Howard, General Oliver Otis, House - View this location on map Completed in 1867, this was the private residence of Oliver Otis Howard (1830-1909), Union general, Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, and the third president (1869-1874) of Howard University. Founded in 1866 by the church of which General Howard was a member, the university was dedicated to providing Black men and women with an education that would prepare them for careers in the fields of law, medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, engineering, social work, teaching, the ministry, and the armed services. 607 Howard Place, Howard University, Washington, District of Columbia Historical

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