th Street YMCA); while living at 1749 S Street, Hughes worked at a nearby laundry, began woking for Woodson, and revised “The Weary Blues” for publication additional past owners include Christine L. Jocoy (1995)