03/25/2026
At On Our Own, we are proud that our mission and the history of our house in Historic Vinegar Hill connect us to Women’s History Month - and to Peachie Carr Johnson’s life of education, advocacy, and mutual aid.
As always, our sincerest thanks to the historians of Ivy Creek Natural Area and Historic River View Farm and Jefferson School African American Heritage Center for the generosity with which you do your important work in our community. We are beyond thankful for these resources that have given us a glimpse of the history of the building we call home, and the people who made history here in Vinegar Hill.
In 1914, Peachie Suporah Carr, recently graduated from the Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute (Virginia State University) married Dr. George Franklin Johnson, a graduate of Howard University’s medical school.
Together they lived in the heart of Vinegar Hill at 123 4th Street NW, where Dr. Johnson practiced medicine and Mrs. Johnson taught across the street at the Jefferson School until retiring in 1958.
Peachie Carr Johnson (Jackson) was a member of a historic and far-reaching mutual aid society: the Colored Women’s Clubs. For many years she served as president of the Virginia State Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs, founded by Janie Porter Barrett.
The Federation was a civic organization of African American women that prioritized the development and safety of girls and women, education, healthcare, economic opportunity, voting rights, and raised money for special causes. There were chapters of the State Federation throughout the Commonwealth. It was affiliated with the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs (NACWC).
