Samuel Gompers HouseSamuel Gompers House

Samuel Gompers was president of the American Federation of Labor from 1886 until his death in 1924. Gompers helped found the AFL, and vigorously pursued its three goals of higher wages, shorter hours, and better working conditions for American workers. He lived in this three-story brick rowhouse from 1902 to 1917. Photo: Dmadeo, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samuel-gompers-house.JPG)