
10 (previously 2456) SNOWS COURT NW
YEAR BUILT:
1884
HISTORY
The cluster of houses at 8-20 Snows Court were designed and built in 1884 by Oliver Cox for developer Edwin Greer. Nos. 10-20 simple two-story rowhouses with doors at ground level. The windows have shutters. The buildings end without a cornice. The houses were renumbered in the 1950s.
No. 10 sold for $172,100 in 1990 and in 2022 its estimated value was $621, 569. Its 720 sq, ft. has room for a fireplace, 2 beds and 1 bathroom.
RESIDENT(S)/ OWNER(S)
1958 - Mr. and Mrs. John J. Gunther
RECOLLECTIONS
SOURCE MATERIAL
FBA History Project, FB Historic District Walking Tour. "Snows Court Row Houses ." https://theclio.com/tour/2098/6
Foggy Bottom Association News, Feb. 1961; and June 1958
Rhea Radin, "From the Bottom Up," Foggy Bottom News, June 1959;
George Beveridge, "City's Foggy Bottom See Test Ground of Urban Renewal," Evening Star, Oct. 23, 1955;
EHT Traceries, historic area building survey, Nov. 1983
Crane Collection photo, 1950s
GALLERY
DOCUMENTS
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