West of Westcott

Dr. Henry A. Washington (1906-2001), the first African-American doctor to establish a private practice in Syracuse and an active community leader, lived in this house for many years. Dr. Washington had been a captain in the U. S. Army during the Second World War. He grew up in Tennessee and earned his medical degree from Howard University. He was a member of numerous medical and civil rights organizations, including the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the American Red Cross, the Syracuse Academy of Medicine and the Onondaga County Medical Society.