This two-story historic brick rowhouse was designed by architect R.E. Crump and built in 1894 in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, D.C. In 1904, singer Lillian Evans Tibbs moved into the house and built her career as one of the first Black opera singers to achieve international fame. After studying at Miner Teacher’s College to be an educator, she went on to graduate from Howard University with a bachelor’s degree in music. She was a polyglot, fluent in French and German, which helped her to break into the world of…
