CULTURAL INSTITUTION Frederick Douglass Center 3032 S. Wabash

Founded in 1904, the integrated Frederick Douglass Center served Chicagoans in the Bronzeville and Armour Square neighborhoods. The Center served as the Second Ward’s war office during World War I where women maintained an exemption board for drafted men, a Red Cross support office, and a post office. During the 1918 influenza pandemic, the Frederick Douglass Center served as a relief station and later that year, merged with the Chicago Urban League. During the 1960s, League headquarters moved nearby to the Swift House, which was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.