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 are 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 mid 1950s.

In 1959, seven concerned neighbors met at No. 11 to form the Foggy Bottom Association (FBA), as noted by a plaque next to the front door. This group of residents banded together to protect and advance their historic neighborhood. The FBA continues to be active and in 2022 had approximately 240 members with historic preservation as part of their mission statement.

Now schoolteachers, the residents in October 1959 both worked on Capitol Hill. Jean was "on the staff of the Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B, Johnson, Texas and Joyce was on the staff of Rep. Walter Rodgers, Texas."